Jamaica’s gross international reserves remain substantially healthy at US$4.4 billion, Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, says. He noted that the reserves were buoyed by Central Bank net purchases of US$940 million from the local foreign exchange market. “The Bank projects that the gross reserves will continue to remain adequate in the medium-term,” he said. Mr. Byles was addressing...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Morgan (right), interacts with Cleveland Alphonso Watts, at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation’s (KSAMC) Downtown Reggae Month Street Mingle, held at Water and Temple Lanes on Friday, February 24.

Approximately 400 Jamaicans will benefit from a $30 million grant to offset the land survey costs associated with registering a parcel of land with the National Land Agency (NLA). Persons will be able to access up to $75,000 under the three-year partnership between the VM Group through the VM Foundation, and the NLA. The programme will roll out in April...

The seventh staging of the Conversations in Science Series is set for March 8 at the Gulf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester. Held quarterly, the event is hosted by the Scientific Research Council (SRC) to promote awareness and increase understanding of science and technology in schools. More than 250 students from high schools and tertiary institutions in the central region...

Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, engages in conversation with Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, Yasuhiro Atsumi, during a courtesy call at the Office of the Prime Minister on Friday (Feb. 24).

Some 32,000 residents of Moneague and neighbouring communities in St. Ann, are now benefiting from improved health care services at the newly refurbished community health centre. The facility, upgraded at a cost of $26 million, was officially handed over by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, during a ceremony on Friday (Feb. 24). The project included...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), in dialogue with Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuhiro Atsumi, during an introductory meeting/courtesy call at the Ministry’s North Street office on February 24. The Ambassador was recently accredited, succeeding His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara.