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The Jamaica Bobsleigh Team is on track in its qualifying bid for the 21st Olympic Winter Games, scheduled to be held February 12-28, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. The team recently concluded four months of training and competition with an 11th place finish in the two-man race at the 2009 America's Cup, which took place in Lake Placid, New York from...

A well-known African HIV/AIDS activist will be taking his message of hope to Jamaica, shortly. Winstone Zulu, originally from Zambia and now a Visiting Fellow at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, has been living with HIV for the past 19 years and says his message of hope is that if you have the disease, it does not have to mean...

The Scottish city of Stirling has granted the honour of Freedom of the City to Jamaican born former cricketer, 85 year-old Irvin Iffla, in recognition of his long standing commitment and contribution to the public life of the city and in particular, cricket. Mr. Iffla moved to Stirling from Jamaica in 1951 to play for the Stirling County Cricket Club...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Dr. Patrick Allen, has said that the Government would continue its social programmes during the 2009/10 financial year, despite the challenges of the global economic crisis. Dr. Allen, who was delivering his first Throne Speech as Governor-General at Gordon House today (April 7), said the needs of the poor and vulnerable could not be...

The Government is actively assessing the opportunities that will emanate from the decision by the G20 Group of Countries, to provide US$1Trillion to assist in stabilising the economies of countries affected by the onset of the current global economic downturn. Delivering the Throne Speech at the State Opening of Parliament on April 7, Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Dr....

Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Dr. Patrick Allen, has underscored the need for revitalised efforts at fighting crime, which he described as a "scourge" that "constitutes a major social and economic problem." Dr. Allen, who was delivering his first Throne Speech during the State Opening of Parliament in Gordon House on April 7, urged that efforts be made to...

The new session of Parliament convenes today in the throes of the most severe economic crisis the world has experienced in more than 80 years. No country in the world has been spared and we in Jamaica have been buffeted by the raging currents of this tsunami. Our bauxite and alumina industry which accounts for 60% of our total exports...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, says the Government is pleased with the outcome of last week's G-20 meeting in London, and is looking forward to consolidating the proposals at next week's Summit of the Americas. "It was very good, very constructive, and we are looking forward to a new approach, which...

The ceremonial opening of Jamaica's Parliament for the 2009/2010 Session will take place at Gordon House, Duke Street, downtown Kingston, this morning at eleven. Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Dr. Patrick Allen, will deliver his first Throne Speech since his installation in February, after inspecting the Guard of Honour formed by the Jamaica Defence Force(JDF) on Duke Street....

Jamaica led production in February among Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) member states. A release from the SAC says that in February, Jamaica produced 26,038 tonnes of sugar, compared to Belize's 10,503 tonnes; Guyana's 7,928 tonnes; and Barbados' 1,072 tonnes, following its late start on February 24. Only four countries in the English-speaking region continue to export sugar. Trinidad...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, is hoping for the inclusion of an agricultural "stimulus package" in the 2009/2010 Estimates of Expenditure. Senator Grant also welcomed the Government's decision on (April 6) to rename the Ministry of Agriculture as Agriculture and Fisheries, noting that the name change suggested a much anticipated increased focus on the fishing...

Member of Parliament for West Central St. James Clive Mullings on April 6 said farewell to members of staff at the Ministry of Energy, during a special meeting held at the Ministry's headquarters located in the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) building, in Kingston. Pointing out that he would no longer occupy the post of Minister of Energy, he thanked...