MONTEGO BAY — The Westmoreland Parish Council is giving due recognition to its former mayors, custodes, councillors and justices of the peace, who served the parish with distinction for many...

MONTEGO BAY — There has been a drastic reduction in the number of emergency fire calls made to the Trelawny division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, over the last month....

MONTEGO BAY — Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Collin Gager, is concerned that Trelawny is not capitalizing on opportunities opening up with the introduction of cruise ship tourism. He appealed to...

KINGSTON — Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson has said that the agency is leading the charge in formulating policy on social issues for the...

MIAMI — Entries are now being accepted for the 11th staging of the Independence essay competition organised by the Jamaica Information Service's (JIS) Miami office.  The annual competition forms part...

KINGSTON — Prime Minister Bruce Golding has challenged public sector workers to help to accelerate the projections of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and to assist in improving the labour productivity of...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has named Attorney-at-Law Ransford Braham as the new Attorney General who will serve in the position with that office separated from the Ministerial portfolio of Justice. Explaining the decision to separate the...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz says he is pleased that the Government and Trade Unions representing public sector workers have finalised...

KINGSTON — Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, is to name the country's new Attorney-General this week. Mr. Golding said that he has selected a candidate from the private bar,...

KINGSTON — The recently launched vital statistics manual will ensure greater accuracy and reliability of data collected by the island's civil registry and statistical agencies to better plan for the...

KINGSTON — The Voice of Jamaica, the flagship monthly newspaper publication of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), has doubled its circulation from 40,000 copies to 80,000 this month. The publication,...