Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right), speaking with outgoing Ambassador of the Republic of Chile, Her Excellency, Constanza Figueroa, during a farewell call and luncheon hosted in her honour at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on Wednesday (January 18).

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has committed to making full public disclosure of the outcome of investigations and other interventions into the incident of alleged fraud reported at investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). FSC Executive Director, Everton McFarlane, gave this undertaking during a press conference at the EX-IM Bank Business Centre in Kingston on Wednesday (January 18). He...

The National Health Fund (NHF) approved subsidy payments of $6.41 billion for more than 4.3 million claims made in the 2021/22 fiscal year. The statistics were provided during a press conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (January 17) to provide details of increases to NHFCard Benefits. Five conditions accounted for 78 per cent of the...

It is important for countries of the Global South to support the scaling up of the transition to cleaner and sustainable forms of energy, says Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. “We encourage elevation on the G-20 agenda of similar pragmatic policies and programmes supportive of energy transition by fiscally constrained developing countries,”...

The sixth staging of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) Conversations in Science Series will take place on January 20 at the Chinese Benevolent Association in St. Andrew. This year’s event, which is targeted at boys, will showcase the achievement of men in science, under the theme “Celebrating the Positive Value Men in Science Bring to the World, their Families and...

The rate of inflation for December 2022 decreased by 0.9 percentage point to 9.4 per cent, compared to November, the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has reported. The reference week for the December 2022 Consumer Price Index (CPI) was the first full week of the month. Director General, Carol Coy, says the negligible decline in the index was mainly influenced...

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is once again accepting entries for large groups of more than 10 persons for its performing arts competitions. The programme covers the areas of dance, deaf dance, drama, music, traditional folkforms and speech. Deadline for entries is Friday, January 20, 2023. Acting Executive Director of the JCDC, Marjorie Leyden-Kirton, told JIS News that the...