As part of efforts to protect and preserve the country's coastal and marine biodiversity, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has embarked on a sustained programme to better manage...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, headed a large group of volunteers who, on Wednesday (May...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says there is need for a strong regional mechanism geared towards facilitating co-operation and collaboration among Small Island Developing...

Some $21.85 million has been allocated in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure for a project to strengthen civil society participation in local governance and establish a co-ordinated local civil society...

Six per cent of deaths worldwide are attributed to physical inactivity, which is said to be the principal cause of approximately 25 per cent of breast and colon cancers, 27...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be observing its 11th anniversary with a Thanksgiving Service, at the St. Luke's Anglican Church, on Slipe Road, in Kingston, on May...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, has endorsed the move to establish a National Statistical System (NSS), noting that it will, undoubtedly, support the government’s thrust towards...

Director General of the Jamaica Library Service, Patricia Roberts, has emphasised the critical role of an informed and literate populace to the process of national development. Speaking on April 27...

The Government has decided to take the necessary steps towards the implementation of three major infrastructure works, which are critical to the country's future development. The three projects are the...

With just 100 days since taking office, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. A.J. Nicholson has already made notable strides in the areas of regional cohesiveness,...

The competencies of 40 community health aides (CHAs) have been significantly enhanced with their successful completion of the Ministry of Health’s training/certification programme. Implemented at a cost of over $8...