Jamaican athletes will once again be a force to reckon with on the world stage when they participate in the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea,...

President of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), Brian Pengelley, is encouraging Jamaicans to support locally made products, in an effort to boost the country’s economic development. “We have to believe...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) remains a major source of funding for Caribbean countries. Speaking at the opening of the...

In an effort to improve the island’s Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) sector, the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has partnered with two entities to assist them with implementing...

A meeting of the Central Bank Governors of the Caribbean Country Department is now underway at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB),...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says the audit of the Maxfield Park Children’s Home, which commenced last year, has already resulted in improvements in financial operations at...

Work to develop the Santa Cruz Health Centre in St. Elizabeth into one of four Centres of Excellence across the island, is to get underway soon, following Tuesday's (January 15)...

The Government will be working, as fast as possible, to address some of the priority areas of concern at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in Kingston. This was disclosed by...

About 3,005 children in need of care and protection were placed with families under the Living in Family Environment (LIFE) programmes between January and September 2012. Chief Executive Officer of...

The Senate on Thursday, March 21, passed a Bill to prosecute persons involved in the illegal lottery scam. Some 14 amendments have been made and it will be sent back...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, has announced that the government is working to reconcile the databases of the Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ) and the island’s courts, to...