With the informal sector now accounting for an estimated 40 per cent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Ministry of Finance and Planning is seeking to put in...
On the heels of the amended education resolution in which the Government and Opposition reached consensus, on Tuesday, October 14, Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson has said...
The Government has reported that for the first time since it started awarding contracts to supply textbooks to primary schools, the books were delivered early. Responding to questions posed by...
Commanding Officer of the St. James Division, Supt. Newton Amos, has praised the National Intelligence Bureau of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for gleaning valuable information that might have saved...
The Amendments to the Access to Information Act and the Access to Information Regulations 2003 were tabled in the Senate on Friday, October 17 for debate to begin on October...
Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has announced his intention to donate family property, which he owns in his home community of Dias in Hanover for the construction of an education institution...
Conservator in the 65-year-old Forestry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Marilyn Headley, has said Jamaican forests, although fairly young, were highly disturbed. She noted that the forests were being...
Gilbert Scott, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, has said that an agreement has been reached between the Jamaican and United States governments for the introduction of new...
Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman, has said that the Government was committed to building a sustainable broadcasting and telecommunications industry that operated in full respect of international copyright laws....
October 16, has been declared Lady Bustamante Day in the municipality. Councillor Desmond McKenzie, Mayor of Kingston, made the declaration on Thursday (October 16), at a civic ceremony held at...
Police Commissioner, Francis Forbes, on Wednesday (October 15) unveiled the new geographic policing model of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, at a press conference held at the Police Officers' Club in...