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On today’s edition of Jamaica House Weekly, Prime Minister opens rehabilitated bridge at Violet Bank in St Andrew, meets with members of the Youth Advisory Council and hails this year’s Chevening Scholars.

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, has instructed schools not to charge more than 5,000 dollars for registration packages for the upcoming academic year. This is keeping with the Ministry’s call for schools to ensure education remains accessible and affordable for all.

Writing a will is usually a personal process, however it requires the presence and input of a few people such as witnesses, an executor and possibly a lawyer. Lawyers can write and examine wills on a client’s behalf. Some law firms go the extra mile to store copies of wills for clients. The witnesses are required to sign your will, showing that...

The Government recently launched its enhanced vector control programme to continue fighting mosquito borne illnesses. This is a component of the Health and Wellness Ministry’s integrated vector management programme and is expected to become a permanent fixture around this period each year with the aim of keeping outbreaks under control.

Did you know that LinkedIn ranks in the top 5 in search results when your name is googled? That is of course if you have a LinkedIn account. LinkedIn is more than an online resume holder, it is the place where people in business go to be positioned as thought leaders, to find clients, gets leads, to get recruited and to...

The Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) to extend the domestic monitoring of the Economic Reform Programme. The MOU will see EPOC continuing in its monitoring role beyond the end of Jamaica’s Precautionary Standby arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That arrangement concludes in November this year.

A charitable organization is any institution established to give back. Under the law, according to section 2 of the Charities Act, such organizations can be a charitable trust or any institution, established for that exclusive purpose. It can also be an institution which has no part of its net income or assets going towards the personal benefit of any governing board member,...

Jamaica is fast becoming one of the hottest destinations to visit in the world. Many visitors arrive in Jamaica by cruise each year, with over 1.8 million visiting the island that way in 2018. To build on this success, the Government has another new cruise destination in the works - Port Royal. The Port Authority of Jamaica, who is leading the...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the government will be moving to repair several bridges across the island in short order.

The Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) to extend domestic monitoring of the Economic Reform Programme.

Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners has is expanding the scope and level of assistance provided to students in St. Ann through the company’s Education Trust. These, include the introduction of two five-year scholarships, valued at 100,000 dollars per annum, to the top performing boy and girl in the Primary Exit Profile PEP examinations. The firm will also be awarding three tertiary scholarships...

With Jamaica Moves taking the country by storm more Jamaicans are becoming active and eating healthier meals. This has created many opportunities for local agro business owners and manufacturers to exploit, specifically in the creation of healthier food items to meet the local demand. As such The Scientific Research Council (SRC) recently acquired new equipment, to help improve its product...