Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller has lauded the Government and people of Ontario, Canada, for making Jamaica's late cultural ambassador the Hon. Louise Bennett Coverley, a permanent part of the...

Thousands of Jamaicans and visitors to the island turned out for the staging of the National Emancipation Vigil and Jubilee Celebrations, which was recently held on the grounds of the...

Fifteen Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) awardees whose parents are employed to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) were on Thursday (Aug. 2) presented with book grants valued at...

Forty-five years ago our founding fathers charged us to "go into the world and stand on our own feet and make our own way forward by hard work and discipline."...

This year we celebrate our independence in the midst of an election campaign. It ought to be a model election because it was the right to vote and the struggles...

Hundreds of visitors to the Royal Park St. James in London including scores of Jamaicans and their families celebrated Jamaica's Emancipation Day on August 1, at a stirring concert put...

Another window of opportunity for business development and entrepreneurship has been opened with the launch of the Incubator and Entrepreneurial Production Centres project. In his address at the launch held...

Six students, who are children of employees of Sandals Royal Caribbean Hotel in Montego Bay, were recently presented with bursaries totalling $150,000 to assist with their high school education for...

On July 31, an ecumenical service was held at the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria, in observance of Emancipation Day. The vigil, which was organized by the Jamaica Cultural...

A Freedom Monument was officially unveiled at Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay, St. James, on Emancipation Day (August 1), by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. This monument was established...

This year, more than any other, the real meaning of emancipation and the opportunities that it has provided for our growth and empowerment as a people and a nation, have...