Outstanding Jamaican entrepreneur, Lowell Hawthorne, OD, Founder/President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill in New York, has been tapped to present the keynote address...

There have been fresh calls for automatic, broad-based support for youth mainstreaming. The latest call has come from Director of Youth Affairs at the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Fatiha Serour. Youth...

A wide cross section of the Westmoreland community was introduced to the concept of Restorative Justice, when residents attended the first of two public Consultations held on Wednesday (October 22),...

Two hundred and fifty Certificates of Title were on Wednesday (October 22) handed out to St. Catherine residents, beneficiaries under the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP). The beneficiaries are...

The application of information communication technology (ICT), to enhance governance at the corporate and national levels, is being aggressively explored at the BIZTECH 2008 Annual Conference, which got underway on...

Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings, and industry stakeholders have described as productive, a special meeting hosted on October 24, at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, to address concerns and to...

Corporate Jamaica has welcomed the Government's recently introduced Special Youth Employment and Training (SYEAT) Project, which is aimed at helping to reduce unemployment among that cohort, as well as improve...

Commissioner of Corrections, Major Richard Reese, informed JIS News today (Oct. 24) that the Department of Correctional Services has begun training persons to operate the monitoring of offenders system. "The...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has emphasised that persons should take a holistic approach to healthy living, and adopt lifestyle practices that are positive. Addressing the launch of a...

The Manchester Parish Council is seeking to have mined out bauxite lands brought back into agricultural production. On a recent tour of mined out areas in the parish by the...

St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) recently saluted the country's National Heroes at a heritage celebration held, on the grounds of the institution. The function saw a parade of the...