Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Louis Moyston has called on citizens of St. Thomas to start a fund raising drive aimed at repairing the Morant Bay...

As the nation observes National Drug Awareness Month in November, the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) is working hard to make researching the subject easier. The Council's recently launched...

Guyana is to supply Jamaica with 60,000 tonnes of rice in 2009. The arrangement was detailed in a Memorandum of Understanding signed in Georgetown between the Government of Guyana and...

A number of issues raised by CARICOM States, including Jamaica, at the Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF), held in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States of America (USA), from August 17-19,...

Education Minister, Andrew Holness, is urging educators, who are yet to attain competence in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to do so, as this will serve to lessen the digital...

Two dairy farmers have expressed optimism that they will be able to restore their production to former levels, with the assistance of funds obtained under a concessionary loan facility for...

A literacy project, which seeks to help thousands of students to learn to read at an appropriate level, was officially launched at the Parry Town Primary School in Ocho Rios...

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Mark Shields, has said that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), must improve its policing strategies and forge greater partnerships in the drive to dismantle criminal...

Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has called on Jamaicans in the Diaspora to market the island's tourism sector. "You have two jobs now. You have to be our biggest marketers as...

Minister of National Security, Senator Colonel Trevor MacMillan, has commended members of the Peace Management Initiative (PMI), for remaining steadfast in their commitment to work in troubled communities, despite the...

As part of the Local Government reform initiative, a revolving educational loan facility, valued at some $5 million, is being set up for staff of the Department of Local Government...