Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, presents a gift of appreciation to his former English teacher from St. Catherine High School, Valerie Roper, who visited his office on Wednesday (May 10), in recognition of Teachers Day.

A task force has been established to examine discrepancies within the payment system for teachers. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio with Responsibility for Information in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Robert Morgan, while responding to a question posed during Wednesday’s (May 10) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. “The Minister of Education and Youth, in consultation...

The St. James Chapter of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) says its annual Marching Band Festival has been positively impacting at-risk youth in vulnerable communities in the parish. The third staging of the family event will be held at the Catherine Hall Sports Complex on Labour Day (May 23), where more than 10 marching bands are to engage...

Jamaicans are being urged not to fall prey to scammers and smugglers and enter a country illegally. “These things are not a bed of roses and the story that these scammers and smugglers sell to individuals in vulnerable communities should not be trusted,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. The Minister was...

Manager of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Montego Bay Regional Office, Tashion Hewitt Stennett, reads to attentive grade three students of the Catherine Hall Primary and Infant School in St. James, during Read Across Jamaica Day activities at the institution on Tuesday ( May 9).

Rate increases have been announced for workers, including household employees and industrial security guards, effective June 1, 2023. Consequently, the national minimum wage will move from $9,000 to $13,000 per 40-hour work week. Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, made the announcement while addressing the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (May 9). He advised that the new single...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the activities planned for Labour Day and Workers’ Week 2023 are a true representation of collaboration across government. Several ministries will be working together for the successful execution of projects that will be undertaken across the island under the theme ‘Plant a tree… for life: Promoting climate change mitigation,...