Finance Minister seeks to allay IFC concerns about her budget figures

Reading Time: 2 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor Finance Minister Favyal Williams is seeking to allay concerns raised by Jamaica’s Independent Fiscal Commission (IFC) regarding the government’s budget figures. Opening the 2026/2027 Budget Debate in parliament…

Government fast-tracking recruitment of healthcare staff

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Government is advancing recruitment for healthcare workers as part of medium and long-term measures to fill gaps in the health system following the end of the technical cooperation agreement…

Government exploring Trelawny Multipurpose Stadium’ privatisation and sports tourism potential

Reading Time: 2 minutesMinister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange has announced that an enterprise team is being established to explore opportunities for the development and potential privatisation of the Trelawny…

UWI Mona deputy principal Dr Tomlin Paul has died

Reading Time: 2 minutesDr Tomlin Paul, deputy principal at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, and a physician, has died.

A notice issued by his family on Monday said Paul “passed peacefully at home.”

Jamaica’s seabed cores samples now enroute US for hydrocarbon analysis

Reading Time: 2 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor With the conclusion of a Seabed Geochemical Exploration (SGE) program in Jamaica’s Walton-Morant offshore oil prospect, seabed piston core samples are now enroute to America for analysis. The piston core samples are…

Government pledges trained teachers in all EICs by September 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery early-childhood institution (ECI) across Jamaica will be staffed with at least one trained teacher by September 2026. This was announced by Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator…