While some schools got off to a delayed start for the official start of the 2008/09 school year, because of Tropical Storm Gustav, for teachers and students at the Church...

Traffic flow between Kingston and St. Thomas has been restored with the newly installed Bailey bridge, which spans the Hope River in Harbour View, St. Andrew, but with a number...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has put forward a number of areas in which Jamaica is seeking to establish greater co-operation with Brazil. The areas being considered are the expansion of...

Status update on Damage to the Sector The 2008 School year should have started on September 1 however due to the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav we decided to facilitate...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has informed that work is being carried out to restore access to the 13 communities in St. Thomas, Portland, St. Andrew, and St. Catherine, that remain...

Estimates of the cost to repair the damage to roads, infrastructure, public buildings, especially schools and health facilities, water and sewage systems, and to provide assistance to persons, whose houses...

The Regional Conference on the Media and the Caribbean Justice System, was officially launched today (September 3), by Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, at the Hilton...

St. Ann Parish Disaster Coordinator, Alvin Clarke, is appealing to residents who were severely affected by Tropical Storm Gustav, to co-operate with the various assessment teams, as they carry out...

Thousands of concert fans who attended the 2008 staging of Irie Jamboree in Queens, New York, on Sunday, August 31, used the occasion to show their appreciation for the record-breaking...

The House of Representatives yesterday (Sept. 2), approved a resolution endorsing the decision of the Government, to affix its signature to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which was negotiated between...

Fifteen additional teachers have been recruited from Cuba, to teach in the nation's schools, under the Jamaica/Cuba Bilateral Co-operation Programme. The teachers underwent a two-day orientation exercise, which was held...