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The Sir Howard Cooke Thursday Group Character Development Centre in Nannyville, Kingston, officially opened its computer lab and internet caf

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, has said that his Ministry is exploring the implementation of a treasury management system, to enable the Government to manage its assets and finances more efficiently. Mr. Shaw said that streamlining the management of available resources would greatly assist in countering the challenges faced by the Accountant General Department in...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, the Hon. Karl Samuda, has said that while Jamaican products are of good quality, more need to be done to raise standards to the international market level. "We need to go much further. It needs to become second nature for us to produce the best quality that we can produce," Mr. Samuda told the...

The St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation recently hosted representatives of a number of corporate entities in Kingston as the Foundation seeks to highlight the parish as the ideal place for Jamaicans and visitors to the island to visit and vacation. The touring party comprised human resource managers and other key personnel, who arrange vacations or outings for their staff, clients, and...

A non-governmental organisation (NGO) that has been making a contribution to the empowerment of Jamaica's youth will be honoured with a brand new award at the Prime Minister's Youth Awards for Excellence this weekend. The new award, 'The Prime Minister's Organisation Youth Service Award,' will be presented at the annual awards ceremony to be held on Sunday, December 6, at...

Successive Jamaican Governments have recognised the critical need for pubic sector reform and have initiated programmes with that objective, beginning with the Administrative Reform Programme in 1984. The most successful of these efforts has been the Public Sector Modernisation Programme (PSMP), which began in 1996 as a World Bank-funded programme, initially lasting six years. The programme was funded at a...

Jamaica has been re-elected to Category C of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council for 2009-2011. The elections were held at the 26th IMO Assembly, held at the IMO's headquarters in London this week. Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, who headed the Jamaican delegation, noted that this was a significant victory for Jamaica. "This achievement once again...

Business consultant, Aubyn Hill, has challenged the 2009 graduating class of Munro College to continue to work hard and uphold the school's high moral principles and lofty standards of excellence. Mr. Hill, who is a past student of Munro College, told the graduates of the all-boys institution, that these qualities will serve them well in their professional and personal lives....

Acting Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, is seeking public support for his efforts to root out corrupt members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). "I am pleading with members of the public to assist us in rooting out these individuals from among the ranks of force," the Acting Commissioner told a press briefing at his office, Old Hope Road, Kingston,...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is taking action to strengthen the capacity of its public sector partners and stakeholders to implement, monitor and evaluate frameworks at the national level, with a view to generating results, by organising two workshops on results-based management (RBM). Some 23 public sector officers from 14 Ministries, agencies and departments, are currently participating in the...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has approved the construction and refurbishing of 244 basic schools at a cost of over $1 billion, since the start of the year. "These projects have benefited more than 27,000 children across the island and have provided our children with more comfortable and modern classrooms to enhance learning and give them hope of a...

The Ministry of Health is reminding persons to avoid mass gatherings if they have flu-like symptoms such as such as fever, cough, sore throat, and runny nose. Even if the symptoms are mild these persons are strongly cautioned to avoid crowded areas and stay home until they are well. "As we enter into the regular flu season we will be...