Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Karl Samuda, says government is giving consideration to renovating the Greenwich Town Fishing Village along Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston.
Education Minister, Ruel Reid, says the results from the National Age-Four School Readiness Assessment show that 92 per cent of children at the early-childhood level are at the required learning development stage.
The Ministry of Tourism has launched a 20 million dollar revolving loan facility, to boost the compliance of small tourism properties, attractions and businesses in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has broken ground for the establishment of a new Business Process Outsourcing centre in the Montego Bay Freezone in St. James.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says at least seven new Business Process Outsourcing projects are slated to come on stream in the next few months expected to significantly expand the sector and create jobs.
The Planning Institute of Jamaica, PIOJ is reporting that the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector grew by 7 percent during the April to June quarter this year.
Transport Minister Michael Henry has received an application for an increase in the toll rates for users of the North South Highway between Caymanas Estate in St. Catherine and Mammee Bay St Ann.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the process of securing a title has been made easier through the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP)
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Land Administration and Management Programme, LAMP, is on track to surpass its target to deliver 1,200 titles to Jamaicans before the end of the 2016/17 financial year.
The Government is in the final stages of restructuring the Ministry of Education to achieve a more effective, efficient and accountable education system
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team is scheduled to arrive within the next month for discussions with the Government on a successor relationship to the four-year Extended Fund Facility, which ends in April 2017.
Finance Minister Audley Shaw says Jamaica is exploring the implementation of a cautionary stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary Fund after the current Extended Fund Facility agreement ends.
The Ministry of Health has identified an expert group to make recommendations about the support that will be required for children born with birth defects associated with the Zika virus.
Chairman of the Economic Growth Council (EGC) Michael Lee Chin says increased focus must be placed on enabling MSME’s to grow, develop and expand to spark long term growth in Jamaica’s economy.