Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), and Acting Vice Principal, Shortwood Teachers’ College, Dr. Claudette Barrett-March (left), present Dr. Lincoln Phipps with a citation for 27 years of service of the college. Occasion was an appreciation ceremony for outstanding service, held at the institution in Kingston on Wednesday (November 23).

On November 25th, 2022, the Senate will debate the extension of the States of Public Emergency (SOEs) until January 14, 2023, in the select parishes where SOEs were declared on November 15, 2023. This broad-based grouping of Private Sector and Civil Society supports the extension of the SOE and urges the Senate to pass the extension on the condition that...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says public-private partnerships (PPPs) are an important feature of the Government’s growth and development plans. “As a people, we can't move forward unless we have a strong and innovative entrepreneurial private sector that will come and work with the Government to create the public goods that we all benefit from,” he noted. The...

Jamaicans are being invited to the final Legal Aid Council (LAC) Justice Fair for 2022, to be held on Friday, November 25, at Harmony Beach Park in St. James, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The justice fair is aimed at readily providing access to critical government services conveniently to citizens across the island. Executive Director of the LAC, Dian Watson, told...

Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, addresses the ‘Safe Food for Export’ seminar held on Wednesday, November 23 at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. It is one of several activities under the ‘Anti-Microbial Resistance: Environmental Health and Trade’ symposium being staged by the Ministry in observance of World Anti-Microbial Awareness Week, November...

Some 600 public servants who have served 25 years and more in various areas of the public sector, have been recognised by the Government for their invaluable and dedicated contribution to Jamaica. During the Jamaica Civil Service long-service awards ceremony, held on the lawns of King’s House on November 23, medals were presented to recipients for their sterling service. The...

The Government of Trinidad and Tobago is looking to establish a Junior Stock Exchange that is similar in model to Jamaica’s. This, according to the twin-island republic’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Hon. Paula Gopee-Scoon. She indicated that despite attempts to establish the platform, “we really haven’t gotten it quite right as you [in Jamaica] have”, hence the government’s decision...