The National Housing Trust (NHT) spent $16.9 billion on housing during the financial year 2007/08, representing an increase of 26 per cent over the $13.4 billion expended in the previous...

Cabinet, last week, approved contracts amounting to over $100 million, which were awarded to several entities to provide services to the state-run oil refinery, Petrojam Limited. Speaking at last week's...

A total of 128 outstanding Jamaicans, who have contributed to nation building, will be recognised at the National Honours and Awards Ceremony, on National Heroes' Day, Monday, October 20, on...

Olympic gold medallist, Asafa Powell, received a hero's welcome on Monday (October 6), when he visited his alma mater, Charlemont High School, in St. Catherine. Mr. Powell, who was accompanied...

Approximately 200 students from William Knibb Memorial, Albert Town, and Holland High Schools in Trelawny, have been sensitised by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), on issues relating to the...

Over 250 students, their teachers, and 50 community volunteers, participated in a recent tree-planting exercise in Manchester and Clarendon, where some 150 trees were planted at schools in both parishes....

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, is bemoaning the environmental degradation that is taking place in the Blue Mountain range, in the interest of coffee production. He said...

Olympian, Aileen Bailey, has implored students to be persistent and determined in their quest to turn their dreams into reality, and to pursue excellence at all times. "Hard work, hard...

The 45th Port Antonio International Marlin Tournament, was officially launched by the Custos of Portland, Roy Thompson, during a ceremony at the Old Port Antonio Marina on Monday, October 6....

Minister of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Karl Samuda, has said that plans are in high gear for the development of the Caymanas Enterprise in St. Catherine. "Over the past year,...

Some 30 trees were planted at the Mineral Heights Primary School in Clarendon on October 3, World Tree Planting Day, as part of activities to mark ALCOA's Worldwide Month of...