Jamaica’s Logistics index has moved 54 places in just under two years, making the country more investment ready in the global logistics chain, according to a World Bank performance report. In 2012, the World Bank Logistics benchmarking tool, placed Jamaica at 124 out of 160 countries, but with the movement, the country is now ranked at 70 out of 160...

Emancipation and Independence celebrations this year will focus on continued efforts to develop and promote the cultural and creative industries towards greater income generation, job creation, and export earnings. This, according to Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, who was making her contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 20 under the theme...

Police Commissioner, Owen Ellington, says the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) now has more resources and manpower to boost its various operations, following the merger with the Island Special Constabulary (ISCF). “We can now eliminate quite a number of duplicated administrative support functions, which were necessary as we maintained two structures. By eliminating those duplicated functions, we have additional resources which...

Refurbishing work, valued more than $500,000, will begin at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, Hope Road, in Kingston on Labour Day, May 23. Some 200 volunteers, including representatives from the Jamaica National Foundation, the Kiwanis Club of Liguanea, Kiwanis Club of North St. Andrew, the National Youth Service, along with Board members and staff of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has committed $60 million to finance construction of a therapeutic centre for abused children. The facility is the brainchild of the Ministry of Youth and Culture. Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says the centre is intended to address the effects of abuse suffered by the nation’s children; particularly those taken into residential child...

The Board of the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in Kingston is to consult with the Attorney General’s office to review the facility’s legal status, to determine how it can become an incorporated Government institution. This consultation forms part of the several undertakings, which Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says must be addressed as part of initiatives by the...

To adapt to the changing economies of the Caribbean region and diversify the subject offering to students, the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has added five new subjects to the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) syllabus. The subjects, Agricultural Science, Entrepreneurship, Performing Arts, Physical Education and Sport, and Tourism, will be available for study beginning in September 2014, with the first...