Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Spatial Planning and Management Division at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Gregory Bennett. As Jamaica continues its recovery from ...

Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Charlton McFarlane (second left), and Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis (third right), are joined by stakeholders as they ...

Andrew Holness, has called for reforms to the international development financing system to better address the needs of vulnerable small island economies. “We’re not asking for special provisions, but ...

Photo: Dave Reid State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Hon. Rhoda Moy Crawford (left); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe ...

The Broadcasting Commission’s primary role is to monitor and regulate the fast paced industries of electronic media, broadcast radio and television, as well as subscriber television (cable). The ...

History of Jamaica. The history of Jamaica is a rich and vibrant one; it inspires us to move forward as a nation. Our history speaks to experiences of hardships and prosperity; an ...

As a Government Department, the Jamaica Archives began in 1955 with the establishment of an Archives Section in the Island Records Office. The appointment of Clinton Black, as government archivist, ...

The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) was established in 2015 under the Dangerous Drug (Amendment) Act (DDA) with a specific role to establish and regulate Jamaica’s legal ganja and hemp industry.

Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corps, Jamaicans at home and in the diaspora, listening, watching, and following on various media platforms, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen in the gallery, Madam ...

Local Authorities are those entities at the local level through which the Department of Local Government carries out its functions within communities. These entities are the Kingston and St. Andrew ...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second right), tour a ward in the rehabilitated Black River Hospital in ...

The Jamaican flag was unfurled and hoisted for the first time at the dramatic hour of midnight on August 5, 1962 as the British flag was being lowered, signalling the dawn of Jamaica’s political ...