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The Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) has received $60 million from telecommunications company LIME, to assist in the staging of the all-island primary league football competition. The three-year sponsorship arrangement commences this year, with the competition slated to begin later this month. Scheduled to be held over six months, the tournament will bring together teams from more than 200 primary schools...

The Commission of Enquiry into the handling of the extradition request of Christopher Coke has been adjourned until Monday, January 24, while the Commissioners decide on how to progress in the absence of witness statements. The Commission had originally set a January 7 deadline for the submission of statements, with a further extension for Friday, January 21, however up until...

A Joint Select Committee of Parliament will be formed to examine the issue of dual citizenship. The move was agreed to during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday (January 19). Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, had made the recommendation on Tuesday (Jan.18) as he contributed to a motion brought by Member of Parliament for Central Kingston,...

Former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament (MP), Donald Buchanan, was on January 18 remembered by the House of Representatives for his sterling contribution to politics and public life, as well as his witty personality, particularly displayed in Gordon House. In a lengthy tribute, 14 Members of Parliament warmly recounted their memories of Mr. Buchanan, who died on January 11...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that the government’s objective of developing a commercially viable and sustainable sugar cane sector was on target. Addressing a two-day regional seminar put on by the European Union’s Accompanying Measures for former Sugar Protocal Countries (AMSP) organization, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Montego Bay, Thursday (January 20), Dr. Tufton noted...

Nicola Gaye Maxwell and Tyrone Wilson are two outstanding young people, who have been nominated for the coveted and prestigious Prime Minister’s Youth Awards. Both have hailed the awards as an excellent medium to highlight the work of young people and motivate them to achieve their best. “The PM’s youth award is a very good medium to highlight that there...

Jamaica will give its full support to the renewed efforts to conclude the Doha Development Round in 2011 – says  Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade, in discussions with Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director General of the  World Trade Organization (WTO), on Wednesday, January 19. The Foreign Minister, along with representatives of...

Forty young people and two youth teams have been nominated for the Prime Minister's Youth Awards for Excellence. The award ceremony, previously scheduled for December 5, will take place on Sunday, January 23 on the lawns of Jamaica House beginning at 5:30 p.m. The nominees are: Midhun Thomas, Rene Gayle, Alyssa Morgan, Nicola Gaye Maxwell, Jermaine Case, Javian Malcolm, and...

The Ministry of Education has developed a Green Paper on Safe School Policy, which will, among other things, abolish the use of corporal punishment in all schools. The policy is to be submitted to Cabinet soon and tabled in Parliament by next month, said Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, at Wednesday’s (Jan. 19) session of the House of Representatives....

Approximately $2.4 billion has been spent by the Universal Access Fund (UAF) to date to establish projects aimed at providing Jamaicans with access to the information super highway. Managing Director of the UAF, Hugh Cross, made the disclosure at the official opening of the Buff Bay Information Technology Centre and Internet Café in Portland last week. He said the projects...

Despite indications that economic growth in the United States this year will remain weak, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon Pearnel Charles, believes it will be enough for a recovery in the overseas employment programme. "Any growth in the U.S. economy would be good news for us," Mr. Charles told JIS News. The programme has been hard hit by...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that the Government is satisfied that merging the national airline, Air Jamaica, with regional counterpart, Caribbean Airlines, was a correct and timely move. Speaking at Mayberry Investments Limited’s monthly Investors Forum, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, on Wednesday (January 19), Mr. Shaw said that in light of...