The Housing arm of the Ministry of Water and Housing, has continued its mandate to provide affordable, safe, and legal housing to all Jamaicans by 2025. Led by Dr. Horace...

Pesticides Control Authority inspector, Andre Ho-Young, has urged farmers and householders to comply with the regulations governing the use of pesticides, in order to significantly reduce the incidence of poisoning...

Fewer rescue operations were carried out in St. Thomas during Tropical Storm Gustav, due to residents having heeded the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management's (ODPEM) calls for early...

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has outlined the marketing and investment strategies that will be pursued, to increase airlift to Jamaica from existing and emerging markets. In terms of marketing,...

Health Educator with the Clarendon Health Department, Carlisa Pierson, has said that senior citizens still have a significant contribution to make to family life. "We are hoping to promote our...

The European Investment Bank (EIB), has responded positively to the project proposal for the $50 million expansion of the Wigton Wind Farm in Manchester. This was disclosed to JIS News,...

A flood mitigation seminar was held recently in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, by the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), in collaboration with the Water Resources Authority (WRA). Stakeholders from the agricultural...

Broadleaf All-age School in Manchester, has received a multi-purpose court, built by Jamalco at a cost of more than $1 million. At the handing over ceremony, held at the school...

Some 56 students from 28 Primary and All-age schools in Manchester and St. Elizabeth, are the recipients of awards by Region Five of the Ministry of Education, for exemplary literacy...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), has received a cheque for US$20,737, from the Organisation of American States (OAS), to assist with the post-Tropical Storm Gustav recovery...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, has called on Justices of the Peace (JPs), to take full advantage of training that is currently being offered by the...