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....

Regular classes are expected to resume today, September 25, following the return of public transportation in the Kingston and St. Andrew Metropolitan area and sections of St Catherine served by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). The Ministry of Education is advising that based on discussions with the JUTC and the police schools can resume regular classes. At the same...

The Government has provided 47 full-tuition scholarships to needy students who started their Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, this semester. The awards are valued at $177.66 million per annum over the next five years. Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, who made the...

Schools across Jamaica will celebrate International Literacy Day on Friday (September 6), under the theme “Literacy and Multilingualism”. Speaking with JIS News, National Literacy Coordinator in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. André Hill, said that the day, which is observed annually on September 8 worldwide, is part of UNESCO’s efforts to emphasise the importance of literacy to...

Attorney-at-Law, Laleta Davis-Mattis, has been appointed to chair the National Committee on Reparations. The other members include Bert Samuels, Deputy Chairman; Professor Verene Shepherd; Frank Phipps; Lord Anthony Gifford; Dr. Jahlani Niaah; Professor Rupert Lewis; Steven Golding; Dr. Michael Barnett; Dr. Clinton Hutton; Donald Roberts; Michael Holgate; Ras L. Ho-Shing; Vivian Crawford; Jo-Anne Archibald; Pastor Bruce Fletcher; Reverend Dr. Stephen...