The British authorities on (January 14), announced a new border control action plan that includes the finger printing of all visa applicants, and plans for compulsory ID cards for foreign...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has disclosed that the Government will be seeking to boost the country's agricultural production levels by getting agriculturalists who have been trained at the tertiary level,...

The St. Mary Disaster Committee has planned a number of events to mark January as Earthquake Awareness Month. St. Mary Disaster Coordinator, Yolande Williams, told JIS News that the month...

The Hanover Health Department has embarked on an extensive rodent eradication programme in Lucea, Hanover, to combat the increase in rodents in that town. "The problem of rodents in the...

The Ministry of Agriculture is actively examining a proposal to utilize mined-out bauxite lands to launch a major greenhouse expansion programme. Prime Minister, Bruce Golding made this disclosure on Friday...

Late former Prime Minister, Michael Manley, was formally accorded his place in the pantheon of the world's foremost civil rights champions, with a posthumous induction into the International Civil Rights...

Persons with disabilities will be able to travel in comfort when using the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre. This is the word coming from Manager of the Centre, Victor Green. In...

Tourist arrivals, particularly in Montego Bay, are on the upswing, with thousand of visitors coming into the island for the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, scheduled for January 24...

The regulatory machinery of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) was put to the test during the 2006/2007 fiscal period, as the activities of unregulated investment schemes gained prominence. As outlined...

A report on the investigations surrounding the dismissal of the St Elizabeth Independence Park Caretaker, Michael Bennett has been submitted to Prime Minister Hon Bruce Golding by the Local Government...

The transformation of Half Way Tree into a major commercial and financial hub could enter a new phase soon if Belgian company Besix, developers of the Half Way Tree Transportation...