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Initiative launched to protect the country’s forests; traffic restrictions implemented in St. Elizabeth to facilitate road works; and sensitization sessions underway for Child Diversion Programme.

Corporate Area road upgrades to boost ease of doing business; 47 delinquent taxpayers arrested in St. Ann; and youth mentors trained under National Security Ministry initiative.

Government committed to boosting employment figures; tyres to be removed from Riverton landfill under pilot project; and Youth Summer Employment Programme expanded.

Tourism Ministry urging manufacturers to share success from trade shows, JUTC CNG pilot set for September and Real Estate Board clamping down on unregistered developers.

Economy grows by 1.7 percent in first quarter; significant growth in demand for agriculture products; and Local Government Minister comments Social Development Commission.

Government supports private sector climate resilience efforts; Jamaicans receive scholarships to study in Canada; and ALEX platform reaping success in Agri sector.

Close to 200 million dollars is to be spent over the next 18 months to install 14 new elevators at hospitals in the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA). The Victoria Jubilee and Kingston Public Hospitals are to receive 4 new elevators each, with one already commissioned at each hospital. One of two new elevators is also up and running at the...

The unemployment rate declined to a new record low of 7.8 percent in April 2019. April’s figure is 2 percentage points lower than the 9.8 percent recorded for April 2018. Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, says the number of persons unemployed in April was 105 thousand 400, a 19.7 percent drop when compared to the same...

5 New Business Incubators to be established; National Land Agency to introduce electronic titling service; and Government committed to providing inclusive education for all children.

IMF’s Jamaica office to remain open after stand-by arrangement ends; Government developing plastic bottle refund scheme; and more than 250 young people to benefit from summer employment under the Citizen Security and Justice Programme.

Unemployment rate hits new record low; Water Resources Authority and Meteorological Service sign MOU; and Programme for International Student Assessment to be administered in 2021.

State of Public Emergency Extended in St. Andrew South Division, Audio visual equipment to be installed in courts; and NGO’s encouraged to apply for Canadian international funding initiative.