The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is urging members of the public to practise safety measures to prevent incidents of fire, particularly given the current dry conditions. “With the temperatures we are now experiencing – hot, dry humid conditions – these are times that are ripe for fires,” said Public Relations Officer for the JFB, Emilio Ebanks, in an interview with...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is encouraging farmers to keep their livestock cool during the summer months. With rising temperatures and repeated record-breaking highs, Livestock Specialist at RADA, Maxine Brown, said farmers can implement short-term measures to protect animals. “Because of the heat that we are having, what farmers need to do, immediately, is to make sure that their...

There is an “urgent need” to invest in Jamaica’s workforce, says Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon. Speaking during the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Business Forum at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (July 18), Senator Morris...

The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) is increasing the number of Grant-In-Aid (GIA) allocations provided and sums dispensed, beginning this fiscal year. The number of grants being provided for eligible students from low-income or Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) households, and wards of the State will increase to 4,200, up from the 3,000. The sum for each grant...

Work has commenced on the building of access ramps at the Merl Grove High School in St. Andrew by the Ministry of Education and Youth. The project, which is being undertaken at a cost of $2 million, will ensure that a student who uses a wheelchair, who was placed at the institution following the 2023 Primary Exit Profile (PEP), can...

Work to improve and upgrade the Hill Sixty Road in Cheswick, St. Thomas, is slated to begin next month. This follows the signing of a $12.8-million contract to commence the undertaking at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development in St. Andrew on July 18. The roadwork, to be undertaken over three months, includes scarifying the existing surface and...

Investments remain a hallmark of the longstanding partnership between Jamaica and the Republic of France, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. She notes that these have been undertaken in areas of critical national development, such as shipping, logistics, petroleum distribution, water-system development, highway construction and port expansion. Senator Johnson Smith was...