With an accumulated deficit of $4 billion so far, the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service is on the right track to achieving the $12.5 billion in deficit targeted...

Alternate Executive Director for the Inter-American Development Bank Caribbean, Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal, has said that Jamaicans must be prepared to take advantage of the various changes taking place in...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding will be taking a four-day break from his official duties from August 12- 15. He will leave the island tomorrow, August 12, on a private overseas...

Government says that there is no cause for alarm in the divestment of state-owned sugar assets to a joint-venture company in which Infiniti Bio-Energy of Brazil, is to be the...

Some 26 students, from 11 high schools across the island, participated in the Northern Caribbean University's (NCU) four-week summer Research and Apprenticeship Programme (RAP), at the institution's main campus in...

Planning, budgeting, making a list, shopping around, and spending wisely, are some of the recommendations that the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), is encouraging parents to consider, when shopping for back-to-school...

The Jamaican Consulate in Toronto, Canada, presented 14 individuals and one organisation, with the Jamaica Community Service Awards, for outstanding contribution in several of fields and to the community, as...

Director for the Centre for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, (UWI) Mona, Professor Evelyn Bailey, has been elected as Jamaica's representative to the Committee on the...

Some 750-medical students from 80-countries, have been challenged by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, to commit themselves to not just caring for the sick but to address some of the social...

The National Land Agency (NLA), is currently staging a series of road shows, aimed at sensitising individuals on the importance of securing a registered title for property owned, and the...

Portmore Mayor, Keith Hinds, has expressed gratitude to the Government for the $20-million committed to assist with the cleaning of drains and gullies in the municipality. This, he says, will...