Work is set to commence on major expansion works at the Spanish Town Hospital early next year. “I am pleased to advise that the tender for the Spanish Town Hospital will be in the public domain in May 2022. Based on Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) procurement procedures, it is anticipated that we should have engaged a contractor by the end...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, is encouraging Jamaican students to become active library users as part of their educational journey. “Now that you’re back at school fully in the face-to-face environment, I want to encourage you to use your libraries at schools and others that exist across Jamaica,” she said. The Minister was participating in a reading...

Work has been completed under Phases 1 and 2A of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) Rehabilitation programme, at a cost of $1.3 billion. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 3. He informed that work under Phase 2B has...

Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) operators in the agricultural and fisheries sector have received training through the Jamaica Business Development Corporation’s (JBDC) formalisation project. The project, ‘Formalising Operators in the Jamaican Agricultural and Fisheries Sector’, benefited 100 operators across both sectors, who received training in transitioning their businesses and employees from an informal to a formal state. Details were...

Members of the recently established Jamaica Association of Secretaries of Secondary Schools (JASSS) are being encouraged to actively participate in dialogue geared towards supporting the nation’s students. Regional Director at the Ministry of Education and Youth’s Region Four, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, gave the charge as she addressed the organisation’s first annual conference under the theme ‘Embracing Technology, Enhancing Service’, which...

No child should be left behind; every child should be in school, as there are more than 767 primary schools and 200 high schools that are fully funded by the Government, says Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe. She was bringing greetings on behalf of the Minister of Education and Youth, Hon....

Eleven students at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) have been awarded scholarships totalling just over $1.6 million to finance their studies. The presentations were made at the CASE Alumni Evening of Excellence Gala Dinner and Awards Banquet held on April 31 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, St. Andrew. The students, who are pursuing degree programmes in areas...