Cabinet met at Jamaica House today for the start of its meeting focusing on the economy, the 2013/2014 Budget and the Growth Agenda. It received a briefing on the status...

The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) has concluded its schedule of schools outreach programmes and activities for the 2012/13 financial year, which ends on March 31. Over 4000 primary and...

The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) wrapped up its sensitisation and awareness meetings in western Jamaica on Wednesday, March 20, with a successful session at Godfrey Stewart High School in...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) will be relocating its head office from Seaview Avenue, Kingston to a more central location in the city. CAC Chairman, Lorna Green, who made the...

Legislation is being crafted for the development of a public procurement regime, which will legally separate the National Contracts Commission (NCC) from the Office of the Contractor General (OCG). The...

Cabinet has approved the sale of the Oceana Hotel complex to the National Health Fund (NHF) for $350 million. The Ministry of Health will continue to occupy the building, which...

Cabinet will begin a two-day retreat on Sunday, March 24. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, made the announcement at the weekly Jamaica House press briefing...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has congratulated telecommunications company Digicel, for its bold investment in downtown Kingston and the role it continues to play as a full...

Some 48 houses are earmarked for construction at a cost of $20 million, under the pilot phase of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Social Housing Project. The initiative,...

Plans are well advanced for this year’s staging of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence and Jamaican Youth in Concert, scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 24, at...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says household workers, who are predominantly women, occupy positions of importance and make their contribution to national development. “This largely female cadre has contributed throughout...