The Government’s Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) Programme has been bolstered with a €7-million (over J$1.2-billion) grant from the European Union (EU). This will provide support for female-led businesses by helping them to build their capacity to contribute to the economy; assist recovery of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) from the economic fallout resulting from the COVID-19...

The Government has paid in full the $2.9 billion charged by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) for the provision of street lights in the last financial year. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 25. “We pay an average...

Agricultural support to the more than 35,000 registered farmers in St. Elizabeth has been strengthened through the provision of five vehicles to the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) parish office by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The $43.7-million investment includes four pickups, which will serve as pool vehicles, and a refrigerated truck to be stationed at the RADA head...

Individuals and organisations are being invited to submit applications for the 2022 staging of the National Innovation Competition. The biennial event is held in collaboration with the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST) and the Scientific Research Council (SRC) to promote science and technology in Jamaica. Entrants have up to July 31 to express their interest in one of...

Citizens are again being assured that their personal information will be safe under the National Identification System (NIDS). This assurance comes from Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, who said that the Government is taking every step to comply with international standards and best practices for data security and privacy. “The Government has...

The Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (JaCirt) remains committed to providing cybersecurity support and management on behalf of the Government to the entire country and Jamaicans in the diaspora. “We have some of the best resources here and a competent and dedicated team,” Head of JaCirt, Lt. Col. Godphey Sterling said. He noted that “even though our main reason is...

The National Child and Adolescent Mental Health (NCAMH) Awareness Day will be observed this Thursday (May 26), under the theme ‘Let’s Check in with our Children: Their Mental Health Matters’. Liaison and Communications Director for the NCAMH Committee, Dr. Michelle Campbell, said the theme was designed against the background that there is a need to assess the effects of COVID-19...