Beginning this month, inmates of the South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre will commence a course in coding and robotics. This will be facilitated by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), in collaboration with local education firm STEAMHouse Network. Deputy Commissioner, Rehabilitation and Probation Aftercare Services, DCS, Dr. Marc Thomas, made the disclosure at the handover ceremony for ICT...

Approximately 15,000 new housing solutions are programmed for construction, under the Greater Bernard Lodge Development Project in St. Catherine. Providing an update in the House of Representatives on October 5, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said three housing developers have already commenced construction of their respective housing scheme on the divested lands. “It is expected that between them...

The Government will be undertaking a major buildout of tax offices over the next several years, says Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. Citing that this will be “the largest that we have had in Jamaica’s history”, the Minister said the move supports the Government’s drive to improve the public’s interaction with Tax Administration...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), welcomes Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Jamaica, His Excellency Fermin Quiñones Sánchez, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s office in Kingston, on Wednesday (October 5).

The Seville Heritage Expo returns to St. Ann on Wednesday, October 12, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event is slated for the Seville Heritage Park between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and is expected to see approximately 4,000 teachers and students from schools islandwide attending. The longstanding cultural event, which is in its 24th year,...

The country’s maritime security capabilities have been bolstered with the acquisition of a marine vessel for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat was handed over by Japan’s Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Masatoshi Akimoto, during a ceremony at the JCF’s Marine Headquarters in Kingston, on Wednesday (October 5). The vessel is one of six being...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says, to date, 142 farmers have been orderly and formally settled on plots of land as part of the Bernard Lodge Development Plan, in St. Catherine. Providing an update on the Plan in the House of Representatives on October 5, Mr. Holness informed that the SCJ Holdings has paid more than $650 million...