The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is embarking on an islandwide stakeholder engagement drive to highlight the various investment opportunities in the sector and initiatives in place to help farmers boost production. The drive, which commences on Thursday (November 2) in Kingston and St. Andrew, is part of activities to celebrate Eat Jamaican Month in November. “We will be...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) responded to 9,973 genuine calls over the period January to September this year, says Deputy Commissioner of Fire and Rescue Operations, Kevin Haughton. Speaking to the media following the staging of an Open Day at the Montego Bay Fire Station in St. James recently, Mr. Haughton said this represented a 59 per cent increase compared...

The distribution of black tanks to promote water harvesting in rural communities will commence next week, as the pilot of the Rural Water Household Resilience programme gets underway. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the disclosure in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Oct. 31). The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has provided grant funding of $60 million for...

An interministerial body, headed by the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, is advanced in putting measures in place to address the issue of prank calls to emergency service providers. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, in making the disclosure in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Oct. 31), said the work of the interministerial...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is commending the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) for its response to Monday’s (Oct.30) 5.6-magnitude earthquake. Speaking on Tuesday (Oct.31) in the House of Representatives, the Minister said that Jamaica’s rapid response mechanism, which was developed to deal with disasters, was in operation within 30 minutes of...

Minister Without Portfolio with Responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (centre), congratulates members of Jamaica’s team copping Gold in the Robotics Olympics, which took place in Singapore from October 7 to 10. Minister Morris Dixon met with the members during their courtesy call at Jamaica House on Tuesday (October 31).

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), tours the Horizon Remand Centre on Spanish Town Road in Kingston along with Superintendent A, Denis Waysome (right), on Monday (October 30).