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KINGSTON — COMPLANT International, the China-based company which has acquired the state-owned assets of Jamaica's sugar industry, is now set to roll out its investment of some US$156 million to renovate three factories and sugar cane lands over the next four years. This commitment was reinforced at an elaborate ceremony marking the handing over of the Jamaican Government’s sugar assets...

WASHINGTON — The 141-member Maryland House of Delegates passed a resolution, recently, congratulating Jamaica's Government and people on the commemoration of 177 years of Emancipation and 49 years of independence. The Resolution was presented to the President of the Jamaica Nationals Association (JNA), Claudette Henry, by Jamaica-born Maryland House of Delegates state representative, Shirley Natham-Pulliam, at the JNA's Independence Gala...

KINGSTON — Chairman, Board of Directors of Pan Caribbean Sugar Company, Lyn Yuting, said upgrading works at three divested Government sugar factories, will take three to four years, without disrupting production. He was speaking on August 15, at a contract signing ceremony at Jamaica House,  at which COMPLANT formally acquired Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine; Frome, Westmoreland; Monymusk, Clarendon and associated...

WASHINGTON — Ambassador Audrey Marks has reiterated her call for the Jamaican Diaspora in the United States to expand their role in the country’s social and economic development. “Remittances, in particular, have become an important feature of many households, but I dare say the Diaspora can play a much more significant role,” the Ambassador told a service commemorating Jamaica’s 49th...

KINGSTON — Olympian Vilma Charlton, says despite recent challenges, Jamaica's athletes are expected to perform well at the 13th World Championships in Athletics to be held in Daegu, South Korea from August 27 to September 4. “We think we will do well,” said Ms. Charlton, who is also the Liaison Officer for the Jamaica team to the event. She was...

Permanent Secretaryin the Ministry of Housing, Environment and Water, Genefa Hibbert, and Chairman of the Water Resources Authority of Jamaica, Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr., recently attended the 4th Singapore International Water Week, Water Convention and Water Leaders Summit.  The week-long event held in the South- East Asian city-state, was attended by over 2,500 delegates from around the world. Major issues,...

KINGSTON — Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Derrick Cochrane, has encouraged citizens to continue working closely with the police, as this collaboration has assisted greatly to reduce criminal activities. Mr. Cochrane pointed out that the drop in serious crimes has come about largely because the citizens have “decided that the criminals, less than one per cent of the population, cannot...

KINGSTON — Public sector workers from various departments are benefitting from a workshop aimed at enhancing their knowledge about state protocol and social etiquette. Director for Human Resource Development, at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Gail Williams, speaking at the opening of the two-day session on August 15 at the OPM, said that at the end of the...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) — Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis on Monday said that the assumption of office by the new Secretary-General of CARICOM, His Excellency Irwin LaRocque, marks a turning point in the history of the Community. Ambassador LaRocque assumed the position of CARICOM...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Education has partnered with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to implement a Literacy Assessment Monitoring Programme (LAMP) to accurately assess literacy levels among Jamaicans. Jamaica is the first country in the Caribbean to put the project into effect, and the first to do it in English. Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness,...

KINGSTON — The Government has completed privatisation of the island's sugar industry, on August 15 signing a divestment agreement with COMPLANT Group of Companies for the three remaining factories. Under the arrangement, which was signed at Jamaica House, COMPLANT will acquire Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine; Frome, Westmoreland; Monymusk, Clarendon and associated lands for US$9 million ($774 million). The Chinese company...

MONTEGO BAY — Many teenagers find themselves involved in negative activities such as drug abuse gangs, illicit sex, and pregnancy, but Renae Williams, is one positive teenager who believes in herself and is determined to chart a different path. The energetic high achiever from Clarendon is one of three youth in the county of Middlesex who was presented with the...