The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be strengthening its partnership with stakeholders in the dairy industry to boost the island’s milk production. Currently, Jamaica’s milk production ranges between 11 and 13 million litres annually. Speaking with journalists following a recent tour of the Island Dairies plant in Priory, St. Ann, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, said there is...

The Government will be taking immediate decisive steps to curtail the spate of attacks on cash management service providers, says Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. Among the interventions is the appointment of a special multidisciplinary investigation team to be led by a Superintendent of Police, which will focus on gangs targeting cash transfers and automated teller machines...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the Courts have been performing and improving in the delivery of justice. “In the Parish Courts, they have not only reduced the backlog of cases but 95 per cent of the cases are tried within 24 months, which means that the backlog is less than five per cent. I must say 90 per...

The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) is taking its Business Mobile to the eastern parishes of St. Thomas, St. Mary and Portland this month. The service facilitates customers outside of the Corporate Area with the filing of documents. “We are inviting customers and stakeholders in those areas to take advantage of the opportunity to regularise your business, become up to...

Chairperson of the 2023 Relay for Life fundraiser, Andrea Beckford Wray (right), is in discussion with (from left) Reach for Recovery survivor Kaydia Levine and Brothers United Against Prostate Cancer survivors, Quinton Yearde and Michael Jureidini. Occasion was the recent launch of the fundraiser at the AC Marriott Hotel in New Kingston. Relay for Life, which raises funds to support...

Amendments are to be made to the Civil Registration Act to modernise the identity verification process for persons seeking to procure a birth certificate. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Hon. Floyd Green, who made the disclosure, said the amendments will seek to address the challenges that people face in verifying their identity. “We are...

The rural communities of Marchmont and Retrieve in Eastern Westmorland have received a major infrastructure upgrade. The communities are the beneficiaries of a $17 million dollar investment through the rehabilitation of the corridor that links the two districts. Community Relations Officer for the National Works Agency’s (NWA’s) Western Region, Janel Ricketts says that the project which was completed in late...