The Universal Service Fund (USF) continues to accept applications for the third cohort of the Technology Advancement Programme (TAP), with hopes of impacting 300 unattached youth across Jamaica. Interested persons have up to October 23 to secure a placement in the year-long Information and Communications Technology (ICT) training initiative. Applications and qualification documents must be submitted online through the USF’s...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will look to amend legislation to equalise the time for adverse possession of State-owned lands, which are not Crown lands, to 60 years. “Currently, not all State-owned land is Crown land, so under the Limitation (of Actions) Act, Crown Land is protected by 60 years before you can take adverse...

Two hundred and twenty-one outstanding Jamaicans will be recognised at the National Honours and Awards Ceremony, on National Heroes Day, Monday, October 17, on the lawns of King's House, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Heading the list of recipients is Monty Alexander, CD, who is one of 10 individuals to be conferred with the Order of Jamaica (OJ), for sterling contribution...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), looks on a certification document awarded by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), at a cake-cutting ceremony to celebrate the ECC achieving the milestone of certifying 300 institutions across the island, at the entity’s location in Kingston on October 11. Others (from left) are Chairman, ECC, Trisha Williams-Singh; Principal, Bethel United...

Public Procurement Officer in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Orlando Heslop (right), hands a brochure to Palmers Cross resident, Hilda Reed, during the Government Mobile Services Fair held recently at the St Gabriel’s Anglican Church in May Pen, Clarendon. The event formed part of activities to celebrate National Customer Service Week (NCSW) 2022 and Service Excellence. Persons...

Chairman of the Ethiopia Crown Council, His Imperial Highness, Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, will be Jamaica’s special guest for National Heritage Week. The Prince, who is the grandson of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie I, is expected to arrive in Jamaica on Thursday, October 13, for a week of official engagements. He will be accompanied on his trip to...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has hailed Japan for almost 70 years of support to Jamaica’s coffee industry. In the early 1960s, the Ueshima Coffee Company (UCC) became the first Japanese company to import coffee directly from Jamaica. “We, therefore, want to say a big thank you to the people of Japan and the All-Japan Importers...