Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, will head Jamaica’s 60-member delegation to Guyana from January 23 to 28 for a second trade mission. The visit will focus on strengthening previously established partnerships with Guyanese businesses as well as increasing trade and investment opportunities between the two countries. Addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank...

Students living in Rock River and Mocho in Clarendon North Central can now access free and secured Internet, via Wi-Fi hotspots that have been installed in the communities by the Universal Service Fund (USF). The connections were launched in both areas on Wednesday (January 11), under the USF’s Community Wi-Fi Programme. Institutions such as Rock River Basic and Primary Schools,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government has been taking firm and deliberate steps to harden the national security architecture and ensure that the country does not become a haven for organised criminal groups. “This is so that a drug cartel somewhere or a crime syndicate somewhere does not have uncontested access to use Jamaica as a...

Jamaica has received a CAD$12-million boost from longstanding international partner, Canada, through the newly launched Social Justice (So-JUST) Project. The seven-year initiative, which runs from 2021 to 2028, aims to facilitate a more rights-based and gender-sensitive justice system that yields equitable outcomes for all Jamaicans. It comes in the wake of the recently concluded Justice Undertakings for Social Transformation (JUST)...

ccccMinister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), is pictured with Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, Hon. Harjit Sajjan (centre) and Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Emina Tudakovic. Occasion was a reception to mark 60 years of Canada-Jamaica development cooperation held on...

National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), interacts with European Union (EU) Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Marianne Van Steen (left) and Race Director, Running Events Jamaica, Alfred Francis, at the launch of the inaugural EU-Jamaica 5K Run, to be held downtown Kingston on March 12. The launch was held on January 12 at the office of the Delegation...

Students at the Allman Town Primary School in Kingston take cover under a desk during an earthquake drill conducted by a team from the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) at the institution, on Thursday (January 12).