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Residents of Windsor, in the Rio Grande Valley area of Portland, have designated May 24 and 25 as community clean-up days, as part of a mosquito eradication programme in the area. The programme will be carried out jointly with the Portland Health Department, with support from other organisations, including the Portland Parish Council and the National Solid Waste Management Authority...

The National Child Month Committee (NCMC) has extended the deadline for the submission of entries for its 2010 poster and essay competitions to May 31. The competitions, which the NCMC has partnered with the Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF) to yet again organise this year, form part of several activities to mark Child Month in May under the theme: 'All I...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Mr. Ronald Jackson, has said that the vision still remains for Jamaica to become the regional centre for search and rescue training in the Caribbean. Speaking at the opening of a one-week light level search and rescue workshop at the Portmore Fire Station in Waterford, St. Catherine, today...

Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, has said that the St. James police will be relentless in going after the criminals, which continue to wreak havoc in the parish. He said that measures are being put in place to contain the violence including "security and stability operations in the troubled communities." "We are going after the criminals; we have a plan...

Ten high school students from Jamaica will be arriving in Canada shortly to participate in York University's Emerging Global Leaders Programme (EGLP). The students are from eight high schools - Ardenne, Calabar, Clarendon College, Cornwall College, Kingston College, Knox, Morant Bay and Excelsior - and will take part in the programme May 13 to 16. Initiated by Toronto-based York University,...

For the seventh year running, Jamaica was the only Caribbean nation participating in Flower Mart, the premier outdoor festival for garden and floral enthusiasts from the mid-Atlantic United States region. The event, which is in its 71st year, was held on the weekend of May 7 to 8, on the grounds of the historic Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C....

Industry, Investment and Commerce, issues crucial to Jamaica's economic recovery and the Government's growth targets, will be highlighted when portfolio Minister, Hon Karl Samuda, opens the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate at Gordon House on Tuesday afternoon (May 11). The Sectoral Debate is considered the most important annual exercise in the House of Representatives, after the Ceremonial Opening and the Budget Debate....

Customer Relations Officer at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Staceyann Anderson, has been promoting the importance of storing garbage which is awaiting pick-up by the Authority's disposal trucks. She says that the garbage must be properly bagged, and suggested the use of 'scandal' bags to do so, if necessary. Mrs. Anderson urged that certain items should not be...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, will be based in Montego Bay between Wednesday and Friday of next week, overseeing several new developments facilitated by his Ministry. Mr. Henry will visit Bogue Road at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, after which he will travel with Prime Minister Bruce Golding to the Falmouth Cruise Ship Pier in Trelawny for a tour...

Hundreds of overseas buyers and local suppliers in the tourism sector will be meeting at the Half Moon Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James from May 11 to 13 for the 20th staging of Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX). The annual event, put on by the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), offers the ideal...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has publicly appealed to the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) and its membership to accept the Government's offer, and end the impasse over payment of outstanding retroactive salaries. Mr. Holness said that the current deadlock between the teachers and the Government on the payment issue has been a burden on his shoulders, since last week....

Fifteen persons and 14 properties and organisations will vie for trophies, cash and other prizes at the prestigious Tourism Service Excellence awards, slated for Saturday, May 8 at Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James. From the finalists, six persons and six entities representing the island's resort areas of Kingston, Port Antonio, Ocho Rios, Montego Bay, Negril and...