It was standing room only at 'Jamaica House', the headquarters of the Jamaica Society Leeds, last Saturday (September 6), as scores of Jamaicans from across the northern United Kingdom (UK),...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Dorothy Lightbourne, has emphasised that mediators and other stakeholders in the justice system, need to uphold a "gold" standard of service, like that displayed...

With the effects of Tropical Storm Gustav, still being assessed in some areas, the Hanover Disaster Preparedness Committee, is reporting that of the 13 emergency shelters in that parish, one...

The Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS), in association with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), will be hosting the International Congress on Sport for...

The final round of stakeholder consultations on the National Fisheries Policy, began earlier this month and will be concluded by the end of October, in order that the document maybe...

The Director General of UNESCO, Mr. Koichiro Matsuura has lauded Jamaica for its fight against doping in sport. "I have followed with considerable interest the passage of the Anti-Doping Act...

World and Olympic triple record holder Usain Bolt and double Olympic Gold Medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown have been appointed UNESCO Champions for Sport. The announcement was made by Honourable Olivia "Babsy"...

The Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard, will be providing assistance...

In keeping with his pledge to tackle the scourge of crime and violence, when he assumed office on September 11 last year, Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, tabled six Bills in...

Honouring its undertaking, on assuming office in September 2007, to provide unrestricted access to basic health care, the administration, on April 1, abolished user fees at all state-run medical facilities,...

Manager for the St. Ann branch of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Pedro Worghs, is encouraging farmers in the parish who suffered agricultural losses from Tropical Storm Gustav, not...