The United Kingdom-based Jamaica Basic School Foundation held its annual fundraising ball in London last weekend, with the proceeds from the event to benefit basic schools in Jamaica. The organization...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is encouraging persons who were registered with first names only to apply for 'late entry of name' to have their surnames added to their birth...

The National Youth Service (NYS) will be spearheading island wide church services and a public lecture as part of activities to mark Youth Month, which is being observed throughout November....

Finance Minister, Audley Shaw, has assured that the Net International Reserves (NIR), which is now at US$1.8 billion, is in a healthy shape and is just about the same as...

Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has encouraged United Kingdom-based Jamaicans to invest in the country, especially in the tourism sector, which he says, is ripe with opportunities. Speaking at a packed...

Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, last night (Nov. 13) assured Jamaicans in London of the Government's commitment to Air Jamaica, noting that the national carrier would not "fade away". Responding to...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has assured that the Government is ready to provide full support to the fisheries sector, and urged fishers to register, as information on their...

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) will be intensifying its efforts to ensure that children with disabilities have equal access to education. In an interview with JIS News,...

Assistant Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Mary Nichols, has appealed to young people to "stop and think" before they decide to become parents. "I'm really encouraging young people,...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, yesterday (Nov.13) informed that relative calm has returned to the local foreign exchange market. "This week, you would have noticed, barring...

Debate on the death penalty continued in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (Nov. 12) with State Minister in the Ministry of Water and Housing, Everald Warmington, arguing that should...