Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, is encouraging the church to play a more involved role in the implementation of Restorative Justice in Jamaica. The Permanent Secretary,...

A group of international and local volunteers have joined hands to host a summer camp for children in Hagley Gap, Rural St. Thomas with the aim of addressing social issues...

To further promote writers and authors of Jamaican heritage, a 'Read Jamaica' session will be held at the Jamaican Consulate General, at 767 Third Avenue in New York on August...

Baroness Valerie Amos, Leader of the House of Lords, will chair a selection panel for an artist to design a memorial to Mary Seacole, the Jamaican Crimean War nurse, near...

Ground was broken on July 24 for the building of a modern Transportation Centre in Linstead, St. Catherine, at a projected cost of $25 million. The centre is expected to...

The summer holidays signal a break from school and studies for children, while for parents it means budgeting and calculating costs and needs for the new school term. For some...

The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), organizers of the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, has set a target of 100,000 patrons to attend the 55th staging of this year's show, up...

The public health sector is expected to benefit from the services of more than 100 Cuban medical personnel, under renewal of the Cuba-Jamaica Technical Co-operation Agreement. Under the agreement, Jamaica...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has spent $1 billion on its Textbook programme for the new academic year. This was disclosed at a back to school press briefing held...

For the start of the 2007/2008 academic year, more than 164,000 units of furniture have been delivered to schools across the island under contracts valued at more than $586 million....

The Ministry of Education and Youth has dedicated $1.5 billion to bring schools to a state of readiness for the start of the 2007/08 academic year. The Ministry will also...