Dr. Kasan Troupe has been elevated to the post of Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth. Dr. Troupe, who previously served as acting Chief Education Officer, today spent her first ...

The revised National Policy for Senior Citizens is to be made public on Wednesday. Executive Director of the National Council for Senior Citizens, Cassandra Morrison, told JIS News that the National ...

Egg farmers would like to see Jamaicans eat more eggs. Jamaicans consume on average about 1 and a half eggs per week and the Ministry of Agriculture wants to increase this to 2 eggs per week over the ...

Three men have been arrested as detectives in St. Ann intensify their probe into the murder of 72-year-old Loris Murray, a retired nurse from Pyramid Heights housing development in the parish. The ...

The Ministry of Education, school administrators and the police have intervened in a dispute involving students from several Corporate Area high schools that is threatening to spiral out of control.

Radio Jamaica News has been reliably informed that a teacher of Immaculate Conception High School in St. Andrew has been arrested and charged by police investigators. Radio Jamaica News understands ...

Alexander Williams, a former Senator, will be the next Jamaican High Commissioner to London. Mr Williams is an attorney, whose last public role was that of Chairman of the Jamaica Anti Doping ...

Education & Youth Minister Fayval Williams has confirmed the departure of Rosalee Gage Grey as Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency. In an interview with Radio ...

Dr Aggrey Irons, a prominent Jamaican psychiatrist, died on Saturday. Known for his advocacy in support of mental health, Dr Irons served for many years at Bellevue Hospital, the country’s only ...

Minister of Labour Pearnel Charles Jr has hailed the work of the Industrial Disputes tribunal as critical in strengthening the country's industrial relations framework. The IDT is celebrating 50 years ...

Details are emerging about the circumstances that led to the death of a constable at the Maroon Town Police Station in St James yesterday morning. Radio Jamaica News was informed that the police were ...

Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist Dr. Clayton Sewell is recommending the incorporation of psychiatric facilities within correctional centres which would attend to the needs of mentally ill inmates and ...