The Teachers Income Protector (TIP), a friendly society that promotes the development of teachers and their families, has awarded $70,000 dollars to seven Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) students in...

The Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC), in its bid to continually create promotional opportunities for micro, small and medium size enterprises in Jamaica, will be staging its annual Kumba Mi...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the government hopes to complete privatization of its interests in the sugar industry by June of next year and pave the way for the kind...

Mrs. Lorna Golding, wife of Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has outlined plans that she hopes to implement as she assumes the role of Patron of the Jamaica House Basic School....

The Road Safety Unit is urging motorists and other road users to be more mindful of senior citizens, especially during the Christmas season. Since the start of the year, 50...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is reporting that it has collected and processed 150 applications from the Florida leg of its Overseas Outreach Programme to the United States (US), in...

Members of Parliament (MPs) will now be allowed to recommend persons for the Canadian and United States farm work programme for the 2008 season, which will commence soon. This was...

The House of Representatives, on (December 18), approved the First Supplementary Estimates for the 2007/08 fiscal year. The Government expects to spend $22 billion more for the 2007/08 financial year....

The Jamaican government, through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, is moving to facilitate Red Seal certification for skilled labourers, who have been recruited for jobs in Canada. Labour...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) received more than 1,500 overseas applications last year and was able to satisfy 98 per cent of them. Registrar General and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Act is being amended to provide for the payment of arrears on NIS claims for up to three years. Minister of Labour and Social Security,...