Jamaica

The Department of Posts and Telecommunications has connected 73 post offices across the island to the Internet, as it works to automate its services in an effort to transform itself into a modern postal service provider

Operators of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the agriculture and fisheries sectors received training on how to transition from informal to formal activities through the Jamaica Business Development Corporation's formalisation project

Crab vendors at the National Heroes Circle in Kingston have been provided with new stalls in a renovation done by J. Wray and Nephew, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation

Using agriculture and land-based therapy to interrupt violence and criminal behaviour among youth is the aim of the Positive Pathways Initiative's social farming programme, which was officially launched in the Flanker community

More than 450.000 low- and middle-income households, consuming up to 200 kWh of electricity/month, will receive a 20% subsidy over the next four months under the government's proposed We CARE Energy Co-Pay programme

Students from 7 primary schools in Corporate and Clarendon area, including children with disabilities, will benefit from a set of educational products focused on climate change, provided as part of a project aimed at empowering the country on the topic

The Minister of Transport and Mines hailed the Greenhouse Cluster and Water Harvesting Project as an important example of sustainable land use, with the goal of improving bauxite communities by encouraging the productive use of mined land for agriculture

Benjamin Alexander was Jamaica's first competitor in alpine skiing, finishing in a creditable 46th place in the men's giant slalom

The country's legendary bobsleigh team is competing in Beijing with three teams, the first time so many have qualified for the Games; the national team said it "will be fire on the ice"

The Jamaica Labour Party has issued a statement urging the government to work with the banks to find ways to avoid any cost increase at this time, since Jamaicans -in their opinion- could not afford it at the moment

The Tourism Workers' Pension Scheme has been officially launched and could become the largest pension scheme in the country, for which the government will pay $1 billion, targeting about 360.000 workers of the industry