Sixty micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) have benefited from critical support to grow their businesses under the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) 2022 Accelerator programme. The entity partnered with the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) to deliver cohort four of the programme at a cost of $60 million. The intensive training, undertaken over six months, covered six modules –...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has acquired 25 new vehicles valued at $176 million, which will allow for quicker response to incidents and the patrolling of Jamaica’s streets. A total of 15 L200 Mitsubishi pickups and 10 Toyota Hilux pickups were handed over at the Police Commissioner’s Office in Kingston on Tuesday, November 29. Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of...

Jamaica’s tertiary education sector has been in a state of modification and transformation over the past several decades says Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams. She noted that universities, community colleges, and teacher-training colleges and higher vocational institutions have been responding to demands wrought by changes in the economy and society at the national, regional and global levels....

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, Wilford “Billy” Heaven (centre), introduces the agency’s Chairman, Omar Frith (right), to his wife, Rosemarie Heaven, during CHASE’s 20th anniversary commemorative church service on Sunday (November 27), at the Webster Memorial United Church in Kingston.

The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC) will continue to work closely with local and international development partners, various ministries, departments and agencies of government, to ensure that food produced in Jamaica is fit for local consumption and export. Minister of State in the Ministry, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, gave the assurance as he addressed a World Antimicrobial...

Scores of Agricultural Science and Food and Nutrition teachers have been appointed National Ambassadors of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ ‘Grow Smart, Eat Smart’ campaign for the schools they represent. The educators were participants in the ‘A Conversation with the Minister’ forum, which was led by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., at Shortwood Teachers’ College in St. Andrew...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, officially handed over 50 new trucks and 10 motorcycles to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), today (November 30). The vehicles, valued at approximately US$6.9 million, will improve garbage collection islandwide and bolster the operations and capabilities of the agency. They were handed over during a ceremony at the National Heroes Park,...