Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging the country’s 4-H clubs to supply some of the food needed for the Government’s school feeding programme, through the different agricultural pursuits. Lamenting that the Ministry is spending $4 billion a year to fund the school feeding programme, Rev. Thwaites said the Ministry is willing to enter into an agreement with...

The Governor General, His Excellency Sir Patrick Allen, has appointed a Commission of Enquiry into the events which took place in Western Kingston in May 2010. After Cabinet received the Public Defender’s Interim Report and accepted his recommendation that there be a Commission of Enquiry into the Events in Western Kingston of May 2010, the Government prepared and published a...

The Runaway Bay HEART Hotel and Training Institute, the premier hospitality training institution in the island, has been renamed the HEART College of Hospitality Services. The name change reflects the 27-year old institution’s new college status, and strategic focus aimed at enhancing its contribution to national development, and the realization of the Vision 2030 targets, said Executive Director of HEART...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has announced that work is to begin shortly to revise the Forest Act, 1996. “The revision will make this important piece of legislation more broad-based and current. It will open the way for the Forestry Department to be even more impactful in carrying out its mandate,” he stated. The...

The Government, in a move to provide greater protection for the country’s forests, will be licensing sawmills and operators of power saws. Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, made the announcement on Friday, February 21, as he addressed the launch of the Spring Dunrobin and Hillside Local Forest Management Committees, at the White Hall Baptist...

Principals and guidance counsellors from 95 schools across the island are to benefit from training in restorative justice over two days next month. The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education are collaborating in the initiative, which is aimed at applying the restorative justice principles in reducing conflict among students. The training will be held from March 4 to...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, has argued that for tourism to be sustainable, the product must be substantially improved. Touring several places of interest and attractions in Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth on February 19, which are slated for improvement, the Minister spoke of the great potential of tourism, and emphasized the need for the training of...