Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, said annual inflation is expected to remain within the seven to nine per cent target range for the 2014/15 fiscal year. This, he noted, is despite rising to nine per cent at the end of the July to September quarter, a one per cent increase over the corresponding period last year. Speaking at...

Following the weekly meeting of the Cabinet on Monday, November 24, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller will make an announcement related to the composition and future of the Board of Directors of the National Housing Trust (NHT). Prime Minister Simpson Miller acknowledges that the current public debate surrounding a recent property acquisition by the NHT Board has...

Survivors of road crashes are to benefit from a donation of $350,000 given to the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) by the Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica (PSJ). The NRSC was the sole beneficiary of the PSJ’s annual 5K Run/Walk, which took place on Sunday, September 21. The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) was among the many sponsors of the event. Accepting...

Minister of Education, the Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is urging the country’s girls to make the best of their educational opportunities not only for their own advancement, but for the continued development of the nation. He said that a sound education coupled with proper values, attitudes, spirituality, personality and a strong support system will assist them in becoming future leaders...

Director of Tourism, Paul Pennicook, has called on the public and private sectors in Jamaica and the Caribbean region to collaborate, in order for the respective countries to maximize the social and economic benefits from tourism. “The tourism industry is vital to the entire Caribbean region as its impact is staggering and we have seen this globally as well as...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has reiterated the Government’s commitment to enabling all Jamaicans, regardless of their social backgrounds, with the necessary education to become literate. “There is no better way to assist in the moulding of a person than by providing that person with access to education,” she emphasised. The Prime Minister’s commitment came in a...

The recent elimination of the need for Chinese tourists to obtain a visitor’s visa to vacation in Jamaica is expected to play a major role in attracting nationals from that country, says Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill. Speaking at the 2014 Tourism Outlook Seminar, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in Rose Hall, St. James, on...