Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, on Friday, August 30, broke ground for the expansion of the St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital in St. Ann at a cost of $140 million. The project, which is being funded by the National Health Fund (NHF), will provide additional theatre facility and recovery area, and improve overall care to patients. Phase one...

Employees at the Jamaica Ultimate Tyre Company (JUTC II) are working overtime to ensure that the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be able to fulfill its commitment to put additional buses on Kingston Metropolitan Area Transport (KMTR) routes for the start of the new school year. Upwards of 400 new and retreaded tyres are being provided by JUTC II...

Six outstanding citizens of the County of Cornwall have been honoured with the Governor General’s Achievement Awards, for their contribution to the development of their communities and for helping to improve the lives of others. Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, made the presentations at an awards function held on Thursday, August 29, at the Glistening...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, is inviting persons involved in the creative industries to contribute to debate on the Security Interests in Personal Property Bill. He was addressing a press conference held on Thursday, August 29, on the University of the West Indies’ Mona campus to examine Jamaica’s progress since ‘KingstOON’. The legislation, which is currently...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips, says the many economic sacrifices which the country has had to make over the past few months are beginning to yield positive results. “Already, there are hopeful signs on the economic horizon that I think it would do us well to pay attention to,” the Minister told business stakeholders on Thursday,...

The final draft of a comprehensive social protection strategy being developed as part of the Government’s growth agenda for the economy, has been completed and is slated for review in early September.     This strategy has been drafted within the context of the provision of effective social protection, as articulated in the country’s National Development Plan - Vision 2030 Jamaica....

The phased roll out of the Community Renewal Programme (CRP), being implemented by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), is slated to be undertaken between November 2013 and January 2014. Director General of the PIOJ, Colin Bullock, who made the disclosure during the agency’s quarterly media briefing on Tuesday, August 27, said phase one of the programme will entail Majesty...