Ian Hayles says government ‘busted’ as promised prosperity fails to materialise

Reading Time: 2 minutesIan Hayles, vice president of the People’s National Party (PNP), has criticised the government’s failure to curb inflation, which he says has caused the cost of basic necessities for survival to skyrocket.

He argued that the Andrew Holness administration’s promises of prosperity have not materialised, pointing instead to a worsening cost-of-living crisis.

PM hails Westland Port expansion as turning point in Jamaica’s global shipping ambitions

Reading Time: 3 minutesPrime Minister Andrew Holness says the launch of the groundbreaking and contract signing for the Westland Port Expansion Project at the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) marks a defining moment in the continued transformation of Jamaica’s logistics and shipping landscape.

He emphasised that the project’s groundbreaking ceremony symbolises literally and figuratively a new phase of growth, opportunity and national ambition. “The commencement of the Westlands Expansion Project represents a vision that is materialising,” Holness said.

Holness, CARICOM heads pledge unified push for food and nutritional security

Reading Time: 2 minutesPrime Minister Andrew Holness and other regional leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to regional food and nutritional security by endorsing the Food Security Formulation and Design Plan while aiming to reduce the state’s food import bill through agricultural transformation.

Holness also reiterated the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) decision to extend the Vision 25 by 2025 initiative until 2030, a mandate to reduce the region’s food import bill by 25 per cent.

Scores of entrepreneurs display Jamaican-made products at ‘Christmas in July’ trade show

Reading Time: 4 minutesOne hundred and eighty entrepreneurs and small-business owners have been given the opportunity to display a wide range of Jamaican-made products at the 11th staging of the ‘Christmas in July’…

KSAMC on warpath with the National Water Commission

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby, is expressing his displeasure with the National Water Commission (NWC) over what he claims has been the poor treatment of water and sewage in…

China’s first bachelor’s programme in AI education to address teacher shortage

Reading Time: 2 minutesBeijing Normal University (BNU) has launched China’s first undergraduate programme dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) education, aiming to address a critical shortage of specialised teachers in the field. The initiative…