Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has called on Jamaican schools to engage their student population in the Ministry’s ‘Grow Smart, Eat Smart’ campaign. Speaking at a ‘World Food Day’ event at Vere Technical High School in Clarendon, on October 20, the Minister suggested that administrators and teachers can put together various competitions that promote the tenets...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), having a light dialogue with Executive Dean, Caribbean School of Medical Sciences, Jamaica, Dr. Neville Graham, before the start of a graduation ceremony, held at the Marjorie Myers Hall, Shortwood Teachers’ College, on October 30.

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (left), greets Department of Correctional Services (DCS) staff member, Gregory Baker (third left), at the DCS Staff Awards and Recognition Ceremony, held on October 27 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Also pictured (from left) are: Andrea Duncan, Michelle Stobbs, and Avis Walker.

Jamaica’s tourism sector is on track for record arrivals for the month of October 2022, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. According to Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, preliminary figures released by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) for the first three weeks of October, show stopover visitor arrivals of 123,514. This topped figures for the same period in October 2019 by some...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, has reiterated the importance of upskilling Jamaica’s workforce to take up management and leadership positions under the Global Services Sector (GSS) Apprenticeship Programme. He said the programme is crucial for the transfer of knowledge in the sector which, noting that it creates a “pool...

Greater use of diverse media platforms is deemed critical to ensuring the timely dissemination of accurate information on Government policies and programmes. This is according to Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Robert Morgan. He was speaking during the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Strategic Planning Meeting at Jamaica House, on Friday (October 28). Mr. Morgan,...

The Government of Jamaica’s National Identification System (NIDS) programme has been awarded for its level of project execution, by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The project copped the top awards for both Planning Accuracy 2021 and the Best Performing Project Executing Unit 2021 for the implementation of the NIDS for economic growth. Programme Director of the NIDS, Dr. Warren Vernon...