Work is advancing under the project being implemented by Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) to further build out the country’s Global Services Sector (GSS). The five-year Skills Development for Global Services Project is focused on upskilling and preparing persons working in the sector, more commonly associated with Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) activities, for higher-end jobs in areas such as Information Technology...

As Jamaicans continue to witness the adverse effects of climate change, the Water Resources Authority (WRA) has assured that the updated National Water Plan will consider the current impact of climate change on the nation’s water resources. “We would like to report that in regard to the Master Plan study that is being done, we are taking into consideration the...

Long considered volatile and prone to violence, the inner-city community of Salt Spring, in St. James, is starting to show glimpses of a future that residents say will assist in restoring Montego Bay’s status. They point to what they see as a flurry of social intervention programmes and also a genuine attempt by persons living overseas and here in Jamaica...

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has been significant throughout the past 15 years, playing an integral role in driving the innovation and development of the local tourism sector, and enriching the lives of Jamaican citizens through key community projects. This particularly holds true in the tourism capital of Montego Bay and the wider St. James, where the TEF has been...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative, Dr. Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, is lauding the Government for initiating measures to preserve and bolster the economic gains Jamaica has recorded over the last six years. This, he notes, under the country’s Economic Reform Programme (ERP). These safeguards, which Dr. Lonkeng Ngouana contends are imperative in facilitating Jamaica’s exit from the IMF’s financial support...

The Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre for boys, in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, has received a boost in its quest to provide the wards with modern agricultural training, as part of the rehabilitation process. Under a partnership involving Hi-Pro Farm Supplies, the We Transform Initiative, and students and Faculty from the Humber College, in Canada, the programme was recently expanded...

Director, Child Labour, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Sasha Deer-Gordon, says the minimum age that a child can be admitted into formal employment is 15 years, if he or she has completed secondary education. In an interview with JIS News, she explains that the line of work must not be hazardous and it must also allow time for leisure,...

The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) is undertaking development projects at key ports with the aim of facilitating growth within the country’s cruise industry. Works are being done in Montego Bay, St. James; Ocho Rios, St. Ann; and Falmouth, Trelawny. In Montego Bay, the berth space at the port is being upgraded to accommodate larger cruise vessels. “We will be...

Veteran Educator, Linnette Henry, is passionate about guiding troubled young persons, particularly boys, on a path to become useful citizens, and since 2004 she has assisted several of them. Mrs. Henry, who has been teaching at the Christiana High School, in Manchester, for the past 23 years, has become ‘mother’ to scores of young men who, at some point during...