NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 99 92,226 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 54 52,462 Males 45 39,761 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 4 years to 89 years 1 day to 108 years       PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES     Clarendon 0 4,946 Hanover 1 3,005 Kingston & St. Andrew 24 22,749 Manchester 0 6,001...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, the Hon. Fayval Williams, says increasing tertiary enrolment in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) programmes of study is a national imperative. “This position recognises the urgent need to increase the level of innovation and critical thinking required for future careers and economic advancement in Jamaica,” she said. Minister Williams was speaking at the...

Founder of non-profit organisation Pursued International Foundation, Stacy-Ann Smith, has charged wards at the Granville Child Care Facility in Trelawny to hold themselves in high esteem regardless of the circumstances that caused them to be in State care. She urged them not to give up whenever they are faced with hardship, but to use those challenges as lessons to become...

As of Wednesday (December 22), commuters will be able to access the Transport Authority’s (TA) Travel Pal application (app) to make their public transport safer. The security mechanism will enable persons to utilise their mobile device to scan the registration plates of units used as public passenger vehicles (PPV), to verify if they are licensed by the Authority. It will...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government has utilised the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) to “great effect” to restrict coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission. “We have struck, I think, a fair balance in controlling movements and gatherings, mask wearing, shielding the elderly, and controlling access to persons who are in State care and custody; that has kept the...

For the week leading up to the Christmas holidays (13 to 17 December 2021), Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) net issued currency amounting to $6.9 billion, representing an increase of 3.3 per cent in the currency stock for the week. This was in line with the 3.3 per cent increase in the stock for the similar period in 2020. The net...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) announces its decision to increase the policy interest rate (the rate offered to deposit-taking institutions on overnight placements with BOJ) by 50 basis points to 2.50 per cent per annum, effective 21 December 2021. Accompanying this rate increase, the Bank decided to maintain other measures to contain Jamaican dollar liquidity expansion and to ensure that further...