The House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 30) approved the Fourth Supplementary Estimates for the fiscal year 2023/24, which reflects total government expenditure of $1.092 trillion. The Estimates proposes a...

The Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings (SCJH) has been tasked with accelerating the pace of reallocating lands formerly used for sugar-cane cultivation into alternative agricultural endeavours. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries...

The Agricultural Produce (Amendment) Act, which will facilitate the imposition of harsher penalties for praedial larceny, has been gazetted and is now in effect. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining,...

The Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY) will host the annual National Careers Awareness Week (NCAW) from February 4 to 9, under the theme ‘Expanding our Horizon: Respecting the Journey...

Arrangements are in place to allow public-sector workers who are National Housing Trust (NHT) mortgagors to receive contribution refunds in cash during the current application period. Assistant General Manager for...

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon Daryl Vaz, says the Falmouth Transportation Centre in Trelawny is an example of an organised facility that could serve as a template...

Head of the Praedial Larceny Prevention Coordination Unit, Superintendent Oral Pascoe, is urging farmers affected by praedial larceny to make reports to the police. “We have actually seen in some...

The first set of 100 compressed natural gas (CNG)-fuelled buses for the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) are expected to arrive in time for the start of the 2024/25 academic...