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Jamaica's newly appointed High Commissioner to Canada, Mrs. Sheila Sealy Monteith, has pledged to work with all the Jamaican agencies in Canada for the betterment of Jamaica. The High Commissioner was speaking recently with members of staff of the Jamaican Consulate General, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and Jampro, at the Consulate in Toronto. "Jamaica is our...

The Government will be putting measures in place to assist tertiary level students, who may be de-registered for non-payment of fees in September, as a result of the pending freeze on tertiary subsidies. Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, making the announcement at yesterday's (March 3) sitting of the House of Representatives, informed that the assistance will be provided through...

Principal Director of the Standards Monitoring and Evaluation Unit of the Cabinet Office, Dwight Uylett, says that the Unit will soon be presenting a National Customer Service Policy to Cabinet, for consideration. The Policy is part of efforts by the Unit, which falls under the Public Sector Modernisation Division, to implement a Customer Service Programme across the public sector. Mr....

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), the main regulators of the financial services sector will shortly address issues of capital adequacy and margin requirements for securities dealers, as recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to Deputy Executive Director of the FSC, George Roper, while the changes to capitalisation and margin requirements cannot be...

Health Minister, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has urged international organizations to exert their influence in finding an urgent solution to the chronic problem of migration in the health sector to curtail the effects on developing countries. "It is urgent that the epistemic community, and organisations such as the World Bank, the World Health Organisation and the United Nations, raise their collective...

Jamaica will be pulling its relief operations out of earthquake-devastated Haiti by March 19, following Cabinet's decision to extend the current period by another two weeks. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, who made the disclosure at Tuesday's (March 3) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that Cabinet granted the extension to ensure...

Jampro, formerly Jamaica Trade and Invest, has re-opened its office in Canada after a five-and-a-half-year absence. The office, managed by Regional Manager, Robert Kerr and with support from Senior Consulting Officer, Nardia McKenzie, will service all of North America and is situated at the Jamaican Consulate General in Toronto. Speaking to JIS News recently, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce,...

Earthquake-ravaged Haiti will benefit from part of the proceeds from the University of the West Indies' (UWI) fundraising gala, which was held for the first time in Toronto, Canada last Saturday (February 27). The event, held at the Four Seasons Hotel, was a resounding success, with a large turnout of members of academia, diplomatic corps, government, business, professionals and community...

The Government's efforts at renewing the vision of national pride and patriotism, through their communications programme, "A New Beginning", have been bolstered by the addition of a new jingle titled, "This is Jamaica - A Bold New Beginning". The jingle, composition of which was piloted by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), was officially launched by Minister with responsibility for Information,...

The Mandeville-based Northern Caribbean University (NCU) yesterday (March 3) hosted its first International Language Conference, which brought together language teachers to discuss and explore issues relating to research and practice in the teaching of languages in Jamaica and the wider region Organised by the NCU's College of Humanities, Behavioural and Social Sciences and the Department of English and Modern Languages,...

Cabinet has given approval for the Ministry of Transport and Works to sell lands owned by the Jamaica Railway Corporation (JRC) which are not required for the operation of the railway. The estimated value of the lands is J$445.6M. Minister with responsibility for Information, Daryl Vaz said the provision of railway facilities and other services to West Indies Alumina Company...

The Steering Committee for the Best Community Competition and Programme (BCCP) is seeking judges for the competition. Judging is expected to begin next month. Chairperson of the BCCP Steering Committee, Miss Jacqueline daCosta, told JIS News that at least 250 judges are required. "We need volunteer judges because we now have 222 communities. Some judges will go to two communities,...