Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says he expects that Jamaican workers will be afforded every opportunity to take up highly skilled positions at the new Alpart/JISCO Alumina Refinery in Nain, St. Elizabeth. In giving the keynote address at the official opening of the facility on June 21, Mr. Holness said it is the intention of the Government to...

Jamaicans are again being assured that the data that will be stored under the proposed National Identification System (NIDS) will be secure. This assurance came from members of the NIDS project team, during a press conference held at Jamaica House yesterday (June 21). Expected to be rolled out in 2018, NIDS will provide a comprehensive and secure structure to capture...

Approximately fifteen hundred young persons yesterday (June 20) attended the orientation and registration for the first phase of the HOPE programme. The HOPE programme is the Government’s flagship training and apprenticeship programme, which targets unattached youth, aged 18 -24, who are not in school or currently employed. HOPE means Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment. The orientation was held at the...

New categories and features have been added to the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence, which returns this November after a three-year hiatus. For the first time, awards will be presented for excellence in Innovation, Science and Technology and Environmental Protection. These are in addition to the traditional areas of Agriculture, Sports, Youth-In-Service, Arts and Culture, Journalism, Entrepreneurship, Academics...

The Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation (PMMA) for Service to Education ceremony will be held on Wednesday, June 21, on the Lawns of Jamaica House. Forty outstanding educators who have contributed 1,428 years of service collectively to education will receive the PMMA. The recipients were nominated by their peers, community members and elected representatives. The recipients include Arnoldo Allen, New...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is challenging researchers at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) to undertake more agricultural based studies and innovations which would redound to the benefit of the country. “If we manage to infuse technology and good management into our agricultural practises, we could increase our agricultural output tenfold and where you are in the centre...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will be undertaking a review of tertiary education funding. He said the objective is to ensure that more students will have access to higher learning. “A part of the transformation in the way in which we fund tertiary education is to fund the students rather than the institutions. I think...