Jamaica

Kingston Public Hospital will renovate areas as the anesthesia ward and nurses' lounges, significantly improving working conditions for doctors and nurses, with a US$13 million donation of The Supreme Ventures Foundation

360.000 Jamaicans who are beneficiaries of the Advancement through Health and Education Program and the Social Pension Program will receive a one-off grant of U$10.000 this month as part of the social and economic recovery and immunisation programme

The Jamaica Fire Brigade has announced plans to increase its staff number adding 151 new positions over the next two fiscal years to the staffing level of 2100 persons

Students at Pembroke Hall High School in St. Andrew's have now access to an interactive classroom system donated by Huawei to support online/remote learning

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation will soon launch a program that will provide employment opportunities for members of the municipality's homeless community

Latest police statistics show farming is the occupation with the third-most charges for serious crimes over the last five years, behind unemployed people and labourers; farming groups and associations are 'stunned'

Unemployment rate reached 8,5% this July, -4,1% compared to 12,6% of July 2020; the Statistical Institute of Jamaica reports that the rate is gradually decreasing

WiPay Jamaica, the leading fintech company in the Caribbean, has unveiled a new digital money option, a unique and non-transferable QR code identifier

Jamaica Energy Partners Group has planted 205 Jamaican cedar and mahogany seedlings on the company's newly acquired 2.5 hectares of land in the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve within its goal of planting 2.100

The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries resigned from the Cabinet after he received public backlash due to a video surfacing where he was shown breaching Covid-19 protocols

Political scientists are concerned about the growing political apathy in the country after seeing the results of the Bluedot polls, according to which 48% described themselves as neutral, with neither positive nor negative feelings on the two party

The Joint Select Committee of Parliament has decided to support the proposal to make the municipality of Portmore the 15th parish in Jamaica

The Caribbean Development Bank announced that agro-entrepreneurs will be able to access a range of production, training and marketing support under a two-year project launched last month implemented by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation