Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says that the current drought is a major concern to the Government. "Cabinet continues to monitor the matter...

An initiative between the Organisation of American States (OAS) and Jamaica's Registrar General's Department (RGD), which should improve the vital records capability of six Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)...

A public education programme aimed at increasing land titling and registration is to get underway next month. A sum of $6.3 million has been set aside in the 2010/11 Estimates...

The sum of $31 million has been earmarked for the Piloting Natural Resource Valuation within Environmental Impact Assessment project in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has been allocated an additional $35.6 million in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before Parliament, to continue its Natural Hazard...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management's (ODPEM) efforts at building disaster resilient communities will be supported with a $31.3 million provision in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure currently...

The 25 residents of the Manchester-based Mount Olivet Boys' Home have been inspired to pursue a more meaningful future. More than 23 staff members at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS),...

A sum of $1.8 million has been allocated to the Carib-HYCOS Project, which is being executed by the Water Resources Authority. Funded by the Government and the European Union (EU),...

The small ruminant industry has received a total of $50.1 million in the Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. This will be spent under the...

Solicitor General, Douglas Leys Q.C. has expressed the view that there is need for a CARICOM Regional Insolvency Pact, which would ensure greater creditability and elements of certainty in the...

The Micro, Small and Medium-size Enterprises (MSME) Alliance is to receive $500,000 in budget support, as the Government continues to provide assistance for the sector. Minister of Industry, Investment and...