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ST. ANDREW, Jamaica (Tuesday, November 23, 2021) — The government is working with private developers to provide affordable and environmentally-friendly housing solutions for Jamaicans, Pearnel Charles Jr., Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, announced, last Friday. “We ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, November 23, 2021) — Remittance inflows for the first 10 months of 2021 (to end of October), totalled approximately US$2.5 billion, as against US$2 billion for the corresponding period, last year, to remain strong despite the impact ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, November 16, 2021) — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr. Horace Chang, says the government is utilising a combination of security measures to respond to the crime situation in Jamaica. “Where the violence justifies ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, November 16, 2021) — The Storytelling Foundation of Jamaica, Ntukuma, in association with the Jamaica Library Service, is presenting the National Storytelling Festival and Conference, Ananse Soundsplash 2021, from November 16 to 22, under the theme ‘Visiting ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Tuesday, November 16, 2021) — Ontario-based PACE Canada (Project for the Advancement of Childhood Education) donated 1000 onetab teaching devices to the National Education Trust Jamaica Limited (NETJL), last Thursday. NETJL will distribute the tablets — which contain ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, November 4, 2021) — Yesterday, the United States government demonstrated its ongoing commitment to the government and people of Jamaica, through the donation of the second tranche of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. This second of three shipments, consists ...

EAST COAST DEMERARA, Guyana (Thursday, November 4, 2021) — With a stated committment to providing vulnerable citizens with financial support, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has extended the government’s 75 kilowatts per hour (KWH) campaign to an ...

REGION 8, Guyana (Thursday, November 4, 2021) — The best option to begin Guyana’s energy transition to renewable sources was adjudged, in 2016, to be the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), according to a study, commissioned by the government of ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Thursday, November 4, 2021) — Barbados’ winter tourism season received a much-needed boost, on Monday, with the arrival of Eurowings Discover’s first flight here, which brought 105 passengers out of Frankfurt, Germany, to vacation and/or work on the ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Thursday, November 4, 2021) — Veteran broadcaster, Dennis Johnson, passed away, yesterday, at the age of 64. Johnson was known for his many roles in broadcasting, at both the Voice of Barbados/Starcom Network and the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation. ...