In a move to improve the capability of the Public Accountancy Board to carry out its functions, the Senate on Friday (Jan. 30) passed amendments to the Public Accountancy Act,...
Ambassador Stafford Neil, Jamaica's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) has been elected as one of four Vice Presidents of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). In an...
To improve its customer service, the Land Titles Division of the National Land Agency (NLA) recently introduced simpler legal forms to assist customers in their application process. Registrar of Titles...
A group of nine Early Childhood Education (ECE) students from a Canadian college are doing field placement work at several basic schools in Western Jamaica. The group will stay in...
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry and Tourism, Dr. Wykeham McNeill has said that Jamaica and the wider Caribbean should adopt new and responsive regional measures to ensure survival...
The Manchester Parish Development Committee (PDC) on Friday (Jan. 30) handed over four emergency response vehicles valued at $5 million to the residents of Manchester. Speaking at the presentation ceremony,...
The US$39 million Great River to Lucea Water Supply project in Western Jamaica, which is being done through two contracts, is progressing ahead of schedule and within budget. Minister of...
Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, in a verbal offensive against the recent flare up of violence in Spanish Town last week, charged parents not to shelter their sons who they know...
The Senate approved a resolution on Friday (Jan. 30), which seeks to increase the minimum gratuity payable under the Constables (Special) Act to dependents and legal personal representatives of Special...
Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, officially opened three new honeymoon villas on Thursday (Jan. 29) at Jake's Hotel in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth. Addressing the audience, Minister Assamba...
The Senate approved amendments to the National Water Commission (NWC) Act on Friday (Jan. 30) to harmonise the provisions of that legislation with the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) Act...