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Spanish Town Mayor, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, has called on landowners in St. Catherine to pay their property tax to ensure the adequate delivery of services such as street light and garbage collection. Speaking at a Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) certificate of title handing over ceremony on Tuesday (June 15) at the Point Hill Baptist Church, Dr. Wheatley lamented...

Users of the toll roads have been assured by Transport and Works Minister, Hon. Michael Henry, that there will be no increases in the rates this year. Speaking at Wednesday's (June 16) post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Mr. Henry cited a "lower willingness" by motorists using the toll roads to pay the charges, due to the ongoing economic recession,...

The reconstruction and long-term development of Haiti will be one of the main agenda topics at the 31st Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government in Montego Bay next month. CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Edwin Carrington, speaking at a preparatory media clinic held yesterday (June 15) at the University of the West Indies' Mona campus, said that the devastation by...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says his Ministry is developing a Food Security and Nutrition Policy programme, to help define food security and how it can influence the nutritional requirements of Jamaicans. Speaking at the launch of the 58th Denbigh Agricultural Show, at Hi-Pro ACE, White Marl, St. Catherine, Wednesday (June 16), the Minister said he expected...

Giving blood to save someone else's life is one of the most important public service anyone can offer, and the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), or Blood Bank, is currently on a drive to get the message across to more Jamaicans. Blood is vital for life, as it is a specialised bodily fluid that delivers vital substances to the body's...

As the Broadcasting Commission continues its efforts to increase engagement with the nation's young people, it has developed a series of monthly features for the Children's Own, Youth Link (Gleaner) and Teenage (Jamaica Observer) publications. The features, the 'Young Commissioners', which appear in the Children's Own, and the 'BC 2.0', which will debut in the Youth Link and Teenage on...

A team of technicians from Brazil's Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) will be in Jamaica, June 21 to 22, to discuss Vision 2030, Jamaica's National Development Plan, with representatives of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). Lead Consultant and Economic Specialist in the Plan Development Unit at the PIOJ, Richard Lumsden, said that the visit will enable the IPEA...

The Jury Act is being amended to allow for majority verdicts by juries, of no less than nine to three among a 12-man jury, in non-capital murder cases (where the sentencing options do not include the death penalty). Prime Minister Bruce Golding, who opened the debate on the Bill in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 15), suggested that...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) recently hosted a forum at the Clarendon parish office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), to sensitise persons to the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI). Agricultural Specialist with JSIF, Vincent Thompson, told the large audience that the programme is seeking to create employment and empower rural communities, by supporting investments in agriculture and...

Preparations are in high gear for the administration of the Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy Tests on June 29 in primary schools, islandwide. Acting Assistant Chief Education Officer in charge of Student Assessment, Dr. Sephlin Myers-Thomas, explained that there should be no delays with the exam. "We are at this stage readying ourselves for the administration in terms of preparing...

The University of Technology's (UTech) Faculty of Business Management on Tuesday (June 15) launched its School of Entrepreneurship, at a ceremony on the institution's campus in Kingston. Housed within the faculty's Technology Innovation Centre, the school is the first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean and will offer a course of study designed to prepare entrepreneurs to start and...

Secretary General of CARICOM, Dr. Edwin Carrington, says CARICOM Heads of Government will be returning to the "cradle of the modern Caribbean integration movement", when they meet in Montego Bay next month. "Many may not remember that it was in Montego Bay in 1947, that a number of prominent figures of the then British Caribbean colonies gathered to discuss closer...