Jamaicans are being urged to eat more locally produced food, as part of efforts to safeguard the island’s food security, by President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Lenworth Fulton. The call is also being made in light of the upcoming ‘Eat Jamaican’ Day observance on Friday, November 25. Mr. Fulton, in a recent message, said the organisation recognises the...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (right) and Ambassador of Belgium to Jamaica, His Excellency Hugo Verbist, raise a toast to commemorate King’s Day in Belgium, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (November 22). King’s Day, celebrated on November 15 each year, honours King Leopold, who was the first...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), looks at ‘Revisioning Change’ Case Studies of Curriculum in School Systems in the Commonwealth Caribbean authored by Zellynne Jennings. The book was one of several publications presented to the Minister by representatives of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Press, at the Ministry in Kingston on Tuesday (November 22). Looking...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says only few things could better illustrate the effectiveness and importance of local government than Jamaica’s management and response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a prepared text read by Port Maria’s Mayor, Councillor Richard Creary, at a Local Government and Community Month Youth Mayors' Forum in Lucea, Hanover, on November...

An Animal Assisted Recovery and Care (AARC) Pilot Project will be introduced at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, to provide comfort and aid in the recovery of the paediatric patients undergoing surgery or medical treatment at the facility. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the announcement during a statement to the House of Representatives on...

Jamaican investors are now able to acquire shares in entities listed on the Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange (DCSX). This, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), facilitating the arrangement between the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) and the DCSX. The MOU was signed during a Bell-Ringing Ceremony at the JSE in Kingston on Tuesday (November 22). The partnership will...

Chief Executive Officer, National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Dr. Gavin Bellamy (right) and World Bank Senior Country Officer, Karlene Francis (second right), look on as Project Manager, Selena Ledgister, points out information coming out of a five-day workshop under the Promoting Community-Based Climate Resilience in the Fisheries Sector project. Occasion was the closing ceremony held on November 18 at the Medallion...