MINISTER OF Agriculture and Fisheries Pearnel Charles Jr has charged farmers and fisherfolk to build on the impressive increase in domestic crop production, citing the 846,508 tonnes achieved in 2022. The minister confessed that while he was happy...
Jamaica has made progress in ensuring that the environmental, heritage and historical value of communities such as Port Royal are preserved or even enhanced, whenever prospects for economic investments present, according to Prime Minister Andrew...
The staggering number of children and young adults under the age of 29 being killed on Jamaica’s roads, with a record 488 fatalities reported last year, is putting a serious dent in the nation’s human resource potential and is cause for concern to...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has pointed to the success achieved in crime-fighting in El Salvador as what can be achieved in curbing gang violence, if the right approach is used. He was speaking at last Thursday’s national security seminar under...
The Jamaica Police Federation on Tuesday served notice that until the Government serves up a much improved package, it is not prepared to sign any wage agreement. Up to November, some 15 trade unions had signed on to the new compensation package...
Chief chaplain of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Pastor Dr Gary Buddoo-Fletcher, has appealed to members of the JCF and its auxiliaries to access the services offered by the chaplaincy service branch to deal with everyday issues and any...
The cause of the fire which did extensive damage to the operations of New Budget Supplies Hardware Limited at 195 Hagley Park Road, St Andrew, on Friday night into Saturday morning is not likely to be known until next year, according to public...
Valerie Hibbert was enjoying a well-earned vacation in Louisville, Kentucky when in October she was jolted by the news about the stabbing death of a grade-11 Kingston Technical High School student, Michion Campbell, by another schoolgirl. “I wept...
John Bassie has taken over the reins of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Global presidency for 2023. Bassie’s ascension to the top position of the CIArb, which was established in London, England, in 1915 and granted a Royal Charter in...
The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) has intensified its call for the government to take strong, decisive action to address the multi-million theft and vandalism of public utilities, with President Michael McMorris likening the ongoing theft to a...
Jamaica’s travel and tourism industry is on a trajectory to make a full recovery from the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic by next year, three years ahead of the original projected date of 2026, President of the Airports Authority of Jamaica,...
The education system continues to fail Jamaican students, in much the same way that it did 40 years ago when former Prime Minister Edward Seaga was forced to establish the HEART Trust in order to give most of the country’s at-risk youth a second...
Members of four agricultural groups are engaged in a series of capacity-building activities which will see them engaged in workshops, field trips and other exercises aimed at promoting their participation in value chains that will enhance their...
Lamenting that the acquisition of two backhoes for the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) took two years, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Pearnel Charles Jr was critical of the bureaucracy which, he said, continues to strangle...
The Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust (JCDT) has received a €280,000 grant from the European Union (EU) towards preservation of the Blue and John Crow Mountains, which will go a far way in advancing its work, according to JCDT Executive...
There will be a change of venue for this year’s annual general meeting (AGM) of the Coconut Industry Board (CIB), which is set for 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Medallion Hall Hotel, St Andrew, and not the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown...
The National Irrigation Commission (NIC) is on a drive to provide practical, affordable irrigation options for farmers all across Jamaica, with the aim of boosting food security. This, in light of the ongoing disruptions in the global supply chain...
The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is looking to enlist more volunteers for the annual International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) Day on Saturday, September 17. Programme Director for JET Lauren Creary told The Gleaner that a lot of people are still...
