New block to be constructed at Tamarind Farm

803 Billion dollar budget tabled for 2019/2020 fiscal year, revival of Montego Bay to Appleton Railway Service to begin next fiscal year and 50 companies to benefit under phase three of Government’s Export Max programme.

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says the recent opening of the S Hotel has created an economic boost for Montego Bay.

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Daryl Vaz, has announced a mid-year start date for the Government’s Plastic Bottle Deposit Refund Scheme.

Government to amend GDP indicators to include research and development, Prime Minister Andrew Holness optimistic about increase in hotel room stock within the next decade and Civil Division of Corporate Area Parish Court on Sutton Street closed today.

finance Minister to open Budget Debate on March 7, 18 more public bodies to be rationalized by September, and Ground broken for construction of new hotel in Trelawny. The news in detail after the break.

Government to set up Plastic Ban enforcement in the coming weeks, CARICOM countries committed to increasing trade and business opportunities within the regioin and NWA to clean drains and gullies across four parishes starting next week.