The 2008 Jamaica Independence Awards will be presented to three New Yorkers, who best exemplify the Jamaican spirit. The presentations will be made at the grand Independence Ball on Saturday,...

The Junitavan Lagoon in Accompong, St. Elizabeth, is to be restored, with the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), through its Foundation, donating $871,000 to undertake the project. Commonly known as...

The Government and employers in general, are being urged to create an environment, which provides more social and economic opportunities for disabled persons. "I am asking the administrators of the...

The Hyacinth School of Nursing was yesterday (August 10) opened at the Northern Caribbean University's (NCU) main campus in Mandeville, Manchester. It was constructed at a cost of $247 million,...

The Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, is now en route to represent the Government of Jamaica at the 29th Olympiad in Beijing. She will...

More than 1,000 Jamaican nationals and friends joined in worship to celebrate the nation's 46th anniversary of Independence, at the First Presbyterian Church of Fort Lauderdale on August 3. The...

Youth Ambassador to the United Nations, Traci-Ann Johns, is calling on young Jamaicans to become more environmentally conscious and play a more active role in protecting and preserving the earth...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, is to officially launch the consultation series on the draft policy on Restorative Justice, which begins tomorrow (Aug. 12), at the...

It has come to the attention of the staff of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) that a number of bakeries have labeled their products as Whole Wheat although their major...

Church leaders from St James say there is the need for moral education of both the state and the church and that it is critical for the churches to work...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, has said that for everyone involved in governance, quality service to the people, has to be the collective mantra. He emphasised...