Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, led a team from the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) in planting trees at Maverley Park and at a green space being created in Duhaney Park, St. Andrew. The tree-planting exercise was part of the KSAMC’s activities in the Corporate Area for Labour Day on Tuesday (May 23). They were assisted...

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is hosting a Bridging Organizations and Networks Development (BOND) Learning Guide for Trainers Workshop, which aims to build on the Government’s focus on increasing the capacity of small-scale producer entities. The workshop, being held at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston from May 22 to 24, targets beneficiaries under the Farmers Organizations...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Homer Davis, says the Government will ensure that construction of the US$274.5-million Montego Bay Perimeter Road project is as comfortable as possible for residents. He gave the assurance while addressing a National Road Operating and Constructing Company Limited (NROCC) stakeholder meeting held in Irwin, St. James, on Friday (May...

Jamaica is set to benefit from a £7-million package to increase the country’s access to climate financing. This was announced by Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom (UK), the Rt. Hon. James Cleverly, during a press conference following the Jamaica-UK strategic dialogue at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade downtown Kingston...

Members of the St. James Municipal Corporation will be planting some 50 trees at Salt Spring Primary School and Maldon High School in the parish on Labour Day, Tuesday, May 23. This was disclosed by Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams, while delivering remarks during a Workers’ Week Church Service on Sunday (May 21). The service, which was held...

Real estate salesmen have up to May 31 to submit applications for the pre-licensing course at the Real Estate Training Institute (RETI) as the entity prepares to reopen on July 3. The longstanding programme will be administered virtually with RETI’s introduction of a self-paced learning modality, eliminating the need for students to be in the same place at the same...

Jamaica’s headline and core inflation rates have fallen within the Central Bank’s four to six per cent target range, following out-turns for April. Headline inflation, which fell to 5.8 per cent, is a measure of the rate of price increases within the economy and includes commodities such as food and energy. Core inflation, which measures the change in the cost...