The National Health Fund (NHF) in fulfilment of its mandate to reduce the financial burden of healthcare on the public, in Jamaica has doubled the subsidy on pharmaceuticals, respiratory devices and diabetic supplies for Children [more..]

Bauxite mining has now arrived in Walkerswood, Saint Ann. There is large scale mining of bauxite taking place to the east and south of Walkerswood. The bauxite company is carrying out its activities with no [more..]

English planters seized Jamaica from Spain in 1655 and established a plantation economy based on slave labor. The island gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. Long-standing recurrent violence among powerful organized crime networks [more..]