The Government continues to make good on its promise to improve housing conditions for vulnerable Jamaicans. One of its key initiatives for doing so, the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), has been changing the lives of the country’s poor and indigent. Prime Minister Andrew Holness explains the selection process for beneficiaries in this programme.
The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has been working to preserve the history and integrity of some of the oldest standing structures in the country, our train stations.
Apart from cruises, air travel is the only way visitors travel to Jamaica. Up until 2007 Jamaica’s own Air Jamaica was one of the primary means visitors got to and from the destination. Today a significant number of airlines fly into the island. Stick around to hear the story of the role the Jamaica tourist Board played in the growth...
The Transitional Living Programme of he Child Protection and Family Services Agency is helping wards who age out of state care to be prepared for the world of adulthood.
Founder of STEM Builders Learning Hub, Kavelle Hylton, recently sat down with Theodore Henry, host of the discussion programme ‘Get The Facts,’ to share more about her business and how the DBJ’s Ignite Grant helped her to grow her business.
Ask a random person anywhere in the world about Jamaica and they may give the following answers: The home of Bob Marley, reggae music and Usain Bolt. They may add that it’s either on their list of countries to visit, they’ve already been here a few times, got married here or honeymooned on our island. Given the above, we can...
Jamaicans at home and abroad still mark the transfer of British power with celebrations yearly. The activities are to honour those who fought for freedom and are a reminder that the management of the country’s affairs now rests in the hands of a locally elected Cabinet. Independence Day was previously observed on the first Monday in August but has now...
The government has been talking about Net billing in relation to electricity generation for a while now and has even passed regulations that would govern the whole process, but how does it work?
Jamaicans living in diaspora will be able to access a suite of services from the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) under an initiative dubbed Access Jamaica.
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