Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson, is appealing to young people to join the Preparedness and Emergency Response Corps (PERC). "We are...

The Government of Jamaica's Emergency Response Initiative (ERI), aimed at enhancing the country's preparation and response capacity in disaster management, was officially launched yesterday (May 29) at the St. Mary...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, today (May 28), presented a motorised wheelchair to Sergeant Cecil Smythe, during a ceremony at the City Centre Police Station, in downtown Kingston. The wheelchair will...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has assured redundant sugar workers that within a month they will be receiving payments due to them. Last night (May 27) he told listeners on his...

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) has embarked on an islandwide drive to help small business operators position themselves to secure contracts. As part of the Government's stimulus package, Prime...

Prime Minister the Bruce Golding told residents of Portmore, Tuesday night (May 26), that the Government is seeking to address decades-old sewage disposal problems in the community with Japanese Government...

President of the Jamaica Institute of Environmental Professionals (JIEP), Marcia Creary, has said that the global economic crisis has brought the implications of climate change into sharp focus, and the...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, in remarking on the stress on Jamaica's justice system, noted that for last year alone, there were some 345,000 cases listed for the Resident...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding confirmed last night that the Government has received a substantial offer for the purchase of the Forum Hotel in Portmore, St. Catherine to be...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding said that the upcoming development of the Caymanas lands, along with the earmarking of funds for entrepreneurship, will directly stimulate the Portmore economy. He...

Jamaican author, Lorna Goodison's new book, 'From Harvey River', had its official United Kingdom (UK) launch, at the Jamaican High Commission in London, last week. The book is a memoir...