The Bureau of Women's Affairs in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS), will be strengthening its capacity to execute its mandate of empowering Jamaican women. "We want...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), is urging residents of Old Harbour Bay in St. Catherine, to devise family disaster plans, so as to reduce the impact...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wesley Hughes, has said that while prospects for the economy remained challenging, "fairly modest growth" was expected in the forthcoming...

A total of 413 primary schools islandwide are to benefit from the skills and expertise of 63 Mathematics specialists, who will be in the schools by October. This move is...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has congratulated Shericka Williams on her silver medal victory in the women's 400m in the Beijing Olympics this morning. Williams came out ahead of event favourite,...

Cabinet this morning (Aug.18) hailed as magnificent and spectacular, the performances by Jamaican athletes Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart, who captured gold and silver medals in...

Prime Minister Golding has noted that once again two Jamaicans have made the country extremely proud - Usain Bolt with his World Record gold medal victory in the men's 200m...

Shericka Williams added a silver medal to Jamaica's pot tonight, after running a cleverly-timed race to beat event favourite, Sanya Richards of the USA, who could only manage third. Britain's...

Usain Bolt's mother Jennifer saw a world champion in him from he was 12 years. So it's no wonder she remains unfazed by the drama that is unfolding in Beijing....

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its JAMAICA Farmers Access to Regional Markets (FARMS) 11 project, has extended support to the Government of Jamaica in revamping the...

Newly appointed Executive Director of the Bureau of Women's Affairs, Faith Webster, has said that under her leadership, the Bureau would be committed to helping disabled women, and establishing shelters...