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Members of the St. Elizabeth branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) gave the Essex Valley Showground a face lift on Saturday (May 23), by bushing and planting trees and flowers at the facility. Youth farmer and member of the JAS, Odell Henrick, told JIS News that they decided to carry out the venture, as this year they would not...

Alison and Michael Brooks expressed joy as their daughter, Ashleigh, was named winner of the inaugural Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Child Month Essay Competition, yesterday (May 27), at the JIS Television studio, Arnold Road, Kingston. Their reactions mirrored pride, relief and happiness that, Ashleigh, a grade three student of Mona Preparatory School made it from among the six finalists, which...

Tower Hill in St. Andrew has been added to the list of communities to benefit from a pilot project for the development of Community Justice Tribunals, as the Government moves forward with the implementation of the restorative justice policy. Speaking at the opening of the Third International Conference on Restorative and Community Justice held today (May 27) at the Knutsford...

Prime Minister the Bruce Golding told residents of Portmore, Tuesday night (May 26), that the Government is seeking to address decades-old sewage disposal problems in the community with Japanese Government support. "We have made a submission to the Japanese Government, there is a special loan facility that they have provided, and we have included it in the list of projects...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has lauded the efforts of BizPal, one of Canada's premier virtual shops for business applications. BizPal (Pal stands for permits and licences) is a one-stop online service giving persons interested in setting up business all the information on the permits, licences and regulations needed, from all levels of government, to start...

Principal of the Half-Way-Tree Primary School in Kingston, Catherine Malcolm, is appealing to schools and other education stakeholders to begin preparing students for the Grade 4 Literacy Test from as early as Grade 1. "Don't wait to prepare for Grade 4. I don't agree with that and we don't need the Ministry of Education to tell us that we had...

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of Serious and Organised Crime, Les Green, has said that the improved forensic capability of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), including the use of a fingerprint system, is helping to apprehend offenders. "The fingerprint system has identified one person, who has committed 30 offences around Kingston and St. Andrew. That person has now...

Jamaicans are being urged not to buckle under current economic and social pressures, but rather to unite and find creative ways, which can benefit themselves and their communities. This encouragement came from Principal of the Hydel Group of Schools, Senator Hyacinth Bennett, who gave the main address at a special function to honour five retired teachers of the Black River...

In a special attempt to honour the achievements of the Jamaican gold medal winners at the Beijing Olympics, the Bank of Jamaica today (May 27) presented a number of them with souvenir gold coins. At a ceremony at the BOJ Auditorium, the central bank Governor, Derick Latibeaudiere made presentations to Usain Bolt, Shelley-Ann Fraser, Melaine Walker and Asafa Powell. Veronica...

President of the Jamaica Institute of Environmental Professionals (JIEP), Marcia Creary, has said that the global economic crisis has brought the implications of climate change into sharp focus, and the need to address the issue promptly. Speaking at the opening ceremony for the JIEP's Fourth Conference on the Environment on May 26 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Miss...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, in remarking on the stress on Jamaica's justice system, noted that for last year alone, there were some 345,000 cases listed for the Resident Magistrates Courts. This does not include the numbers listed in the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal. Of the total, some 90 percent involve criminal offences. Mr. Golding was...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding confirmed last night that the Government has received a substantial offer for the purchase of the Forum Hotel in Portmore, St. Catherine to be used as a medical facility and nursing school. The Prime Minister disclosed that the offer was from a group led by a Jamaican resident in the United States. "They have...