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As the Government undertakes initiatives to achieve energy security for the country, it has actively sought partnerships with international development organizations to gain both funding and technical assistance to ensure the sector keeps pace with the rest of the world. Several key initiatives are being implemented with the assistance of the United States Department of State. Recently Jamaica was tapped by...

Leaders continually strive to be better no matter the calling and no matter the stage of life they are at. At 17 years old, Sandray Miller recognises the value of self-improvement and is steadily making strides to do so. Sandray, who hails from St. Catherine is the 2019 Jamaica 4-h clubs Boy of the year, the President of the Junior Leaders League...

The unemployment rate declined to a new record low of 7.8 percent in April 2019. This follows on previous record low rates of 8.4 percent in July 2018, 8.7 percent in October 2018 and 8 percent in January 2019. April’s figure is 2 percentage points lower than the 9.8 percent recorded for April 2018.

The Government is on a mission to diversify Jamaica’s energy mix and this involves the sourcing of alternatives to petroleum to power vehicles on a daily basis. The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is courting the use of compressed natural gas cng to fuel a section of its fleet and over a 6 month period, 5 buses will be used to...

The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology through the Universal Service Fund (USF) is on a mission to make access to the internet and related technologies commonplace. One of the USF’s key initiatives under this mandate has been the roll out of Community Access Points (CAPs) across the island. A CAP was recently established at the Maverly Primary and Junior High...

The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) is a funding mechanism under the Climate Investment Fund, which helps developing countries, like Jamaica, incorporate climate resilience into our growth and development plans. Essentially, the government and its private partners have secured funding to ensure that the country is prepared for severe weather conditions.

The performance of students at the primary level is expected to improve significantly with the implementation of the Specialist Teacher Model. The model requires schools to identify teachers who will function as specialists for mathematics, language, science and social studies.

The Jamaican Government has made the commitment to transform the public sector into a robust, efficient and effective administration. Under the current public sector transformation programme, five areas are being given priority attention. On today’s programme we give updates on two of those areas.

Jamaica is gearing up to host the 7th Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP20). Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie says with Jamaica’s hosting of the international conference, he anticipates that greater focus will be placed on disaster mitigation strategies for small island developing states (SIDS).