Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) at Nain in St. Elizabeth has provided much needed assistance to a number of educational institutions that were recently impacted by Hurricane Dean. Speaking to...

The new academic year got off to a smooth start in Portland yesterday, with most schools in the parish reporting a successful first day. Surveys conducted by JIS News indicated...

Director General of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), J. Paul Morgan has said that the island's fuel policy needs to be addressed as a matter of priority, adding that...

More than 350 students currently enrolled in a number of educational institutions in Clarendon and Manchester have received much needed back- to-school assistance in the form of bursaries and books...

Ten (10) entities have been selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands' National Forestry Conservation Fund to share some $43 million in financing this fiscal year, to undertake various...

New Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, has pledged that over the next 100 days, action will be taken on a number of initiatives, which are aimed at improving people's...

Today, I assume the office of Prime Minister of Jamaica. I do so with deep humility, knowing well that while it is one of the highest offices of the land,...

Sixteen students, the children of workers at the Sandals Montego Bay Hotel, were presented with bursaries totaling $270,000 at a ceremony held at that hotel on Friday (Sept. 7). The...

The swearing-in of Mr. Bruce Golding, as Jamaica's eighth Prime Minister, will be web cast today (September 11), at 4:00 p.m. The ceremony will be held at King's House, the...

Mr. Orette Bruce Golding will be sworn in as Jamaica's eighth Prime Minister today (Sept. 11) by Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, on the lawns...

Asafa Powell set another world record in the 100 meters, and suspects he can go even faster. The world's fastest man improved his record Sunday, winning a heat at the...