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 ...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, listens to questions during a plenary session at the 20th staging of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture, being held at the Ocean Coral ...

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. Elizabeth is one of the oldest parishes in Jamaica. Originally including much of the western section on the island it was split to form parts of Westmoreland and Manchester in 1703 and 1814 ...

The Road Maintenance Fund Board is comprised of 11 directors and a chairman. It manages the pool of funds for the specific maintenance of main roads and structures island-wide, pursuant to section (4) ...

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 ...

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, ...