The Ministry of Health and Environment, is promoting healthy lifestyle practises to reduce or prevent the incidence of diabetes in children. Approximately 2 per cent of adolescents between 15 and...

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Lenworth Fulton, is encouraging more young people to take up beef and dairy farming. Mr. Fulton, who spoke to JIS News, at the...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, says Government is committed to pursuing the Whistleblower Legislation and that its application will be for both the public and private sectors. "Whistleblower Legislation is an...

The Jamaica Civil Service Long Service Awards Ceremony, which was scheduled for this Wednesday November 19, has been postponed until further notice. The decision to postpone comes in the wake...

The Ministry of Transport and Works, will be undertaking construction and repairs to key infrastructure and a historical building in Black River, St. Elizabeth. Minister, Mike Henry, during a tour...

Chairperson of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings, has said that the Committee would be undertaking a number of public education initiatives, geared at helping children to...

Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, has said that the Government is seeking to reduce the cost of road repair projects and where applicable, will be utilising the Pave-Zyme...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wesley Hughes, has said that while Jamaica is faced with a number of macro-economic risks, in the context of the...

Chairperson of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings, is making a passionate appeal to the perpetrators of crimes against children, to desist from those dastardly deeds. "We...

Several sectors of the economy recorded strong growth for the period July to September, with mining and quarrying emerging as the star performer for the period. The sector recorded a...

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Don Wehby, has said that despite having to make some revisions to the Central Government budget, the...