Some 2,000 fisher folk from six parishes have benefitted from the donation of safety gear, as part of the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI). The beneficiaries will also receive training...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says conserving energy and reducing the country’s energy bill, will become critical to the agreement with the International Monetary Fund...

Government Senator, Lambert Brown, is supporting a call for legislation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which seeks to safeguard the welfare of persons in the workplace. “The Occupational...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will, on Friday, February 15, host several stakeholder partners at a workshop to review and finalize preparation of the Medium Term Socio-Economic Framework (MTF)...

Work is to begin soon at the Princess Margaret Hospital in St. Thomas as the Ministry of Health moves to improve security at the facility. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton...

The 2013 staging of the Public Sector Leadership Development Conference, organised by the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), will be held on March 7 at the Knutsford Court Hotel,...

Schools from rural Jamaica dominated the top spots in the Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan Essay Competition, when the winners were announced on Wednesday (January 30) at the Planning...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is pushing for a skills based education system, which he says is the way of the future. Addressing the Vision 2030 Jamaica...

Six students and two schools will walk away with trophies and other attractive prizes won in the recently held Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat’s Essay Competition, during the awards presentation ceremony...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is inviting proposals for short-term social intervention programmes under its Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP). The initiative, now in its third phase, is jointly funded...

Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Belize, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Cayman Islands, Her Excellency Ambassador Paola Amadei, is dispelling misconceptions about the Economic...