The Government intends to amend the Procurement Act to increase the effectiveness of the country’s existing procurement system. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, gave details while responding to concerns from Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Julian Robinson, during the tabling of the Third Supplementary Estimates for the 2023/24 financial...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tabled the Third Supplementary Estimates for fiscal year 2023/24 in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 26). In a statement to the House, Dr. Clarke said the estimates provide for total expenditure of $1.094 trillion, an increase of $58.2 billion over the second supplementary estimates. He indicated...

Cabinet has approved some $4.6 billion (US$30 million) to support key areas of the transformation and modernisation of the education sector. Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, who provided details during Wednesday’s (September 27) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, noted that the areas of focus include strengthening of school governance arrangements; infrastructure development for Science, Technology, Engineering...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), accepts Letters of Credence from Ambassador-designate of the Kingdom of Sweden, Anders Bengtcén, during a courtesy call at King’s House on September 26.

Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Acting Special Projects Manager, Charnele Henry (left), hands over JIS publications to Acting Principal of the Tarrant High School, Bryan Dennis. The JIS team stopped at the institution’s Molynes Road campus in St. Andrew on Tuesday (September 26) as part of the agency’s annual Heritage School Tour, which engages students in activities and discussions that promote...

There are 584 schools in Jamaica that are offering Civics with a fully developed curriculum, Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, has informed. Speaking today (September 27) during a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, the Minister noted that of the total, 479 are primary schools and 105 are secondary schools. Altogether, this is approximately half of all...

One hundred and nine new teachers have joined the education sector over the last two weeks. They bring to 1,264, the total number of new teachers who have entered classrooms since the start of the new school year on September 4. On September 13, the figure was 1,155 new teachers. The latest update was provided by Education and Youth Minister,...