Licence plate-recognition software that will allow law-enforcement authorities to nab delinquent motorists is to be introduced in Jamaica this year, the National Works Agency (NWA) has warned. According to the NWA’s manager of communication and customer services, Stephen Shaw, everything is in place to make the system work. “We are

From left: Balram Vaswani, chief ganja officer of Kaya Inc; Kathy Miller, Radio Cayman; Delano Seiveright of Jamaica's Cannabis Licensing Authority; Prentice Panton, CEO of Reflections Cayman; T'Shura Gibbs, CEO of Zimmer & Co; Douglas K Gordan, founder of CanEx Jamaica at Capital Meets Cannabis conference at the Westin Resort

Jamaicans who are functionally illiterate could soon have a better chance of securing a driver’s licence, as the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) has been petitioned to modify the examination that is used to measure road-safety knowledge. This appeal was made by members of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) who

More than 400 motorcycle riders have died on Jamaica's roads in the past four years, but still, bikers continue to put their lives at risk, creating a major challenge to other road users, and it appears that neither the police nor the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport

Despite a weakened global economic growth, outlook projected by the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) mid-2019 report, which was released yesterday in New York, suggests that growth in Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to slowly increase. However, risks remain tilted to the downside due to

MORE than 300 Sagicor team members and Sagicor Foundation volunteers will be out today 'labouring' at four children's home across the island in support of the national Labour Day theme 'Child Safety…It's You, It's Me, It's All Ah We'. The four homes receiving improvements are: Reddie's Place of Safety

Last year, General Accident decided to let its hair down with a new promotional campaign, and the general insurer is still reaping gains from it. The first signs of the campaign’s impact showed up in the company’s year-end results for 2018, when the general insurance company, which trades on the

The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that at least four of its water supply systems have dried up as a result of ongoing drought conditions in sections of the island. The NWC says its Higgin Town, Dawson and Content plants in St Ann are out of water. So too has the

JAMAICA's employment level hit a new high in January, showing 1,232,700 people across the country reporting to work. The data was revealed by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) yesterday during its press briefing for the January to March 2018 quarter. Director General of the PIOJ Wayne Henry noted that

PHILLIPSBURG, St Maarten (CMC) — The dry conditions affecting the Caribbean over the last few months are expected to continue into September for most of the region, forecasters said today. “For the June to August, we are expecting it to be drier than usual or close to normal. So we