Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), is greeted by University of Technology (UTech) Jamaica Acting President, Professor Colin Gyles, prior to the start of a ceremony at the institution’s main campus in Papine, St. Andrew, on Friday (March 31) for her appointment as an Honorary Member of the UTech Students’ Union Council.

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), shakes hands with Brazil’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Elza Moreira Marcelino de Castro, during the diplomat’s courtesy call at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens offices in St. Andrew, on Thursday (March 30).

Farmers’ Month is being observed during April to celebrate the yeoman’s work of Jamaica’s cultivators. The official launch was held on Friday (March 31) at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in Kingston. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., who addressed the launch, encouraged Jamaicans to participate in the activities in support of farmers, whose contributions have assisted greatly in...

There is heightening anticipation for this year’s renewal of the public sector debate competition, for which prizes totalling $2.5 million have been announced. The 2023 competition, which is being staged by the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), was launched on Friday (March 31) at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. A total of 20 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, through its youth training arm, the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, continues to be deliberate in supporting and empowering young people in agriculture. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., emphasised this while addressing the St. Ann 4-H Clubs Achievement Day exposition at Brown’s Town Primary School in the parish, on Thursday (March 30). To date, the...

Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with Responsibility for Water, Climate Change and the Environment, Senator the Hon. Mathew Samuda (left), speaking with High Commissioner of Canada in Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic, during a courtesy call on the Minister at the Towers on Dominica Drive in Kingston on Thursday (March 30).

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, is assuring teachers that the compensation review exercise being done by Government is for the long-term benefit of all public-sector workers. In a discussion with educators at a Mathematics Week expo at the Prospect Primary School in Clarendon on Thursday (March 30), the Minister pointed out that the review has simplified Government’s...