American Professor Ivelaw Griffith has said problem of gangs in the region must be given focus in the short term, at the just established Centre for National Security and Strategic...

Determined to find the winning formula to offer students a chance at being successful after they leave school, Cumberland High School in Portmore has been rewriting and innovating the traditional...

The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) will receive a subvention of $119.75 million from the government this fiscal year, which will be used to promulgate the Island Traffic Authority Bill, establish...

Some $200 million has been allocated to the Social Housing Programme for the financial year 2007/08, a 33 per cent increase over the sum of $150 million last year. This...

As the Government continues to provide affordable housing solutions for Jamaicans, 4,633 units, which were developed for rental and as cooperatives and condominiums from early as the 1970s, are to...

Minister of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Robert Pickersgill has announced that as of September 2007, the Caribbean Maritime Institute will be offering five new Bachelor of Science degrees under...

The aviation sector will benefit from several major improvements this fiscal year as the Government moves to modernize and boost the air transport system. As contained in a report on...

Twelve Jamaican nationals received milestone awards at the second annual recognition luncheon of the Jamaica USA Chamber of Commerce (JAUSACC), on May 25 at the Signature Grand. A special trailblazer...

The resort town of Ocho Rios is reporting high cruise ship passenger figures, with arrivals recorded at more than 390,000 since the start of the year. Manager of the Ocho...

A Welfare to Work Programme to take persons off welfare and place them in jobs or enable them to open their own business, will be introduced this financial year. The...

The Government of Jamaica has developed a new National Information and Communication Technology called E-Powering Jamaica, which will be implemented by the year 2012. This was announced by State Minister...