Prime Minister Bruce Golding will address the opening session of the 29th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to be held from...

Health and Environment Minister, Rudyard Spencer, is stressing the need for a collaborative approach to curtailing the spread of chronic non-communicable diseases. He pointed out that Jamaica currently faces the...

As CARIFORUM countries prepare to sign and implement an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Ken Baugh, has emphasized...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Faith Innerarity, has said that a review of the age of retirement of civil servants is currently underway. Speaking...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Ken Baugh, has discounted criticism of the Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) clause, which is contained in the Economic Partnership...

Jamaica will continue to press for additional flexibilities in the tariff cutting formula for small, vulnerable economies; the recognition of long-standing preferences in agriculture, and for longer transition periods to...

Jamaica intends to open new missions in Spain, Brazil, India, Russia, Haiti, and a country in the Persian Gulf over the next three years. In making the announcement during his...

The draft report of the audit of the local child protection system will be ready in a month's time, and this will help to shape the way abused children are...

The Government is moving to improve infirmaries across the island, in an effort to have a safer environment for the over 1,500 residents. The residents include the aged, the disabled,...

The Government has approved expansion of the Boscobel Aerodrome and the development of a specialist hospital in Tower Isle, two major projects in Western St. Mary. The expansion of the...

Jamaica and its CARICOM partners are poised to commence negotiating a free trade agreement with Canada, which is the region's third largest trading partner. Speaking in the 2008/09 Sectoral Debate...