Minister of State with responsibility of Local Government Robert Montague, has said that the effectiveness of local governance depends greatly on the ability of individuals and institutions to be fully...

Twenty-five schools mainly from the Kingston area have been invited to participate in an Earthquake Open Day, to be held at Fort Charles in Port Royal on Wednesday, January 14....

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has urged businesses, specifically in the private sector, to support Jamaica's athletes. She was speaking at a ceremony to hand over...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has said that the introduction of the Jamaican CARICOM passport is an initiative that reinforces the country's commitment to Caribbean...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, says the Ministry will be carrying out greater scrutiny of future joint venture housing projects to ensure that the country benefits fairly...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, says when the present world economic storm has passed there will be no space for inefficiencies and that the country will have to be...

Thirty young men from the March Pen Road community in Spanish Town St. Catherine are set to benefit from Lifeguard training. The training is being organized by the Community Security...

The new Jamaica Diaspora United Kingdom (UK) office, based at the Jamaican High Commission complex in London, is now up and running, with new telephone numbers and e-mail address. Advisory...

The reaping of cane at the Frome Sugar Estate in Westmoreland started yesterday (Jan. 7), with the burning of some cane fields. Vice President for Operations at Frome, Aston Smith,...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and the European Union (EU) yesterday (Jan. 7) signed 11 small grant contracts amounting to $11 million, to help former workers in the banana...

Efforts by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. to establish a Caribbean section have been boosted, with the presentation of a series of books on Jamaica, to the facility,...