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The Government is constantly seeking to ensure that Jamaica's athletes remain free of prohibited substances. To this end, the administration has passed the Anti-doping legislation and established the Jamaica Anti-doping Commission (JADCO), demonstrating the high level of importance it attaches to dealing with this matter. This was noted by Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, in an...

Two South Florida students have come out on top in the annual Jamaica Independence Essay Competition in Florida. They are 14 year-old, Diamond Cunningham, a student at Pembroke Pines Charter High School; and nine year old Deianeira Hoffenden, who attends St. Bartholomew Catholic School, both residents of South Florida. The winners were selected from a group of 25 entries, each...

The Second staging of the Jamaica's International Synchronised Swimming Championship will be held October seven to nine, at the Bournemouth Bath Pools Complex in East Kingston. Clubs from the United States of America (USA), Panama, Peru, Curacao and Jamaica will be participating in the event. The competition will consist of Solo, Duet, Trio, Team and Figure competitions in age groups...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, launched the St. Elizabeth leg of the Government's massive Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), estimated to cost some $36 billion, at the Lewisville High School, in St. Elizabeth on Tuesday (August 31). The full programme includes significant upgrading and repairs to roads and bridges across the island over the next five years. The St....

The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) has announced that, by August 2011, the entity will be fully electronically friendly and more accessible to its customers. Speaking with JIS News, Compliance Manager at the COJ, Heather Sutherland, said that by March next year, clients will be able to register some documents online and will be able to do full online registration...

Horticulturalist and Master Flower Judge, Marigold Harding, says one of her prime objectives as Custos of St. Andrew will be to revitalise the role of Justices of the Peace (JPs) within the parish. She says that, in addition to addressing membership, she wants to make sure that they are serving the people and are visible in the communities. Mrs. Marigold...

In 1953, the first three barrels of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee were shipped to Japan, and so began a long relationship which led to nearly 100 percent, or approximately 400,000 boxes, of Jamaica's premium coffee being exported to Japan, annually. In 2004, Jamaican coffee farms took a beating from Hurricane Ivan, causing a significant decrease in production. This resulted in...

A one-day Seminar aimed at addressing specific anti-doping in sports issues will be held on Saturday, September 18, at the Physiology Lecture Theatre, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus. The seminar is being staged by the UWI, in collaboration with Leeds Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. Speaking at the media launch at the Spanish Court Hotel, New...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding said that Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has assured him that the inflation rate for this fiscal year would finish lower than what was projected. He was speaking at the launch of the Jamaica Infrastructure Development Programme (JIDP) in Lewisville, St. Elizabeth on August 31. Mr. Golding, who repeated...

A Canadian Chief of Police has received a Community Service Award from the largest and oldest Jamaican community association in Canada. Chief Armand LaBarge, of the York Region Police Department, was among eight individuals and one radio station to be presented with awards by the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA), at its recent Jamaica Independence Gala, which also celebrated the Association's...

The St. Elizabeth Parish Council Monday (August 30) held a workshop for members of its disaster management operation, representing some 30 persons drawn from various agencies, at the Port of Call Hotel. Mayor of Black River, Councillor Jeremy Palmer, told JIS News that the training was an opportunity to refresh members of the Parish's Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC) of their...