The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) secured more than $30.51 million in refunds and compensation on behalf of aggrieved consumers, during the 2013/14 financial year. For the same period, the CAC...

Scores of youth in West Central St. James are being trained in entrepreneurship by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), with financing from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Last year...

The country’s export market access capacity has been strengthened with the accreditation of six laboratories by the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC). The agency has awarded eight accreditation certificates...

A road rehabilitation project, valued $1.3 billion, will get underway shortly in the parish of Clarendon. The agreement, which was formalised on June 19 between the Government and Asphaltic Concrete...

Attorney General and Member of Parliament for North Trelawny, Hon. Patrick Atkinson, says there are plans in place to spruce up the town of Falmouth. Among the initiatives which will...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is reporting a 41 per cent increase in the number of enforcement actions taken against companies and individuals in breach of the various...

Attorney General, Hon. Patrick Atkinson, Q.C., says increased focus will be placed on agriculture, education, and sport in the constituency of North Trelawny. Mr. Atkinson, who is also Member of...

Attorney General, Hon. Patrick Atkinson, Q.C., is advocating for an increase in the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) allocation made available to Members of Parliament. “Our job is hard enough as...

A Beach Management Policy is to be submitted to Cabinet shortly, followed by public consultations, which will influence the final document. State Minister in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment...

The Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, has implemented its Watershed Area Management Mechanism (Watershed Model), in 11 of the island’s 26 Watershed Management Units. These include the...

The staff of the Attorney General’s (AG) Chambers is being lauded for the quality of their work in administering the legal affairs of the Government and, by extension, Jamaica. The...