Earlier this year we marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. But although the trading in slaves was abolished in 1807, slavery itself was actually...

Cabinet has approved the sale of eight apartment units owned by the National Insurance Fund (NIF) at the Point Village Resorts in Negril. They will be sold at a cost...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract to Contraxx Enterprise Limited in the sum $60,404,535.00 to construct a replacement school for the Central Branch Infant School, which was destroyed...

Cabinet on (July 30) awarded a contract valued at more than US$11million to Presport Joint Venture for the construction of the Montego Bay Sports Complex (Phase Three), at Catherine Hall...

Cabinet has given its Development Unit the go-ahead to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with Surrey Paving and Aggregate to undertake a pre-feasibility study for the long-term development of the...

The Jamaica/Cuba Eyecare Programme is to specially target children who are affected with Strabismus or what is commonly referred to as 'cast eye', through an extensive outreach exercise. This is...

Jamaican-born aviator, Captain Barrington Irving, Jr., will arrive to a hero's welcome on Friday (Aug. 3) at the Norman Manley Airport in Kingston for a four-day official visit to Jamaica....

Persons with disabilities who have entered a local tertiary institution to pursue a first degree or diploma may now apply for the Margaret Moody Bequest Scholarships, offered by the Jamaica...

The South-Eastern Regional Office of the Registrar General's Department (RGD) has outgrown its current location at 4 Trevennion Park Road and will be relocated to Shops 26 and 27 Kingston...

Events such as births, deaths, and marriages have a significant impact on a nation and as such the records of these events, referred to as vital statistics, are kept under...

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke has said that Jamaica has made significant strides in relation to the implementation of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures for the protection of...