Public Awareness Campaign Being Strengthened The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is among several agencies and departments, which are now intensifying the streamlining of their operations, to ensure greater levels of...

The Hope Zoo Preservation Foundation (HZPF) has received a well-needed donation of some $4 million, which will go toward protecting animals that are found only in Jamaica. The funds are...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), Richard Miller is appealing to dairy farmers to access the $84 million in loans as well as grants that...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson on Friday, February 22, signed a $17 .8 million contract for the upgrading of the Darliston Health Centre, in Westmoreland. Under the contract,...

The residents of the volatile St. James community of Salt Spring will soon have another avenue through which to resolve conflict, as well as benefit form training in human development....

Several primary school mathematics teachers will, in April, participate in development workshops aimed at enhancing competence in the subject. The training sessions, organised by the Seprod Group of Companies, are...

Acting Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Everton McFarlane, says the government remains committed to implementing strategies to ensure Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth over the medium to long...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting an increase in the number of Jamaican workers with professional or vocational certification last year. Programme Director for the PIOJ's Plan Development...

Cabinet has approved a proposal to amend the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act, to increase the penalties for breaches of that law. Information Minister, Senator the Hon....

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, says the Government will be seeking the public's input in formulating the proposed Child Diversion Policy. "Very shortly, we will be...

An energy efficiency project, aimed at cutting energy costs in small hotels across the region, is getting the full endorsement of the Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon....