Jamaica’s National Emergency Response Team has been activated to coordinate and support the country’s response to the current outbreak of the Chikungunya virus. At the same time the government has allocated an additional $150 million to the Chikungunya response, which includes a massive clean-up campaign aimed at destroying and removing mosquito breeding sites. The information came out of a technical...

The country’s ability to capitalise on prospects and earnings related to sport tourism has been boosted with the establishment of ‘Jamaica Sport’. A Technical Working Group established by the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, and the Ministry of Sport, Jamaica Sport will serve as a public/private entity, which will coordinate and develop sport tourism locally. The initiative will explore the...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller this afternoon (October 1) convened a special meeting at Jamaica House to review the threat of the Ebola virus and assess the government’s response to the outbreak of the Chikungunya virus. The Ministry of Health has heightened surveillance at all ports of entry and health facilities. This includes assigning additional staff to screen and assess...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is reiterating the Government’s commitment to facilitating the economic empowerment of women, while working to systematically expose and correct gender disparities and inequality. “The Jamaican Government is committed to gender equity and has put in place policies and legislation that foster greater participation of women in the country’s economic life,” Mrs. Simpson...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has called on the private sector to push to get more women involved in political representation and leadership in Jamaica. She noted that women have been “woefully under-represented” in politics over the years, pointing out that currently, they account for only eight of the current 63 Members of Parliament, representing...

Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Douglas Saunders, says public sector organizations have recorded significant improvements in the quality of their service delivery over  the past 15 years. Speaking at  the launch of the 2014/15 Public Sector Customer Service Competition at the Ministry of Finance and Planning in Kingston, on September 18, Ambassador Saunders noted that these improvements have resulted from moves by ...

A total of 182 information technology (IT) resource and skills training centres have been established across the country, as the Government continues to provide Jamaicans with access to information technology (IT). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, said that an additional 49 such facilities are being built and nearly 150 applications for similar centres are awaiting approval. In...