Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government remains committed to taking steps to boost the complement of nurses in Jamaica’s public health system, in order to address the shortage of personnel largely as a result of attrition. These measures, Mr. Holness said, include continued pursuit of bilateral arrangements and bolstering the availability…
By Jonielle Daley At least 1,000 small and medium-size enterprises and small entrepreneurs islandwide will gifted a free e-commerce website with free hosting on Sunday, May 16, courtesy of WiPay Jamaica. This will be facilitated via an online session for which businesses will need an email address to sign up using the registration portal on…
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) January 2021 Labour Force Survey (LFS) is showing increased employment for the construction industry and the ‘professionals, senior officials and technicians’ occupational group. Details of the findings were outlined by Director General, Carol Coy, during the institute’s digital quarterly briefing yesterday. Coy advised that the number of…
WITH NEARLY 70 per cent of the country’s population falling within the working-age cohort of 15-64 years as at 2018, director for Policy Research at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Suzette Johnson, says that there is opportunity to boost the country’s productivity in order to further improve economic growth. She was speaking at the…
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