Inventors and entrepreneurs can now access funding support under the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) $100-million patent grant facility. Manager for DBJ’s Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) Programme, Christopher Brown, made the announcement during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston on Thursday (October 27). The BIGEE Programme, under which the...

Three social housing units were handed over to deserving residents in St. Thomas Eastern on Wednesday (October 26), under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). The beneficiaries, Keith James of Duckenfield; Nimroy Henry, Harbour Head in Port Morant; and Dawn Cargill of Curtis Bottom, also in Port Morant, all received keys to their new homes from Prime Minister, the Most...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is urging farmers to place greater focus on improving soil nutrition as part of measures to increase agriculture production for local consumption and meet export needs. He said that the Ministry is guiding research for the development and utilisation of new blends of fertilisers that are more cost-effective and will enhance...

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development is coordinating arrangements to provide support for the 12 St. Thomas residents whose homes were destroyed by fire recently. “The St. Thomas Municipal Corporation has already gone in and has provided the information. I have asked the Permanent Secretary to have our technical team go into the area to start making arrangements....

Member of Parliament, St. Elizabeth South Eastern, Hon. Franklin Witter, says significant work has been undertaken to improve domestic water supply coverage to 60 per cent of the constituency. Mr. Witter, who is also Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, provided the update during his contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House...

President of the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors (JAPHI), Michael Myles, has hailed practitioners for their resilience and commitment in safeguarding environmental health in Jamaica, particularly during COVID-19. Speaking at the association’s 76th annual educational conference at the Ocean Coral Spring Resort in Trelawny on October 25, Mr. Myles described the professionals as “vanguards of public health” who continue...

Bindley Sangster, son of late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Sir Donald Sangster, lays a floral tribute in commemoration of 111th anniversary of his birth, at National Heroes Park in Kingston on October 26.