Between January and June this year, major crimes in Jamaica (murder, shooting, rape, carnal abuse, robbery, break-ins and larceny) declined by 12.6 percent, compared to the similar period in 2010....

The goal of achieving greater dialogue and consensus around national issues and challenges will take an important step forward on September 20 when leaders across sectors sign the code of...

Two roads in Rockfort, East Kingston, reconditioned by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) with $19 million worth of grant funding from the European Union's (EU) Poverty Reduction Programme (Phase...

It is a well defined and accepted fact that any true measurement of growth in a country goes beyond the narrow parameters of financial and infrastructure development, and Vision 2030...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has emphasised the need for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to do more to demonstrate the positives that are happening...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jean Dixon, has underscored the importance of having an effective and robust information system that will support the management of health service...

Nearly three quarters of Jamaican youths are logging on to the Internet to find information and to interact with their friends on social networks. This was revealed in the 2010...

The Government of Spain, through its Agency for International Development Co-operation (AECID), has donated some $11.2 million worth of medical equipment and furniture to the Spanish Town Hospital, in St....

Director of the National STI/HIV Programme, Dr. Kevin Harvey, is encouraging regional health institutions to play a pivotal role in ensuring access to healthy foods, while reducing the incidence of...

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Grace McLean, says the Ministry is putting measures in place to improve the achievement of males, as part of the education transformation...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade says it has been making significant progress with plans to integrate the country’s trade policy into the National Development Plan, Vision 2030....