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Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Lt. Col. Oscar Derby, has said that operations at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston have returned to normal. He told JIS News that all flights are landing and departing as scheduled, following this morning’s (March 4) incident involving a Cessna aircraft. Reports are that a few minutes after 10:00...

The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority is confirming reports of an aircraft incident at the Norman Manley International Airport. The JCAA is currently dispatching a team of investigators to the scene. Further information on this accident will be provided by the JCAA as soon as the information becomes available.     Issued by: The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority   

The Government’s effort to create an enabling legislative and fiscal framework to attract investors has received strong support from one of the largest United States-based law firms, Baker and McKenzie. Principal Partner of the firm with responsibility for global wealth management, Simon P. Beck, commended the Government for its bold moves to position Jamaica at the forefront of investment destinations....

Jamaica’s rich potential in the alternative energy sector was unveiled to potential investors at the Commonwealth Power Summit held in London this week. Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson, who was the main speaker at a session on ‘Power Opportunities in the Caribbean’, outlined a number of projects that offer investment possibilities in the areas of wind and...

An Alternative Secondary Transition Education Programme (ASTEP) has been established to assist primary school students, who are performing below grade level and continue to fail the Grade Four Literacy Test. Making the announcement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 1), Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, said that the intervention has become necessary in light of the number of...

A Jamaican High Commission UK 2012 Fund has been launched to provide financing for projects and activities to be held in the United Kingdom to celebrate the country’s 50th anniversary of Independence next year. The establishment of the fund was one of the initiatives coming out of a meeting of Jamaican community leaders hosted by High Commissioner to the UK,...

The deadline for the submission of entries for the Natural History Museum of Jamaica’s (NHMJ) Earth Day competition has been extended to Friday, March 11. Students are being asked to send in their creative essays, posters and photography works by that date. Education Outreach Officer of the NHMJ, Dorsia Brooks, told JIS News that the deadline was extended to allow...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has retrofitted 1,103 houses in five parishes and trained 235 persons in safer building techniques, following the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav, which ravaged sections of the island in 2008. Programme Coordinator of the Tropical Gustav Recovery Project, Kirk Frankson, made the revelation at a Think Tank held on March 2...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states plan to lobby the United Nations (UN) for the CARICOM Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) to be designated an International Centre of Adaptation. The move, which was agreed on by regional leaders at the 22nd Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Grand Anse, Grenada last weekend, is intended to enhance...

In continuation of its thrust to encourage and develop a culture of safety and security in schools, the Ministry of Education, in conjunction with the Ministry of National Security, launched School Security and Safety Month 2011,  at Jamaica House, yesterday (March 3). Addressing the ceremony, Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness said that, "school remains the safest place for children...

Member of Parliament for North West St. Ann, Othneil Lawrence, will be attending the meeting of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas’ (COPA) Executive Committee in Mexico this week-end. The 22nd meeting of COPA’s Executive Committee will be held in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, March 5 to 12. The executives will address a number of issues, including the capacity of...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) which does not currently certify persons it trains in the many community training programmes it offers, plans to pursue this in the near future, according to the Director General of the organisation, Ronald Jackson, who spoke at a Think Tank session at the Jamaica Information Service, 58a Half Way Tree Road,...