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By March 2011, the Ministry of National Security hopes to relocate the island’s 347 juveniles who are currently being housed in adult correctional facilities to the newly refurbished Metcalfe Street centre for juveniles.  The Minister of National Security, Sen. the Hon. Dwight Nelson made the announcement this morning at the PSOJ’s Chairman’s Club forum as a part of its presentation...

Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral Peter Brady, has been re-elected for 2012 to chair the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Sub Committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The election took place at the 42nd session of the STW Sub Committee at the IMO headquarters, in London, on January 27. The IMO's Sub...

TORONTO — The relaunch of the Air Jamaica brand in Toronto, Canada, took place recently, with Air Jamaica's Manager of Sales, Will Rogers, giving an overview of the decision to maintain the brand alongside Caribbean Airlines, which has bought the airline. He explained that the new vision  is not to destroy a brand that is well known and well endeared,...

Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry into the handling of the Christopher Coke extradition request, Queen's Counsel, Hon. Emil George has ruled that the four memoranda of understanding (MOU) between Jamaica, the United States of America and England can be admitted as evidence.   As result of the ruling, witnesses can now be cross examined on the four MOUs, but...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Air Wing on Monday January 31, officially opened a hostel, which will house students enrolled at its military flight training academy, the Jamaica Military Aviation School (JMAS). The hostel, situated at the JDF’s Headquarters, Up Park Camp, St. Andrew, was constructed at a cost of approximately $8.9 million (CAN$104,000) with funding provided by the Canadian...

MANDEVILLE — The Longville Park community in Clarendon, supported by more than 10 churches in the area, staged a special worship service for the security forces, at the Longville Park Baptist Church on January 30. Major Ezra Bignall of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) told the gathering that much of the security forces’ work would be lighter, if citizens unite...

MANDEVILLE — A total of 150 young persons, who successfully completed the Jamaica 4-H Clubs' Tractor Operation and Maintenance, and Food Preparation programmes, were presented with certificates at a graduation ceremony held recently at the Denbigh 4-H Training Centre in Clarendon. Reporting on the Food Preparation Programme, Home Economics Coordinator for the 4-H Clubs' Central Region, Sylvia Porteous, said the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, Hon. Michael Stern, is calling on citizens to co-operate with the police to make their communities safe. “Without the co-operation of the citizens, the police really can’t do a good job, so I am imploring all citizens to work with the police and provide information to prevent major crimes,”...

Jamaica's High Commissioner to Canada, Her Excellency Sheila Sealy Monteith, has called on Jamaicans in Canada to start planning events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Jamaica's Independence in 2012. Speaking recently with Jamaicans living in Montreal, the High Commissioner urged them to put in place an organising committee to lead the planning and implementation of the activities “to mark...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)-supported 'Bashy Bus' HIV prevention project has been extended to  St. Ann, with the handing over of a mobile unit to the St. Ann Health Department on Thursday January 27. The project, which is being carried out by the St. Catherine-based non-governmental organization, Children First, with support from the Ministry of Health through the National...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has said that the Ian Fleming International Airport in St. Mary has tremendous marketing potential, which could bring economic and social benefits for the citizens of the parish and the country in general. While acknowledging the strong public sentiment against the facility being named after a non-Jamaican, Mr. Bartlett said this should not override...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding will launch a multi-million dollar programme aimed at strengthening Jamaica's resilience to climate change and other environmental hazards. The Jamaica House launch on Wednesday Febuary 2 will introduce the programme that will run for two years and will be largely funded by the European Union.  The programme includes projects that will protect jobs and lives through the restoration and protection...