The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has invested $2 million in sponsorship towards the 37th staging of the Senior Caribbean Squash Championships scheduled to take place at the Liguanea Club in Kingston, August 21 to 27. The Championships will feature 150 participants representing eight countries in the region – Jamaica, Barbados, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guyana, St....

Southern Parks and Markets (SPM) Waste Management Limited launched the ‘Drum A Di Gate’ initiative in the Holland Village community in St. Elizabeth, on Wednesday (August 17). Launched in November 2020 by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and initially put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Drum a Di Gate aims to encourage proper waste disposal through...

The economy grew by an estimated 5.7 per cent during the April to June 2022 quarter. This was announced Thursday (August 18) by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). Director-General of the PIOJ, Dr. Wayne Henry, said this was spurred by 7.7 per cent growth in the Services Industry, despite the Goods Producing Industry contracting by 0.4 per cent. He...

Construction of a museum to honour and memorialise Jamaica’s first National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, will be finished during the country’s 60th year of Independence, says Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. She said that the facility, which is being erected at 32 Marcus Garvey Way in St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann, where...

The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) is projecting another record-breaking year for the registration of business names and companies. Registrar of Companies and Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), COJ, Shellie Leon, shared that 9,943 new business names and 3,277 companies have been added to the register since the start of the year. She said that although the month of August...

The rollout of three new online products is expected to enhance the customer service experience at the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) as the entity continues its digitisation process. In an official launch event on Wednesday (August 17), the services were revealed to be an online application facility for adoption certificates, a real-time search engine for entry numbers and an online...

The Government will be establishing customer service or service excellence units in all ministries over the next two years. The move aligns with the recently launched Service Excellence Policy that will govern the standard of service delivery by the public sector to internal and external customers. Principal Director in the Office of the Cabinet, Public Sector Modernisation Division (PSMD), Karlene...