Cabinet has approved measures aimed at reducing the estimated $2.8 billion electricity costs to the State for island’s 93,000 street lights. Speaking at Wednesday’s (December 19) Jamaica House Media Briefing,...

Triple Olympic medalist, Yohan Blake, has urged wards of the Mount Olivet Boys Home in Manchester, to use their struggles as a motivation for success. Pointing out that hardship can...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, says restructuring of the Coffee Industry Board (CIB), now underway, is to improve its effectiveness in addressing the needs of the industry....

Residents of 10 communities in St. Catherine, who have been trained in emergency management, were on December 20 presented with emergency radios to enhance their response during times of disaster....

The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that at the end of November its monthly billing for areas in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, reflected a 56 per cent increase, due...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says that providing affordable housing solutions for Jamaicans is a top priority for the Government. "My administration is focused on getting houses...

Rehabilitation work on the Trench Town Fire Station in Kingston, which was spearheaded by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Government at a cost of just over $2 million,...

A Cays Management Policy is scheduled to be completed in  2013, State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown said. Speaking at the 107th...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says Cabinet is to consider expanding the role of the Child Development Agency (CDA) to give it jurisdiction over children in police...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says a special unit is to be established within the Ministry to direct the development of linkages with other Ministries and agencies,...

Education officers will begin to receive some $557 million in retroactive payments in June 2013. The Government, on December 19,signed the Heads of Agreement to provide for the payments at...