The University of the West Indies (UWI) is being encouraged to provide ongoing support, through research, for accelerated economic and social development in Jamaica. Minister without Portfolio in the Finance...

The Post and Telecommunications Department is modernising its facilities and operations. Eastern Regional Coordinator, Natasha Russell Martin, says three post offices in Kingston, Ocho Rios and Falmouth were recently renovated,...

The Government will be intensifying its plastic ban monitoring and enforcement activities in the coming weeks. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and...

Come September 2020, the Government will be amending the format for measuring Jamaica’s gross domestic product (GDP), to include research and development as a subsector. Finance and the Public Service...

The deposit refund scheme, which will provide cash to consumers who return their plastic bottles, is to be operational early in the 2019/20 financial year. Minister without Portfolio in the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says that more than 150 specialist mathematics teachers will be deployed to the secondary education system following the completion...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says investments being made in improving operations at the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) are helping to boost the country’s logistics initiative. The...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says while Jamaica is not immune to its share of economic challenges, the fact still remains that more Jamaicans are employed today than...