Thirty-five stalwarts will receive the Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation for their service to education, at a ceremony to be held at the National Arena on June 11, beginning at...

Government is committed to consolidating all the various tax deductions coming from both the employees and the employers with a portion dedicated to supporting the delivery of proper health services....

Prime Minister Bruce Golding is to head an impressive line-up of speakers with the keynote address at the 2008 Third Biennial Jamaican Diaspora Conference, to be held at the Jamaica...

Commissioner of Police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin has highlighted four main areas of crime fighting that should reduce crime, build citizen confidence in the Police, and strengthen the human capacity...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton has said that the current global food crisis has the potential to undermine all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by world leaders at...

The web-based training programme, designed to assist teachers in their delivery of the Literacy 1-2-3 materials, is about 95 per cent complete and is on target to be fully ready...

Governor General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall has said that he was encouraged and full of enthusiasm after meeting with Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK)...

Government is to implement a national screening programme to identify children with hearing disability before they enter school. Prime Minister Bruce Golding said screening would be done at the post-natal...

The official launch of the ninth annual Portland Jerk Festival was held at Folly Estates in Port Antonio on Wednesday, June 4. The festival, formerly a one day event, will...

United Kingdom forensic psychologist, Dr. Tony Butler is in Jamaica to conduct an audit of the country's child protection system. The project is funded by the British High Commission at...

The Board of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has approved more than $350 million for projects and programmes geared at enhancing the tourism product. Executive Director of the TEF, Ian...