The National Housing Policy produced for the Ministry of Water and Housing by a consortium from the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the University of Technology (UTech), recommends...

The House of Representatives has begun debating Jamaica's first National Energy Policy (NEP), which promotes creation of a modern, efficient energy infrastructure expected to boost economic development. Opening the debate...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, says the economy must be transformed into a private sector-led one, if Vision 2030 or Jamaica's Fiscal Consolidation...

The National Land Agency (NLA), in collaboration with Globe Insurance Company Ltd., on Wednesday (September 22), launched its groundbreaking interactive map of the island, called 'iMap Jamaica'. Persons will be...

Jamaica's Consul General in Miami, Sandra Grant Griffiths, has commended the newly formed Coalition of Jamaican Alumni Associations in South Florida, as signal of acceptance of the need to become...

Senior Director in the Environmental Management Division of the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Leonie Barnaby, is urging greater private sector participation in environmental matters of national importance, through...

The programme of assistance to Persons with Disabilities (PWD), administered through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), has been boosted by a US$572,000 ($49 million) grant from the...

Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew, Senator Desmond McKenzie, on Tuesday (September 15) unveiled Government's plan for the redevelopment of downtown Kingston to an international audience, as he addressed the...

The Ministry of Education is to complete the roll out of its Citizenship Education Programme (CEP) in primary and secondary schools this academic year. "The programme focuses on the end...

A total of US$1.2 billion in concessional financing has been provided to Jamaica in the form of long-term loans, based on oil purchases from Venezuela under the PetroCaribe Energy Co-operation...

The Ministry of Energy and Mining is to collaborate with the Organization of American States (OAS) to negotiate technical support, in the area of capacity building in Jamaica's energy policy....