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It was a homecoming befitting a queen. Before jetting across the globe to begin her reign, Miss World 2019 Toni-Ann Singh came back to her island roots, as she describes it the home of guinep, jelly and escoveich fish, her country Jamaica. Hundreds turned out to bid her welcome as she made several stops and visits during her 4-day visit. Now that...

A new Minister ushered in, and some single use plastics out; some highlights of 2019 for the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation.

The government rolled out several tools to boost its law enforcement apparatus during 2019

When the champagne stops flowing, the Christmas decorations are packed away and the reality of work, school and responsibilities start creeping back in, that’s when it gets ready to strike. It can feel like a cloud of gloom that just won’t go away, a feeling of uneasiness or unhappiness that you just can’t shake, and you can’t explain why. It’s called...

2019 was the year of the lowest unemployment rate in more than three decades, largely due to the growth of the Business. Process Outsourcing sector.

Recently there was an increase in the demand for foreign currency, attributed mostly to the seasonal restocking by retailers ahead of the Christmas period. This, along with the demand for portfolio transactions, spurred a drastic depreciation in the value of the Jamaican dollar despite normal daily inflows. This led to the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) take action to stabilize the currency....

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is reporting that approximately 14.7 billion dollars was in circulation for the week preceding Christmas December 16-20.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness recently donated one million dollars to the Bustamante Hospital for Children during a tour and toy distribution visit to the facility on December 22.

On today’s programme ODPEM to launch Public Education Campaign

A wreath laying ceremony was held on Sunday December 22, at the Zong Monument in Black River, St Elizabeth, to honour and remember the lives of the African slaves who died in the Zong Massacre of 1781. The Zong Massacre saw the throwing overboard of 132 slaves to lighten the slave ship, The Zong, which left the western coast of Africa,...

Farmers in sections of St Elizabeth are excited going into the New Year after having the roadways leading into their communities repaired. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) recently upgraded the Marl Road and Castleton roadways in the parish. Listen to this edition of Calling Farmers to get the details.

There’s a popular saying that goes “One kind word can change everything”. But members of the Holy Ghost Assembly Church of God in Kiston Town St Catherine decided to go one step further by doing a kind deed for 100 children in the community on Sunday December 22. Pastor of the Church Joan Fennel says the treat is also part...