The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will be streamlining its services to enable more efficient processing of pensions and benefits. Director of the NIS, Portia Magnus, told JIS News that among...

Co-Executive Director of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), Dr. Damien King, says there is merit in the Government’s proposed relocation of public bodies’ financial resources to the Consolidated Fund....

For the past 30 years, he has been inspiring the nation as he shares remarkable stories of adversity, stories of triumph, resilience and excellence. Through his personality interview television programme,...

Residents of four informal settlements in St. Catherine and St. Andrew are to benefit from regularisation of their housing developments. The Government will be upgrading these properties at an estimated...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) on Tuesday (October 11) kicked off its annual Heritage Month school tours with stops at Half-Way Tree and Mona Heights Primary schools in the Corporate...

Several issues affecting public broadcasting in Jamaica will be discussed at Symposium 2016, scheduled to take place from October 18-20 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. The event, organised...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging citizens to take all necessary precautions in preparation for Hurricane Matthew, which could impact the island as early as Sunday (October...

Cabinet has approved several multimillion-dollar contracts for expansion of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector, and for infrastructural work across the island. They include a US$5-million contract to China Harbour...