Some 70 roads identified during the Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network programme consultations were sent to the National Works Agency for analysis and evaluation

Notable increases in arrests and seizure are the result of tackling praedial larceny - theft of agri produce or livestock from farms or land -, an issue in many rural communities that causes losses to farmers and disrupts local food supply chains

Jamaica now ranks first in the Caribbean for the collection of plastic bottles for recycling; the local collection rate of plastic for recycling is over 40% and the country aims to reach the standard rate of 70% collection per month

1.060 murders have been committed in Jamaica in the first 11 months of 2024, according to statistics by the Constabulary Force; over the past 5 years, the country was surpassed only by Haiti as per highest number of homicides in the Caribbean

Jamaica was selected as pilot for the International Labour Organisation's Just Transition project, which aims at highlighting the impact of climate change on workers and strategies to protect and empower them