Payments would be part of indebted island’s preparation for IMF loan. A spokesman for the Jamaican Umbrella Groups of Churches (JUGC), which represents most of Jamaica’s Christians, said churches ...

More than 170 churches across Jamaica have applied for government repair grants after Hurricane Melissa tore through the island, damaging religious buildings that often serve as emergency shelters and ...

Religious churchgoers stand up for gay rights Punishment for sodomy in the country is 10 years in prison Island%27s high court will begin hearing a petition by a gay rights activist KINGSTON, Jamaica ...

In what is being described as “a powerful and deeply symbolic moment of reunion”, the National Executive Council of the New Testament Church of God (NTCOG) in England and Wales is visiting Jamaica to ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) is urging the Government to halt negotiations on a proposed agreement with the United States (US) to accept third-country nationals (TCNs) ...

CoolDestiny is put off by the hypocrisy shown by her former church in its refusal to handle the funeral of a woman on the grounds that she was an “informal commercial importer” (also known in Jamaica ...

The Jamaica-based developer teamed up with the 354-year-old First Presbyterian Church to develop the 143,000 square-foot building at 89-50 164th Street. The 12-story building will include 14,616 ...

Preservationists are pushing the city to landmark nearly two dozen banks, churches and architectural standouts in Jamaica – but two houses of worship they contend are most deserving don’t want the ...

A group of Westchester churches on Monday, Nov. 17, will wrap up their three-day collection of relief supplies for a Jamaican parish severely damaged by Hurricane Melissa. The effort spearheaded by ...