He made the announcement during his budget debate presentation in parliament yesterday. According to Dr Holness, for NHT beneficiaries with five to ten years of service, interest rates will be cut by 1-percent, while those with ten years or more will see a reduction of 2 percent.

During his budget debate presentation in parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness announced that the minimum wage will be increased from $16000 to $17000, come July 1. This is $1500 less than the 18500 dollar increase Dr. Holness promised last year.

Effective July 1,  the minimum wage will be increased from $16,000 to $17,000. Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness made the announcement during his budget debate presentation yesterday.

WMW Jamaica (formerly Women’s Media Watch), together with community and youth empowerment organisations staged a protest in the corporate area yesterday against gender-based violence. Participants dressed in black t-shirts, held placards bearing messages such as, 'domestic violence harms children'.

While hailing the now discontinued Jamaica Cuba Medical cooperation as a great initiative for locals, one nurse who came to Jamaica on the programme in 1999 said Cubans did not really benefit from it financially, as the majority of their earnings went to the Cuban government. The nurse who requested anonymity, shared her story with IRIE FM News following the March 5 announcement that the agreement was being terminated after 5 decades.