The Registrar General's Department (RGD), began accepting payments online for express applications for birth, death and marriage certificates, as of yesterday (Sept 9). "Effective today, we are offering to Jamaicans...

The Woodlands Primary School in Cross Keys, Manchester, has received a facelift, carried out by persons on the Inmates Public Work Programme, which is administered by the Ministry of National...

Executive Director and Curator of Liberty Hall, Donna McFarlane, is hoping that the recent decision by the Organisation of American States (OAS), to name its Hall of Culture in honour...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has said that measures are ongoing to address the issue of informal settlements or squatting across the country. Speaking in the House...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, will leave the island tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, Sept 9, 2008) for Barbados, to attend the 14th special meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of...

"Great start with a good throw" is how Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, described the performance Paralympian Tanto Campbell, who won bronze in the...

The Government of Jamaica, has dispatched a team of six persons to the Turks and Caicos Islands, to provide support in the aftermath of the impact of Hurricane Ike, on...

Executive Director of the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ), Winsome Hudson, is assuring Jamaicans that the National Library is adequately prepared and committed to protecting the nation's invaluable collections from...

More than US$3,200 was recently raised by the Jamaica Consulate in Miami, to benefit the Swift Purcell Boys' Home in St. Mary and the Jamaica Christian Boys' Home in Kingston....

Minister of National Security, Senator Colonel Trevor MacMillan, has said that with human witnesses in court gradually becoming a thing of the past, it is critical that Jamaica strengthens the...

The National Policy for Senior Citizens is to be revised, as the number of seniors is expected to double from 10 per cent of the population at the time the...