There is a call for greater collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Youth and Jamaicans locally and in the diaspora, to tackle the culture of violent confrontations among students in schools. Addressing a seminar, dubbed ‘Violence in Schools and its Impact on Society’, at the First Assembly of God in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Sunday (February 26), Minister...

Scores of patrons flocked to the 66th Hague Agricultural Show, which was held in Trelawny on Ash Wednesday, February 22. The show, which returned after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was hosted by the Trelawny Association of Branch Societies, an affiliate of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), under the theme ‘Fostering Economic Growth, Through Agricultural Value Chains’....

National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, has been hailed as an exemplary leader, whose legacy lives on in the descendants of those for whom he fought. Addressing a civic ceremony in Hanover on Friday (Feb. 24) to mark the 139th anniversary of the National Hero’s birth, Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport,...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, is urging members of the Diaspora to familiarise themselves with the National Diaspora Policy. The document, which has been approved and tabled as a White Paper in Parliament, is available on the Ministry’s website at http://www.mfaft.gov.jm. The State Minister, who was addressing the third...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), is greeted by young people at the National Arena in St. Andrew on Sunday (Feb. 26), following his participation in the Jamaica Baptist Union’s (JBU) 173rd General Assembly, held under the theme: ‘Keeping Faith with The Word in an Ever-Changing World – Embracing the Mystery.’ The Prime Minister read the first lesson.

Jonkunno performers at the ‘Jonkunoo Saturday Road March’ in Half-Way-Tree on February 25. The event, organised by the Institute of Creative Training & Development and 24/7 Productions, in association with the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, aimed to highlight and revive Jonkunoo as one of Jamaica’s oldest traditions. The costumers marched from Courts on Constant Spring Road...

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...