The administration faced one of its sternest tests during its first year in office, having to identify resources to resuscitate the agricultural sector, which was devastated by severe storm systems...

Scholarships valued at $240,000, have been awarded to seven business students studying at high schools across Jamaica, by the Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP), whose Jamaica chapter is based...

With the agricultural sector so vulnerable to natural disasters, a National Agricultural Disaster Risk Management Programme, was launched recently, to establish a structure and mechanisms to adequately prepare the industry...

One of the major undertakings of the National Security Ministry, since the administration changed hands last year, was the launch of the Department of Correctional Services' (DCS) Inmate Work Programme...

The Ministry of Health undertook measures to boost the cadre of the sector's medical personnel islandwide, during the administration's first year in office. Chief among these were the expansion of...

For the past year, the Ministry of Tourism, has been working assiduously to execute initiatives that promote, develop and enhance the country's tourism product. The Ministry, under the leadership of...

The Ministry of Education's Region Three, will be staging a series of Literacy Road Shows, to heighten persons' awareness on the importance of literacy in their daily lives. Literacy Co-ordinator...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, got a first hand view of the damage done to houses in a number of communities in Eastern Portland, by Tropical Storm...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Anthony Johnson, has appealed to that country's Congress and other agencies, for additional assistance towards the nation's Tropical Storm Gustav recovery effort. Ambassador Johnson,...

Director General of the Coffee Industry Board (CIB), Christopher Gentles, says that, despite the industry sustaining estimated losses of $108 million during the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav, the greatest...

Education Minister, Andrew Holness has re-emphasised that the Government is determined that no child should leave the primary school system illiterate and is continuously putting measures in place to ensure...