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Minister of Health and Environment, Rudyard Spencer has assured that all relevant stakeholders have been engaged regarding the removal of user fees at public health facilities, except the University Hospital of the West Indies. He said all are now onboard and committed to ensuring that the policy succeeds. "We have met with every critical player in healthcare in Jamaica especially...

Plans are being made for the expansion of the Ministry of Agriculture's Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) outside of St. Catherine, where it currently operates.This is in an effort to assist the holders of unregistered lands in other parishes to formalize ownership of their properties. Activities are being developed in this regard, and when finalized, should see more landowners...

Over the next five years, Jamaica's education system should begin to see the benefits from a recently launched public/private sector partnership, known as 'Centres of Excellence'. "The education problems that the country faces, do not lie solely at the feet of the Ministry of Education. A collaborative approach can only redound to the benefit of the country," Education Minister Andrew...

Acting Auditor General, Pamella Munroe-Ellis, has underscored the importance of the role of audit committees in ensuring fiduciary prudence within Government ministries and agencies. She was speaking at a seminar hosted by the Audit Commission and the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on Tuesday (January 15), under the theme: 'The Audit...

Since taking the Oath of Office on September 11, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has led the charge to create a framework for good governance, through improved accountability and the elimination of undue bureaucracy as the government seeks to advance economic and social development. The launch of Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan, a strategy, which will help to chart the...

As at November 30, the Ministry of Education began the compulsory registration of early childhood institutions, in a bid to improve the quality of service delivered to youngsters at that level. Education Minister, Andrew Holness, speaking at a recent media briefing at his National Heroes Circle office, said that the exercise is aimed at ensuring that the standard of the...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that agriculture must be transformed into a modern and competitive sector in order for it to survive and grow. Dr. Tufton was speaking on November 7 at the agriculture task force workshop at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston, to discuss the draft vision for the sector as part of Jamaica's plan...

Executive Director of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wesley Hughes, has said that the development of the plan, which will put Jamaica on a path to achieve developed country status by 2030, will have the full participation of Jamaicans from various sections of the society. Speaking at the launch of Vision 2030, the long-term strategic National Development Plan,...

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has called on influential persons and organizations in the island to join with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in a mass effort to push Vision 2030. His Excellency, who was speaking at the launch of Vision 2030 at the Jamaica Conference Centre earlier this week, called for a proactive...

Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, James Robertson, last night (Nov. 2) launched the two-day National Planning Summit, which is aimed at arriving at a consensus on the critical initiatives that will drive economic growth and sustainable development for Jamaica. In his address at the opening ceremony held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Montego Bay,...

Jamaica's 2030 Vision, which aims to catapult the island into developed country status by that year, is driven by a plan and an approach that is unique in Jamaica's history of developmental planning. This is the view being expressed by the Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wesley Hughes. Dr Hughes was speaking recently at a...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall has called on young persons overseas to take advantage of opportunities that exist in Jamaica, in order to contribute to the development of the country. Addressing a group of young persons recently at the first Future Leadership Conference organized by the Jamaican Diaspora-Canada Foundation (JDCF), at the Revivaltime Tabernacle in Toronto,...