Cabinet has approved proposals for the appointment of Chairmen and members to the Municipal Service Commission and Parish Councils Services Commission to serve for a period of two years, effective...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract for the supply, installation and commissioning of five passenger boarding bridges at the Norman Manley International Airport, at a cost of US$2,137,250....

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is to acquire 60 additional large compactor trucks by the end of the year, which will improve garbage collection and reduce the burning...

Chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Dennis Morrison, has said that "good things are happening in tourism," especially on the island's 'gold coast' from Rose Hall to Runaway Bay,...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Honourable Professor Kenneth Hall, is scheduled to be in New York on an official visit from August 16 to 20. Professor Hall will be attending...

The Jamaican High Commission in London has expressed sadness at the passing of Eric Irons, OBE, on August 3. "Mr. Irons was truly a stalwart of the Jamaican Community. A...

Cabinet has approved further amendments to the National Housing Trust's (NHT) Housing Benefits Policy, which will result in a reduction in interest rates on interim financed loans to seven (7)...

In an effort to attract more young people to the cocoa sector, the Cocoa Industry Board (CIB) has established a young farmers project at the College of Agriculture, Science and...

Jamaica will be the only English-speaking Caribbean country represented at an inaugural cultural festival to be held in Toronto, Canada. WorldFest 2007 will take place at Ontario Place from August...

Chairman of the Board of Supervision (For the Relief of the Poor in Jamaica), Professor Denise Eldemire-Shearer has said that social work has changed dramatically over the years, and as...

Some 350 senior citizens are expected to converge on the Mona Bowl at the University of the West Indies on Thursday, August 16 to participate in the fourth staging of...