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Internationally acclaimed Jamaican author, Marlon James has successfully completed his first United Kingdom (UK) tour, having made a number of appearances in London late April to promote his award-winning second novel The Book of Night Women. The author, made three public appearances on the tour, reading at the Bookslam at the Tabernacle in Notting Hill; giving a talk to students...

Effortville Primary School, Clarendon, celebrated "Read Across Jamaica" on Wednesday (May 5), seeking to help its over 390 students grasp the habit of consistent reading. Part of the day's activities saw Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) volunteers and folklorists, Ras Carver and Hazel Williams-Vaz, reading stories and performing cultural pieces, as well giving motivational talks to the pupils. Mrs. Williams-Vaz...

Junior Achievement Jamaica, which seeks to ensure that students are fully prepared for the world of work, was officially launched today (May 6) at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. Under the initiative, a cadre of dedicated volunteers from the public and private sectors will work with secondary school students in classrooms and after school settings, to help them develop...

Teachers are being urged to see themselves as among the country's most valuable professionals, who are worth far above what they will ever be paid by any Government. "You should not equate what you are paid with your value," said Director and Chief State Liaison at the Jamaica Information Service, Mr. Ian Boyne. "You are worth far more than, not...

Agreement for a US$2.3 million (J$211.3 million) grant for a community-based Landslide Risk Reduction Project in Jamaica, was signed Thursday (May 6) between the Government of Jamaica, the World Bank and the Japanese Social Development Fund (JSDF). The funds are being administered by the World Bank, through the JSDF, which was set up within the Bank to provide indirect assistance...

Jamaica's tourism landscape is to receive a further boost with the multi-billion dollar expansion of the Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort and Spa in Point, Hanover. The hotel, which was officially opened about three years ago, currently boasts some 1,054 rooms on two properties tagged the 'Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton Resort' and the 'Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort and Spa.' The planned...

The Jamaica National Children's Home in Kingston and the Riverside Open Bible Outreach Centre in Montego Bay, will benefit from the proceeds of a fundraising event organised by the Canada-based Jamaica Foundation of Hamilton. The Jamaica Night event, held on Saturday (May 1) at the Church of the Resurrection Anglican Church Hall in Hamilton, featured folk songs and dances by...

Another Learning Network Centre was officially opened today (May 7) in the Hannah Town community of West Kingston, through which residents can improve their reading and writing abilities and gain marketable skills. Located on the grounds of the Hannah Town Police Station, the facility, which was refurbished at a cost of $1.1 million, has space for as many as 12...

For the first time since its inception, the Jamaican Diaspora Convention 2010 will be held outside of Kingston. According to Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Ronald Robinson, this will allow delegates a broader sense of Jamaica, by lessening the Kingston-centric nature of the policy making process. The three-day event is slated to...

Some 40 boxes of medical supplies and sundries were handed over to the Bustamante Hospital for Children by the Local Government Department, during a ceremony at the hospital, Arthur Wint Drive, Kingston on Thursday (May 6). Among the supplies handed over were: dialysis tubes, surgical gloves, needles, bandages, nipples, spinal and prep trays and connection tubes. They were valued at...

Against the background of rising crime in St. James, in general, and the city of Montego Bay, in particular, Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, and Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, met business and tourism stakeholders in the city on Thursday (May 6). The meeting, described by Mr. Nelson as "a discourse between the government and the business community...

A new classroom block to ease overcrowding at the Maverley Primary and Junior High school in North West St. Andrew, was officially handed over at a ceremony at the school on Wednesday (May 5). The project was carried out at a cost of $38 million, with Phase II of the European Union's (EU) Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP II) providing $29.8...