Jamaican Gov’t to spend $826 million on textbooks, ebooks and apps

The Government of Jamaica will spend $826 million on the acquisition of textbooks for the upcoming academic year, including electr...

Jamaica to reopen schools Oct. 5 but no face-to-face lessons

Schools in Jamaica will reopen as scheduled on October 5 as the island combats a surge of the coronavirus. The announcement was ma...

100 public schools to get Internet next week

Minister of Education, Fayval Williams, has revealed that come next week approximately 100 more public schools should have interne...

Jamaicans demand action from Gov’t as #JusticeForSusanBogle trends on Twitter

Many times, in Jamaica’s crime-fighting effort, innocent people in poor, disenfranchised communities and the residents who live ...

USF provides $17.5 m to upgrade bandwidth of health facilities

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has provided $17.5 million in information and communications technology (ICT) support to the Mini...

No charge: Free to call Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 numbers

Jamaica’s two major telecommunications providers Digicel Jamaica and FLOW have agreed to zero-rate access to all novel Coronavi...

Government wants higher standards after explosion kills one person

The Jamaica government says it is focused on ensuring the highest standard of safety in the petroleum trade after one person was k...

Jamaica to host meeting with Energy Ministers from across the Americas

Energy ministers from across the Americas will meet in Jamaica later this month to discuss a wide range of issues, including the f...