Strides are being made by CARICOM countries to reduce the region’s food import bill by 25 per cent by 2025. CARICOM’s Assistant Secretary-General of Economic Integration, Innovation and Development, Joseph Cox, provided an update on measures being implemented by several countries, while addressing members of the Rotary Club of New Kingston’s virtual meeting on Friday (October 20). “We are at...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining will roll out a new Backyard Gardening Programme on November 1. In making the announcement at the World Food Day National Ceremony and Exposition at Newell High School in St. Elizabeth on Thursday (October 19), Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, said the new programme aims to bolster food security and encourage sustainable farming...

Come next week, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., will be heading to Canada to do a thorough check of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP) in which thousands of Jamaicans participate annually. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during a Diaspora town hall in Ottawa, Canada, on Thursday (October 19)....

Renowned American civil rights activist, Rev. Al Sharpton, will be special guest at a memorial service in St. Thomas on October 24 to commemorate the 158th anniversary of the Morant Bay Rebellion, which was led by National Hero, the Right Excellent Paul Bogle. The event, to be held at Paul Bogle Square in Morant Bay commencing at 6:00 p.m., will...

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, says the pervasion of misinformation is one of the biggest threats to democracy that must be thwarted at every opportunity. The Minister, who was speaking on day two of the Broadcasting Commission’s three-day Strategic and Operational Planning Retreat at the Moon Palace Resort...

The Government spends more than $9 billion annually to assist approximately 290,000 beneficiaries of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). Additionally, approximately $600 million is spent each year on back-to-school grants and tertiary bursaries. Addressing a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., said the objective of...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) will be establishing a Military Cyber Corps to effectively respond to cybersecurity threats. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman, in making the disclosure, said the Corps, at full operational capability, will ensure that the JDF can protect its mission, critical command and control systems, and “be able to support the national...