Government has no intention of introducing a State of Emergency as a means of quelling crime and violence. Speaking at the opening of the Commonwealth Workshop on Human Rights Defenders...
Deputy Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kevin Rushing has emphasised the need for the preservation of Portland's beauty, heritage and culture in the implementation of...
The Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA) for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are not just abstract concepts developed by environmental and social scientists in...
Following closely on the heels of a recent project involving the completion of a new classroom block and computer laboratory at the Sandy Bank Primary School in St. Elizabeth, the...
The Government through a Special Housing Programme will be constructing some 1,000 housing units and carrying out repairs to 10,000 housing structures across 60 constituencies in the island. Minister of...
A Bill entitled 'An Act to Repeal and Replace the Companies Act' was passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Feb. 3) with 21 amendments. The Bill, piloted during...
Cabinet has approved the National Housing Trust (Amendment) Bill, to impose new penalties on employers who fail to hand over payments deducted on behalf of the Trust. The Bill, which...
The St. Ann Police Division is reporting an eight per cent reduction in major crimes last year, when compared with 2002. Deputy Superintendent, W. R. Gayle, who is in charge...
President and Chief Executive Officer of the largest and fastest growing Jamaican-owned business in the United States, Jamaican-born Lowell Hawthorne has decided to source a large quantity of spices in...
A symposium was held yesterday (February 2) at the Jose Marti Technical High School in St. Catherine to celebrate the life and music of reggae icon, Hon. Robert 'Bob' Nesta...
A seminar highlighting the importance of wetland conservation, was held at the new Port Antonio Marina in Portland yesterday (February 2), to observe World Wetlands Day 2004. The seminar was...