Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, says the country’s economic prospects over the short to medium term are positive. Speaking during the PIOJ’s quarterly...

The Government has made a budgetary allocation of $406 million to commence the second phase of the Rehabilitation of Research Centres project in the agricultural sector in the upcoming fiscal...

Administration of the 2024 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) test for grade six will begin on February 22, 2024, with the sitting of the Ability Test. Grade-six students will sit the...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has launched a National School Garden Project, under the theme ‘Eat what you grow, from the farm to the table’. This $10-million project will...

The Government intends to complete and launch phase one of the National Identification System (NIDS) enrolment and issuance of national identification cards during the 2024/25 financial year. This will be...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that the economy grew by an estimated 1.9 per cent during the October to December 2023 quarter, compared with the corresponding period...

Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford, says there has been a noticeable reduction in the number of complaints from citizens regarding the Brigade’s response time. He noted...

Local innovators will soon benefit from the establishment of a technology commercialisation suboffice that will offer assistance in getting their products on the market. This follows a partnership between the...