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The Tea Garden located on the grounds of the historic King's House in the capital city has been refurbished, with new features put in to enhance its appeal to Their Excellencies and visitors to the property. Honorary Consul of Ukraine, Kenny Benjamin, who is also Guardsman Group chairman, carried out the project with support from the Consular Corps. The garden,...

Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Mr. Michael Tucker, says the agency has been successful in heightening awareness of the dangers of substance abuse, through its intervention programmes, which target children as young as five years old. "You have to start to give them the information and appropriate messages, about the negative consequences of substance abuse,...

The Government has announced that it has amended the Final Settlement Date for the Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX) Offer to Wednesday (February 24), to complete processing of Old Note interest payments and finalise processes for issuing New Notes through the Bank of Jamaica. A release from the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service on Monday (February 15) stated: The...

The Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) in Toronto has donated C$11,000 to the Haitian relief efforts. President of the Association, Miss Audrey Campbell, presented a cheque to the Haitian Honorary Consul General, Dr. Eric Pierre, at a handing over ceremony on Thursday (February 11). The funds were realized from a concert, "Hands Across Haiti", held at the JCA Centre on January...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Honourable Olivia Grange, had a breakfast meeting today (Feb 15) with members of the Special Olympics Jamaica aquatics team that will participate in the 2nd Special Olympics Latin America from February 19-27, 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Minister Grange wished the team the very best. "These youngsters are just wonderful and to see...

On Tuesday (February 16), the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) will be hosting the last in a series of amnesty sessions, geared at sensitising charitable groups to how they can benefit from the amnesty currently being offered. Part of the 'COJ Meet the People Series', the session will be held at the Hibiscus Lodge in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, commencing...

Using chalks of various colours, shapes and sizes, foster care families and staff members of the Child Development Agency (CDA) and Juici Patties transformed sidewalks and parking lots at selected locations with murals displaying colourful messages observing National Foster Care Recognition Week, February 6 -12. The Juici Patties-sponsored event, dubbed "Chalk Talk", drew the attention of curious onlookers, who stopped...

The general motoring public is advised that there will be traffic changes at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies in Kingston on Tuesday, morning February 16 for the funeral service for Professor the Hon. Rex Nettleford. Motorists must enter through the University Hospital and follow the directions of security officers. Motorists who will be attending the...

Minister of Tourism, the Hon Edmund Bartlett, has said that the Government will be spending some $250 million this year on two major spas, Bath, St. Thomas and Milk River, Clarendon, towards the development of Health and Wellness Tourism. Mr. Bartlett said that this was in keeping with the efforts to expand the 'mental imprint' of Destination Jamaica, worldwide. Minister...

Jamaica's tourism received another major boost Thursday (February 11), when Air Tran Airways launched nonstop services from three locations in the United States to Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay. The three inaugural flights from - the Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the Orlando International Airport and the Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, touched down in Montego Bay Thursday afternoon (February 11)...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has announced the appointment of Ambassador Sheila Sealy-Monteith, as Jamaica's High Commissioner-designate to Canada. Mrs. Sealy-Monteith succeeds Ambassador Evadne Coye, C.D., who assumed the office of Permanent Secretary in the Foreign Ministry, last November. A career diplomat, Mrs. Sealy-Monteith was appointed Jamaica's Ambassador to Mexico...

Research conducted among countries that implemented a debt exchange in recent years, indicate that the Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX), with a 97 per cent compliance to date, may well be among the most successful debt swap initiatives in the world. The expert opinions of financial analysts and market watchers indicate that in January this year, the Government of the Republic...