Jamaicans are being encouraged to turn their creative ideas into innovations that can generate economic activity and contribute to development. “We are a group of smart creative people [but] if you are not translating your creations into a product or service that someone is paying for, then it doesn’t count as innovation,” said Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council...

There continues to be a steady reduction in the backlog of cases before the parish courts, with most cases now being completed within 12 months. Currently, fewer than five per cent of active criminal cases in the parish court jurisdiction are in a state of backlog, meaning that they have been in the court system for more than two years...

The Excelsior Community College is being hailed by Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, for its innovation and resilince in offering post-secondary-level training programmes during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. She noted that the institution has been “agile in finding creative ways to continue with the business of educating our children”. “You have persevered and not lost sight of...

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An additional 1,000 surgeries will be conducted in the public health system over the next 10 months under a special initiative called ‘CODE CARE’. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said that the intervention is aimed at clearing the backlog of elective surgeries in many hospitals due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) priorities. “Since March 2020, many...

The Government has invested more than $720 million in technology and improved infrastructure in the justice sector, says Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck. Making his contribution to the 2022/2023 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 4, the Minister said several facilities across the island are safer and “more comfortable” from the funds spent over the last...

The more than 1,400 residents of the farming community of Troy in Trelawny, now have easier traverse following the rehabilitation of two roads at a combined cost of $106 million. The work was executed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) under the ninth cycle of the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) and involved improvement of the one-kilometre Common Road...