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MANDEVILLE — Minister of Housing, Environment and Water, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says he is satisfied with measures put in place by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to contain a toxic leak at a gold mine in Pennants, Clarendon, and make the site safe. “I am very happy to know that they (NEPA) were able to put all...

KINGSTON — The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, opened its newly constructed state-of-the art CHASE Carnegie Skills Laboratory, for the training of medical students and residents in a modern setting, on Thursday July 21. The facility, the first of its kind in the Caribbean, was constructed and equipped at a cost of some $35 million by the Department...

MANDEVILLE — Mayor of Black River, Councillor Jeremy Palmer, has called on residents to push for quality educational delivery with the same fervor as they do for roads, water and other infrastructure. He lamented that when he attends community meetings, there is little or no agitation for properly run schools and quality output from these institutions and is encouraging residents...

PORT ANTONIO — Preparations are in high gear for St. Mary’s participation in the three-day Denbigh Agri-Industrial and Food Show slated for July 30 to August 1 in May Pen, Clarendon. Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) Parish Manager for St. Mary, Lavon Murdock, told JIS News that arrangements were progressing smoothly. She said all JAS branches in the parish have been...

KINGSTON — Finance Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has underscored the importance of dialogue being maintained through the Partnership for Transformation (PFT), if consensus on decisions regarding the nation’s progress, is to be reached. The Partnership is a coalition of the political directorate, Government, Opposition and private sector interests, who meet for discussions on common measures to address a range of...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA) has come out in full support of the government's decision to put a temporary ban on the controversial scrap metal trade. President of the JEA, Vitus Evans, addressing a press briefing at the organisation's Winchester Road offices in Kingston on Wednesday July 20, said that with the problem that the industry is facing...

KINGSTON — Thirty-four students, who received scholarships for their performances in the recent Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), were honoured on Thursday July 21 at the Wyndham Hotel, New Kingston. The scholarship awardees were selected from a pool of 43,000 students, who sat the two-day examination in March this year. Speaking at the awards ceremony, Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew...

MANDEVILLE — Head of the Area 3 Police Division, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Derrick Cochrane, is encouraging persons to use the various mediation outlets, including that of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), to settle disputes. Addressing the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Mandeville, at the Golf View Hotel, on July 19, the ACP stated that for the...

LONDON — Jamaica's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Anthony Johnson, says Jamaica and the Caribbean have shared historic, cultural and trade links with Latin America that stretch back for centuries. He argued that the relations between the English-speaking Caribbean and Latin America over the past three centuries have been of great importance to both regions in the provision...

WASHINGTON D.C — President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS), Richard Powell, says increased collaboration between Jamaica and its Diaspora is crucial, if the country is to achieve economic development and growth. Delivering the main address at the 34th annual awards banquet of the National Association of Jamaicans and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO) at the Marriott...

KINGSTON — Steps are being taken to clean up the site of last week's reported chemical contamination at the former Ausjam gold mine in Pennants, Clarendon. According to Minister Housing, Environment and Water, Dr. Horace Chang, the effort has included the relocation of over seven tonnes of sodium cyanide, which was being stored in a container at the mine, formerly...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) — Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has been selected to serve as the seventh Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by the Heads of Government. Ambassador LaRocque, 56, a national of Dominica replaces His Excellency Sir Edwin Carrington of Trinidad and Tobago. Ambassador LaRocque is the current Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration at the...