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Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (third right), shares a photo opportunity with stakeholders during the CARICOM Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Digitalisation Project Closing Summit on May 27, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Pictured (from left) are Technical Officer, Caribbean Association of National Training Authorities (CANTA), Orlando Hewitt; Deputy Programme Manager, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Denise Stoney James; Vice Chair, HEART/NSTA Trust Board of Directors, Rayharna Wright; Project Technical Coordinator for GIZ–Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit Brazil, João Paulo Freitas; and HEART/NSTA Trust Director of Training Infrastructure and Development, Dwayne Bent.
Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (third right), shares a photo opportunity with stakeholders during the CARICOM Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Digitalisation Project Closing Summit on May 27, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Pictured (from left) are Technical Officer, Caribbean Association of National Training Authorities (CANTA), Orlando Hewitt; Deputy Programme Manager, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Denise Stoney James; Vice Chair, HEART/NSTA Trust Board of Directors, Rayharna Wright; Project Technical Coordinator for GIZ–Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit Brazil, João Paulo Freitas; and HEART/NSTA Trust Director of Training Infrastructure and Development, Dwayne Bent.

HEART/NSTA Trust Digitises Courses in CARICOM TVET Pilot

By: Judana Murphy, June 3, 2026
The HEART/NSTA Trust has digitised three of its Level Two courses under a pilot programme initiated by CARICOM to standardise Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) across Member States....
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, delivers the keynote address at the launch of Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2026 held on Thursday (May 21) at Summit in New Kingston. CWA 2026, CARICOM's flagship platform for the advancement of the region’s agricultural agenda, is slated for September 27 to October 2 at the Ocean Coral Springs Resort in Trelawny under the theme: ‘The New FACE of Caribbean Food Systems’.

Jamaica to Host Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2026

By: Vanessa James, May 23, 2026
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Delano Seiveright (left); Executive Director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Dr. Velton Gooden, and Chief Executive Officer of the CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality, Dr. Sharonmae Smith Walker, examine a helmet at the launch of the BSJ Motorcycle Helmet standard - JS 374:2025 Jamaica Standard Specification – Protective Helmets for Road Users - on March 31 at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) Incubator and Resource Centre in Kingston.

BSJ to Establish Regional Motorcycle Helmet-Testing Laboratory

By: Rochelle Williams, April 2, 2026

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Outgoing Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Jamaica, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the opening ceremony of the 50th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, in Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis on Tuesday (Feb. 24).
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PM Urges Continued Regional Security Cooperation

Outgoing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chair and Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging continued cooperation and intelligence sharing among member states to tackle transnational organised crime...
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By: Donique Weston, February 25, 2026