The annual Remembrance Day services will be held at the National Heroes Park, and also in all parish capitals on Sunday, November 11. At eleven a.m., there will be a...

Prime Minister The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has extended congratulations to President Barack Obama of the United States of America (USA), on his victory in the US Presidential Election...

Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Ronald Jackson, has informed that some 52 persons are still being housed in five shelters across the island. “Those individuals are...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, is appealing to Jamaicans still without electricity, to continue to exercise patience. She said the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has...

Government Senator, Lambert Brown, is urging the administration to review, as a matter of urgency, the practice of employing workers under the guise of “independent contractors or contract workers,” with...

  The talented 10-year-old Kathryn Gooden, a grade six student of the St. Hugh’s Preparatory School, who copped the top prize in the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) inaugural Heritage Essay...

  Government Senator, Lambert Brown, is urging the administration  to review, as a matter of urgency, the practice of employing workers under the guise of “independent contractors or contract workers,”...

MONTEGO BAY - The number of persons in shelters across western Jamaica is diminishing, as most of them are returning home, following the passing of Hurricane Sandy. Checks with Disaster...

As the October 26 deadline for the Jamaica Information Service  (JIS) Essay competition nears, the agency is receiving overwhelming  support from students and sponsors who want to be a part...

Prime Minister the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller will travel to Canada today (Sunday, October 21) on a five-day official visit. The Prime Minister is visiting Canada at the invitation...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the Government’s approach in securing an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is very serious and the discussions are advanced and ongoing. Speaking...