Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses members of the newly appointed Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) at the first meeting of the body held on Tuesday (March 22) at the Office of the Prime Minister, St. Andrew.

Jamaican companies need to “step up to the plate” and ensure the training of more locals, says Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill. “We have 300/400,000 young people, mainly young men. We need to train them, and Jamaican companies need to step up,” he said. Senator Hill maintained that “if you don’t train them [and]...

Inspector of Motor Vehicles, Spanish Town Examination Depot, Shane Miller (standing, centre) engages students at Jonathan Grant High School in St. Catherine during a recent road code test administered by the Road Safety Unit and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA). The test is a requirement for the granting of a learner’s permit.

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), over the next few months, will target stakeholders in the Food, Construction and Tourism sectors as part of its new Public Relations Campaign to increase awareness about its services. New and reviewed Standards will also be launched to focus on important commodities, such as rice and fuel, as well as technology products, to include...

The Meteorological (Met) Service of Jamaica has launched a poster competition to mark this year’s observance of World Meteorological Day, which is commemorated annually on March 23. The competition is based on this year’s theme – ‘The Future of Weather, Climate, and Water Across Generations’. Head of the Met Service’s Climate Branch, Jackie Spence-Hemmings, told JIS News that the competition...

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is reporting that hundreds of small-business operators have registered with its digital currency, ‘JAM-DEX’, while a pilot project involving Government payment was successfully done. According to Divisional Chief for Financial Markets Infrastructure at the Central Bank, Dr. Novelette Panton, as at the 18th of February, 90 small merchants and 4,500 micro merchants were with the...

The Government has spent approximately $9.7 billion on capital investments in national security over the last eight years. Making his contribution to the 2023/24 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives recently, Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, said that the sum is an increase over the approximately $3.2 billion spent over the eight-year period prior to 2016. “We...