A Hall of Fame and Volunteer Awards ceremony will highlight a week of activities being staged by the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS), to mark this National Volunteer Week...

CARICOM-member countries have resolved to working together to ensure adequate support for the region’s renewable energy push. The commitment came out of a meeting held at on September 7 conclusion...

The Government of Jamaica now has a migration profile of the country, which can be used to inform policy development and planning. The profile titled ‘Migration in Jamaica: A country...

RISE Life Management Services' capacity-building and counselling programmes, aimed at uplifting inner-city youth, have been strengthened with a donation of some $2.2 million (US$25, 000) from United States-based charity, Jamaica...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Resident Representative and UN Resident Co-ordinator, Dr. Arun Kashyap, says Disaster Risk Reduction is an integral component of equitable and inclusive development for all nation...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller, says her administration is committed to working with all Jamaican Diaspora organisations in the on-going development of the country.  In her message delivered...

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, says the institution is anticipating a start up in the operations of at least one of the entities that have been granted licences...

Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Professor Stephen Vasciannie, says despite the many challenges the country has experienced over the past 50 years, Jamaica has much to celebrate. Delivering...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The city of Stone Mountain in Atlanta, Georgia has declared the month of August as 'Jamaica 50th Independence Celebration Month.' Honorary Consul in Atlanta, Vin Martin, presented...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J Nicholson, has challenged the Jamaica 50 Canada committee, to continue to engage the Diaspora in a meaningful way. The...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, said that the Government's multi-ministerial marketing and promotional initiative in the United Kingdom (UK), 'Jamaica House' was "a spectacular success". "We...