All garbage collectors and waste handlers are now required to register with the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). "The NSWMA, which is mandated by law to regulate solid waste...

Chief of Defence of the Jamaica Defence Force, Major General Stewart Saunders, has expressed confidence that the latest batch of 120 Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) graduates will contribute to change...

The National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD) will be culminating Youth Month activities with tomorrow's (Dec. 6) launch of the Marching Band Association of Jamaica at Sam Sharpe Square in...

The National School Garden Programme, which was re-launched by the Ministry of Agriculture on October 10, is well underway in Manchester. The $108 million project, which is being administered by...

Minister of Transport and Works, and Member of Parliament for Central Clarendon, Michael Henry has outlined several initiatives to be undertaken early next year, which should propel the parish into...

Dr. Goulda A. Downer, a Jamaican-born top official at Howard University's College of Medicine in Washington, DC, was recently awarded a US$400,000 Ford Foundation grant, to provide mentoring opportunities to...

Acting Executive Director of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), George Roper, has called on Caribbean insurance regulators to move quickly to improve the regulatory system across the region. Mr. Roper,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Michael Stern, has said that persons in rural Jamaica are serious about taking advantage of opportunities in the export...

Come February 2009, the Jamaica Film Academy (JFA), through the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS), will host the second annual Reggae Film Festival, at Emancipation Park, in...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, today (December 5), signed three loan agreements, totalling US$101 million, with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in Washington. Two of the...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, says Spanish investment in Jamaica is part of what will help take the country through this difficult economic period. He said if there was any doubt,...