Cabinet has given approval for the acquisition of 91 acres of land at Weston Park (Brooks Common), Clarendon, at a cost of $75 million. Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, said that the acquisition is to facilitate the regularisation of informal settlers who currently occupy the property. He was speaking at Wednesday’s (November....

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation is observing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Awareness Week from November 7 to 15. Several activities have been planned by the National Spatial Data Management Division and the Land Information Council of Jamaica within the Ministry to mark the occasion under the theme, ‘Geospatial Technologies: Enhancing Food Security and Climate Resilience’. The week...

The Caribbean’s newest and largest Confucius Institute, which was built by the People’s Republic of China at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Kingston, was officially handed over to the Jamaican Government on Monday (October 14). The facility, which was constructed at a cost of US$5 million and is situated at the former Personnel Office on the UWI’s...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, says stakeholders in the digital industry should not waver in their determination to move Jamaica into a new age of digital technology. Speaking at the inaugural Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) ‘G5 Symposium’, at the S Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday, October 11, Mr. Terrelonge...

Three buses, valued at US$753,695, are to be added to the fleet serving government employees. This follows Cabinet’s approval for the award of a contract to Magna Motors Dealership Limited for the supply and delivery of three 50-seater buses for the Government Employees Transportation Service (GETS) fleet. Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda,...

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, has announced the appointment of the Board of Directors for the National Housing Trust (NHT). The 12-member Board will be chaired by Lennox Channer. The other members include Senator Kavan Gayle, Doran Dixon, Senator Kerensia Morrison, Granville Valentine, Sergeant Patrae Rowe, O’Neil Grant, Nesta Clare Smith Hunter,...

Cabinet has approved the use of $100 million from the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) Fund as grant funding to support land titling for approximately 2,000 beneficiaries under the voluntary system of land registration. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, during Wednesday’s (October 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House....