The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is the recipient of the Positive Images in the Media Award, presented by the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), for the agency’s positive...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting a 9.56 per cent decline in major crimes between January and September this year, relative to the corresponding period last year. Speaking...

Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, says that Jamaica should focus on developing its services industry as this is currently the...

Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, has pledged to work with the Government and relevant agencies to make the Vision 2030...

The City of Montego Bay is now home to the new Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ). The association will ensure the proper representation of operations in the Business...

Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has hinted at a possible review of the provisions of Jamaica’s Education Code of Regulations, commencing next year. The code outlines a series...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, says the ‘I Believe’ Youth Initiative, now in its second year, has received positive comments from participants, and  tremendous support from...

The Government of Jamaica has disbursed some $21 million in economic empowerment grants to 62 persons with disabilities between November 2008 and October 2012. Additionally, more than $12 million in...

Minister of State for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Julian Robinson, says that the government is committed to providing Jamaicans with access to computer technology and for them...

Executive Director of the Social Development Commission (SDC), Dr. Dwayne Vernon, has underscored the entity’s vision of becoming Jamaica’s leading community development agency and, in the process, helping to facilitate...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), through its Vision 2030 Unit, will be hosting a viewing of the Vision 2030 information video, in its training room, at 16 Oxford Road,...