Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry has said that the Chinese Government is prepared to provide 85 per cent of the required funding to revive the railway industry, through...

The Ministry of Transport and Works has allocated some $500 million to effect road surface and drain maintenance works in nine parishes, in preparation for the upcoming 2008 hurricane season,...

An Association of Regional Local Government Administrators is in the making, as a result of discussions being held at the Regional Local Government Consultation and Conference taking place in Montego...

For the 2008/09 fiscal year, the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, in collaboration with the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) and the HEART Trust/NTA, will seek to expand the output of Jamaican...

The link between proper nourishment and academic success has long been articulated by many nutritionists and with the renewed focus on literacy by the Ministry of Education, a child's diet...

The Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS) has told Lord Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London Olympic Games Organizing Committee, that he can be...

A National Parenting Policy (NPP) as well as a National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) will be coming on stream soon. This is outlined in a Ministry Paper tabled in the...

The process of eliminating the shift system from primary and secondary schools has begun. Many negative reports, both social and educational, have emanated from the implementation of this system. As...

The Education sector will be further boosted by the National Education Trust (NET), which will be established as a medium of providing sustainable financial funding to engender the long-term development...

The Government is seeking to achieve a more equitable balance in the distribution of public funds to the education system, and to specifically release funds for early childhood and primary...

The Overseas Examination Commission (OEC) has successfully overseen the implementation of electronic registration of all secondary level candidates in all schools in Jamaica using software developed by the examining bodies....