The ceremonial opening of Parliament for fiscal year 2023/24 takes place on Tuesday, February 14 at Gordon House, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, will deliver the Throne Speech, in which he will outline the Government’s priorities for the new fiscal year, which begins on April 1. Unlike the openings in 2021 and...

Jamaicans are being implored to make use of the services available at the restorative justice (RJ) centres in their communities to peacefully settle disputes with each other. “In petty discussions, petty quarrels [there is] the inability of some of us to give some ground and to compromise. So restorative justice [plays] a key role in cauterising some of the issues...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), makes a presentation to Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuhiro Atsumi, during a courtesy call on Wednesday (February 8) at the Ministry’s Maxfield Avenue offices, Kingston.

Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Mami Mizutori, has called for close collaboration among disaster-risk-management counterparts, to successfully implement the global Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL) initiative by 2027. Ms. Mizutori made the call on February 7 during her virtual address at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Regional Conference (Regional Association IV), which is being...

It is anticipated that 2,400 students will be enrolled in Jamaica’s first Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Academy, when it is completed. National Mathematics Coordinator, Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Tamika Benjamin, made the disclosure in her address at the 64th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and...

Jamaica’s recent trade mission to Guyana was a success, with several contracts established, especially in construction and technology, to supply Guyana with building materials and technological support. The construction supplies, which are soon to be exported, will aid in the development of roads, hospitals, schools and lower- to upper-income housing solutions. In addition, local information and communications technology (ICT) companies...

Students and staff at Ardenne High School in St. Andrew will soon benefit from the establishment of a health and wellness centre. The Ardenne High School Health and Wellness Centre, which is slated for completion within a year, is projected to cost approximately $60 million. The undertaking is an initiative of the Ardenne Alumni Foundation and aims to support the...