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KINGSTON — The fleet of buses serving Government's employees has been improved with the addition of four buses. The air conditioned buses, which were commissioned during a ceremony at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) service depot, on Ashenheim Road, in Kingston on September 9, bring to 13 the number of buses now serving public servants in Kingston and St....

Boys at the Muirton Child Care Facility in Manchioneal, Portland, recently received school supplies, educational materials, inspirational books, clothes and personal items courtesy of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ). The gifts were handed over during a ceremony hosted at the facility. The donation is in keeping with the PCJ’s corporate social responsibility programme, which aims to among other things,...

KINGSTON — At least 100 inner city youths, aged 16-29 years old, stand a chance of being inserted into the job market as micro-franchises, under a Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ)/ Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) programme for at risk youths. Dubbed "Microfranchise as Tool for Economic Promotion of Youth at Risk’, the programme, which costs just under US$300,000, aims...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is inviting entries for its 2011 Heritage Month Essay Competition, which is open to students registered at the primary school level between the ages nine and 12 years old. Entrants are being asked to write a 300 to 350 word essay on the topic: Who is your favourite National Hero? Explain. The essay...

KINGSTON — The southern corridor of the new Dry River Bridge, currently being constructed at Harbour View, St. Andrew, is now open to vehicular and commuter access. Work on that section of the bridge, which comprises two lanes, has been completed and was opened by Transport and Works Minister, Hon. Michael Henry, during a brief ceremony on Sunday Sept. 11....

KINGSTON — Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that it is a misunderstanding to suggest that the Government is in a crisis and the medium term programme is in trouble, because of the tabling of the First Supplementary Estimates four months after the 2011/12 Budget. "The immediate issue that informed the Supplementary Estimates, was the need to make...

KINGSTON — Health Minister, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, says a multi-sectoral approach must be taken if the country is to effectively tackle the increasing levels of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), especially among young people. The Minister noted that studies have shown that people are now developing NCDs at a younger age, taking the epidemic to even greater levels. He argued that...

KINGSTON — Scores of residents of Longville Park and surrounding communities in Clarendon are expected to attend a National Health Festival, to celebrate Caribbean Wellness Day 2011, on Saturday, September 10. The event, organised by the Ministry of Health in partnership with the National Health Fund (NHF), will be staged at the Longville Park Healthy Zone between 10 a.m. and...

MONTEGO BAY — Jamaica's efforts to create more jobs for its citizens got a major boost Thursday September 8, with the official opening of the Sir Richard Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship, in Bogue, Montego Bay, which is committed to growing businesses in the Caribbean. The centre, established by British billionaire, Sir Richard Branson, at a cost of some US$3.5 million,...

The Ministry of Housing, Environment and Water welcomes and endorses the 3rd staging of the China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Co-operation Forum which will be held this month in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The two day Forum, which will be held on September 12 and 13, under the theme “Development Co-operation, Win for All”, is aimed at further deepening...

KINGSTON — Chief Executive Officer of the Public Sector Transformation Unit (PSTU), Patricia Sinclair-McCalla, is advocating developing more Government properties across the island. She says that this would reduce the high sums being paid to rent office space for various ministries, departments and agencies. Her call comes against the background of the state of disrepair into which many Government-owned properties...

KINGSTON — Minister of Finance, Hon. Audley Shaw, says now that economic stability has been secured, the productive sector must increase efforts to grow the economy through investment, enhanced productivity and innovation. Mr. Shaw, who was addressing the 3rd Financial Services Commission Expo, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston on Thursday, September 8, said that with the realization of...