Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding has asked Public Defender, Earl Witter to draft a set of proposals outlining what actions need to be taken to expand the powers of...

After a downtown over the past few months, tourist arrival is again on the rise, with the figures for September showing an increase of 4.8 per cent over the same...

The six-week campaign, which is designed to clean and beautify resort areas across the island, was launched in Ocho Rios on Friday (Nov. 2) by Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett. The...

The island's first Mobile Command and Control Police Unit, complete with state-of-the-art surveillance equipment, was commissioned into service in Montego Bay yesterday (Nov.4). The vehicle, which is the first of...

Agriculture Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that a gradual shift must be made towards improving the activities of farmers, considering the many opportunities that are emerging especially with the...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Robert Montague, has said that the Government will be taking several steps to increase the number of legitimate owners of...

A World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) study has found that Jamaica's copyright-based industries contribute 5.1 per cent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is equal to that of...

Crop cultivation in Clarendon is being boosted through a nursery operation set up by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA). Parish Manager for RADA's Clarendon office, Percival Shaw, explained that...

The Ministry of Agriculture has reported that the Pink Hibiscus Mealy Bug has been discovered in more communities in Portland. Assistant Plant Health and Food Safety Officer at the Rural...

Prime Minister, the Hon Bruce Golding has expressed the hope that the two-day National Planning Summit now underway at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Rose Hall, Montego Bay, will come...

Almost every country in the world has a work permit system in some form or the other and understandably, these regulations are designed to control the influx of labour from...