Debate on amendments to the Pensions (Prime Minister) Act, to allow for changes to the formula by which a retired Prime Minister receives pension, began in Parliament on (Jan. 29)....

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wesley Hughes, has called on the relevant regional institutions to immediately put systems in place to allow for the full...

The positions of 340 drivers and conductors at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be made redundant starting on Friday, February 1. Details of the exercise were announced on...

Cabinet has issued instructions to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel to amend domestic laws to allow Jamaica to comply with the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. Jamaica signed the Convention on...

A 5,000-capacity convention centre is to be constructed by the Government by 2009, as the administration gets ready to launch the island as a religious tourism destination. Minister of Tourism,...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said a new international airport complete with customs and immigration services will be constructed at Duckenfield in Portland, as part of the government's thrust to diversify...

The Government and the European Union (EU) on (Jan. 29) signed a $630 million agreement aimed at providing assistance for the island's banana and plantain farmers. Minister of Agriculture, Christopher...

Deputy Superintendent of Police, Clifford Herron has said that the St. Ann Police would be working assiduously to ensure a reduction in the number of motor vehicle accidents in the...

Twenty seven extension officers from the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and other organizations, began a one-week Pest Identification Training programme on January 28, aimed at strengthening their pest recognition...

The high incidence of bush fires in the parish of Hanover during the dry season, has prompted the Hanover division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade to embark on a major...

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help educators in the English-speaking Caribbean...