Legislation is coming, which will grant a limited right of appeal to the prosecution in cases where the sentence is deemed inadequate or unduly lenient. The legislation, for which Cabinet...

Jamaica is to sign an agreement with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), to recognise and accept the entity’s travel document when presented by officials at the island’s borders. The...

Cabinet has approved a contract valued at $389.2 million to the Scientific Research Council (SRC) for the provision of Biodigester Septic Tanks (BST) for seven public health facilities. This was...

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) will be revising its overseas advertising campaign, following Cabinet’s approval of US$2.5 million for the initiative. Making the disclosure at Wednesday’s (February 12) Jamaica House...

To help Jamaicans better cope with the daily stresses of life, Choose Life International (CLI) will embark on a 50-Day Happiness Tour across the island, beginning on March 20. The...

The Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation (WCJF) is to receive US$9,000 (J$964,000) from the Venezuelan Government, in memory of its former President, the late Hugo Chavez. Free Spanish lessons will...

Students are being reminded that the deadline for submission of entries to the Access to Information (ATI) National High School Essay Competition is Friday, January 31, 2014. In celebration of the 11th...

Jamaica’s Adolescent Mothers Programme of the Women’s Centre Foundation has been recognized as a “…good practice programme and a model for other countries grappling with the issue of teen pregnancy”....