Chairman of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Colin Virgo, gives remarks at plenary session titled ‘Dynamic and Inclusive Agriculture and Fisheries: Exchanging Experience for Growth, Productivity and Resilience’ ...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (seated, second right) is joined by Regional Director and Representative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and ...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivers the keynote address at the opening of the 20th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), at the Ocean Coral Spring Resort in Trelawny on Sunday ...

John Kenneth Holt (born 11 July 1947 in Kingston, Jamaica; died 19 October 2014 in London, England) was a reggae singer and songwriter who first found fame as a member of the Paragons before ...

The honour of the Order of Jamaica (OJ) may be conferred upon any Jamaican citizen of outstanding distinction or upon any distinguished citizen of a country other than Jamaica (honorary member). A ...

Jamaica’s second smallest parish, Hanover was established in 1725 and was named for the reigning monarch on the British throne, George I, who was from the House of Hanover in Germany. The capital town ...

St. Mary is well known for being one of the first sections of the island to be occupied by the Spaniards. In 1655, after the English captured Jamaica from the Spanish, the area around the town of ...

and contributes substantially to the national economy while promoting the expansion of air transportation and its related industries.

The Beach Control Authority was established under the Beach Control Act “to control the use of the foreshore so as to advance on a fair basis the interests of developing commercial enterprises and in ...

The Toll Authority, an agency of the Ministry of Transport and Works was created under the Toll Roads Act. It is mandated under the provision of the Toll Roads Act to regulate the operations and ...

The Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre (formerly the Mona Rehabilitation Centre) is a 70 bed hospital which was started in 1954 during the polio epidemic. The centre, which was founded by Sir John ...

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, ...