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For some 40 years, the Government of Jamaica has formally recognised those Jamaicans, who, by their service and contribution, have had a meaningful and significant impact on national life. Under the National Honours and Awards Act, promulgated on July 18, 1969, provision is made for those outstanding Jamaicans to be conferred with one of the honours of the Orders of...

A total of 104 outstanding Jamaicans, who have contributed to nation building, will be recognised at the National Honours and Awards Ceremony, on National Heroes Day, Monday, October 19, on the lawns of King's House in Kingston, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Heading the list of recipients this year is Professor Mervyn Eustace Morris, who will receive the Order of Merit...

Wonder World Child Care Centre in Kingston is the second children's institution to receive a donation of educational material from the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), to promote Jamaica's heritage and culture. The newly published posters of Jamaica's national heroes and symbols were handed over by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the JIS, Mrs. Donna-Marie Rowe, on Tuesday (October 13),...

The Fraud Squad acting, on information provided by the Revenue Protection Division (RPD), on Monday (October 12) arrested and charged an employee of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) on several counts, including fraud and uttering forged documents, a release from the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service reported yesterday (October 13). The Ministry said that the employee has been...

The Wellness Cluster of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) will be hosting a business opportunities workshop on Thursday (October 15), at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston. Dubbed 'Business Opportunities in the European Natural and Organic Products Market', the workshop is geared towards highlighting major developments in the European natural products market and export opportunities for Jamaican companies. It...

Member of Parliament for North West St. Elizabeth and State Minister for Agriculture, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, has projected that Maggotty's new sausage factory will be of tremendous benefit to agricultural producers in the area. "The factory will employ a number of persons in the area and, on top of that, it is going to provide an outlet for meat products,...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) teamed with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and its partners, to host a 'Strengthening Partnerships for Disaster Risk Reduction' workshop, at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, New Kingston, on Friday (October 9). The workshop, conducted under the ODPEM/CIDA Building Disaster Resilient Communities Project, engaged the Department of Local Government, which included...

The Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) last night (October 13) ordered a resumption of normality within the nursing service at all public hospitals, including the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), as of seven o'clock this morning. The Back-to-Work Order issued by the IDT last night read, "The Tribunal hereby orders that such industrial action which has begun in contemplation...

The Youth Empowerment Strategy (YES), being spearheaded by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, is a ray of hope for many young people from low income communities. Director of YES Sylvester Anderson, tells JIS News that through the initiative, instituted in 2008, young people are receiving assistance to continue their education and pursue entrepreneurial activities. "For the period, October...

The Vere Technical High School and the Lionel Town Hospital in Clarendon have benefitted from much needed upgrading and repairs, which were carried out by Jamalco as part of its 2009 Month of Service. On Friday (Oct. 9) employees renovated the gymnasium at Vere Technical, transforming it into a dormitory for male athletes, while the maternity ward and main link...

The Department of Local Government and the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) have extended the search for a suitable location to accommodate the JFB's central operations. The move has become necessary as office space previously identified in an unoccupied section of the Central Sorting Office complex on South Camp Road, downtown Kingston, has been deemed inadequate to accommodate the JFB's central...

A contract valued at $27 million was signed on Thursday (October 8) between the Hounslow/Bigwoods Basic School Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), in St. Elizabeth, and the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), for the construction of a basic school in the community. At the ceremony at the Epiphany Anglican Church, Bigwoods, PTA Chairman, Donovan Williamson, told the gathering that, despite many setbacks...