Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), engages with participants in the Jamaica National Service Corps Residential Camps, at the official launch of the programme on Friday (March 24), at the AC Marriott Hotel in St. Andrew. Looking on are Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (left); Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender,...

Sixteen tertiary-level students have received scholarships valued at some US$40,000, through support from the Jamaican Diaspora. The presentations were made during a symbolic ceremony for the ‘Jamaica 60 Diamond Jubilee Gala Scholarships’ held on Tuesday (March 21) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, 2 Port Royal Street, Kingston. Funds for the scholarships were derived from a Jamaica...

Jamaicans will honour the victims of slavery and the slave trade on Saturday (March 25). Governor-General, His Excellency The Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has signed a proclamation for the annual observance of the ‘National Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Transatlantic Trafficking in Enslaved Africans and Chattel Enslavement.’ This is in keeping with the designation of March...

Unattached youth have been charged by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, to take advantage of the removal of fees at the HEART/NSTA Trust to access training opportunities. Under the measure, which becomes effective on April 1 and was first announced by the Prime Minister in his Budget Debate presentation on March 16, Jamaicans will no longer be required...

On Friday, March 31, 2023, PICA will go live with a new high-security electronic or E-passports document to the public. PICA has been taking steps over the years to secure Jamaica’s passport as part of its efforts to safeguard the identity of Jamaicans and the Jamaican travel document, and the E-passport is the latest initiative in that regard. As the...

The 48th staging of Expo Jamaica, which allows Jamaican businesses to meet buyers from all over the globe, will be held from Thursday, April 27 to Sunday, April 30. This will be the first in-person staging of the event since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. It will be held at the National Arena and Indoor Sports...

Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Eastern, Hon. Delroy Chuck (third right); Principal of New Day Primary School, Garfield McDonald (second left) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes (right), share a moment with children of the Andrews Pen community following the launch of Wi-Fi in the area, courtesy...