Forest Technician at the Forestry Department, Sangie Minott (right), speaks with students about the entity’s role, during the St. Mary 4-H Clubs Parish Achievement Expo on Tuesday (April 4). The event was held at the St. Mary High School under the theme ‘Grow Smart, Eat Smart: Youth Responding to Food Security’.

A civic ceremony to commemorate National Chief Takyi Day, will be held in the Port Maria town square in St Mary on Saturday, April 8, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The event is being staged to celebrate the heroics of Chief Takyi (also Tacky), who was the leader of the 1760 slave rebellion in Jamaica. This will be the Day’s second...

Members of St. Jago High’s victorious Schools’ Challenge team show off their trophy during a celebratory event on Wednesday (April 5) at the institution’s Monk Street, Spanish Town location. The team members (from left) are Jhaneille Esson, Leroy Cassanova, Kevandra Blake, and Jermaine Miller. St. Jago defeated Calabar High School 34 to 31 in the finals of the competition held...

Effective Records and Information Management (RIM) is critical in an increasingly digitised world to create safeguards and processes to strengthen data protection, says Acting Principal Director, Information Division, Office of the Prime Minister, Damian Cox. Addressing the official launch of RIM Month 2023, at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in Kingston on April 5, Mr. Cox said the practice...

Children enjoying a game of frisbee at the Hope Royal Botanic Gardens in St. Andrew recently. The facility is marking 150 years in 2023.

The Central Bank is reporting that Jamaica’s inflation rate is decreasing. Data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) show that the rate, which peaked at 11.8 per cent in April 2022, fell to 7.8 per cent in February 2023. Speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ on Wednesday (April 5), Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Senior Deputy Governor,...

Public bodies have forecast capital expenditure of $75.89 billion for fiscal year 2023/24, with the National Housing Trust (NHT) expected to spend the lion’s share of $36.13 billion or 47.6 per cent of the sum. Details of the spend are outlined in the Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year ending March 2024. According to the...