Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that consideration is being given to the establishment of special unit, which will focus on the development of low cost greenhouses for...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has said that the Ministry will be designing "male specific" programmes as a means of addressing the gender imbalance in educational achievement. The Minister was...

Work was carried out in several communities in Portland on the week-end, in response to Prime Minister Bruce Golding's call for a national clean-up of post- Hurricane Dean debris, on...

The post-Hurricane Dean clean-up campaign, which took place on September 29 and 30, is being hailed a success by organizers in western Jamaica. Truckloads of debris were removed from several...

Gaming is big business the world over and Jamaica is no exception. As the industry grew here, thegovernment recognized a need for regulation, and so in 1975, it created the...

Permanent Secretary of the former Ministry of Local Government, Devon Rowe, has urged revenue agents working under the mandate of the Property Tax Special Project, to boost collection of property...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness has emphasised that he fully supports the view that the use of cellular phones in classrooms should be banned. Speaking at the official launch of...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding indicated yesterday (Sept. 28), that there were plans to construct a new Parliament building, which would be done over the next five years. Mr. Golding informed...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has said that the objective of the government's free tuition initiative is to ensure that all Jamaicans have access to education. Mr. Holness, who was...

A National Education Trust is to be established to fund the construction and maintenance of the country's education infrastructure. Addressing yesterday's (September 27) JIS 'Think Tank' at 58A Half- Way-Tree...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, yesterday (Sept. 27) invited the Opposition to name members to chair select committees of Parliament, as part of a move to strengthen the effectiveness of the...