Since the Government took office in September, a number of legislations have been passed in both Houses of Parliament, addressing issues such as pension, corruption, crime, and regulation of the...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has said that the upcoming Olympic Homecoming Celebrations, scheduled for October 3 to 10, is an excellent way for Jamaica to...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says the European Partnership Agreement which Jamaica is expected to sign come October 15, will provide a tremendous opportunity for US businesses to get into the...

Since the new administration assumed office last year, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, has been actively attending to the social needs of Jamaican citizens, particularly the under-privileged, through...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has reiterated that all students leaving the primary school system must be certified literate by the Grade 4 Literacy Test, before they can sit the...

The Tax Administration Services Department (TASD), is to launch an aggressive Tax Compliance Programme on November 1, as it takes a hard line stance against avoidance and delinquency. Speaking to...

The Forestry Department, is now in the final stages of moving from a department of the Ministry of Agriculture, to being an Executive Agency. In an interview with JIS News,...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, has announced that local importers are to benefit from continued suspension of the Common External Tariff (CET), applied to the importation of...

Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings, has said that sugar cane, which was once the symbol of slavery in Jamaica and the Caribbean, is today, the key to liberating the country...

Government's efforts at expanding Jamaica's productive capacity will be focussed heavily, over the next two years, on the development of facilities, to accommodate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) operations, by...

Co-ordinator of the Institute for Sustainable Development at the University of the West Indies(UWI), Franklin McDonald, has said there is a need for more parishes to develop plans, in order...