Government seeks to expand overseas employment programme, 30 schools in region 2 being repaired for new school year and financial markets symposium to be staged in Downtown Kingston.

Over 16,000 Jamaicans dispatched participate overseas employment programme in 2019, Jamaica remains free of locally transmitted malaria and Government to redevelop Trelawny multipurpose and national stadiums.

Increased security for public health facilities, labour ministry hails Canada farm work programme and Coffee Exporters Association celebrates blue mountain coffee day.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will receive enhanced security tools to aid crime-fighting efforts in 2020. Among them, purpose-built police cars fitted with tracking devices and onboard computers. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, during his New Year’s Day address to the nation, said several administrative and operational improvements are being undertaken internally as the JCF works to be a force for good.

Economic Expansion Continues Despite Economic Shocks, Companies Office to Rollout More Electronic Business Registration Kiosks and JCF to Improve the Quality of Policing.

JCF to receive enhanced security tools, Police to get largest allocation in upcoming budget and environmental impact assessment to be done for plastic ban.