Seventy-one-year-old Barbara Elaine Phillips has received her birth certificate from the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), a feat accomplished after overcoming many challenges. Chief Executive Officer at the RGD, Charlton McFarlane, journeyed to the Maxfield Avenue home of Ms. Phillips on Wednesday (March 16) to hand over the document. Mr. McFarlane learned of Ms. Phillips’ case from her former employer and...

Jamaica’s ability to produce medical-grade oxygen has been further bolstered with the commissioning of IGL Limited’s pressure swing absorption (PSA) plant at Ferry, St. Catherine. The plant was developed at a cost of nearly $100 million. The facility was formally commissioned into service by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, who represented Prime Minister, the...

The Government will continue to facilitate improvements and investment opportunities in the sugar industry, says Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. “Sugar cane continues to play an important role in our nation's business and we have a responsibility to ensure its sustainability. This requires increased productivity [and for] us to look towards diversification, good agricultural practices, and...

A comprehensive review of the HEART/NSTA Trust, including the delivery of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), is to be carried out. This was stated by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, as he made his contribution to the 2022/23 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 17. He said the review will be spearheaded...

The restoration of societal values is a core objective for the transformation of the education sector, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. “If we are to have any hope of restoring the values, attitudes and behaviours that we once cherished as inherently Jamaican, they must form a central part of the education and socialisation of our children,” he...

The National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) has commenced the project-planning exercise to upgrade approximately 60 kilometres of roadway from Seacastles in St. James to Mammee Bay in St. Ann. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said the upgrading work will see expansion of the roadway from two to four lanes, with a 21 kilometre four -lane bypass...

The Government has approved the construction of the Port Antonio Bypass in Portland as part of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project. “As currently conceptualised, the project will see the construction of 17 kilometres of four lanes of arterial road around Port Antonio, and two standard shoulders,” the Prime Minister informed. “The medium-term objective is to plan out residential and...