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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh has announced the appointment of Mrs. Sharon Saunders, Jamaica's Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, as High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean states. A career foreign service officer, Mrs. Saunders is expected to assume her responsibilities...

Jamaica will be graced with the presence of His Royal Highness, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, when he arrives tomorrow (February 2), to participate in activities related to the Duke of Edinburgh Awards in Jamaica. As an international trustee of the Edinburgh Awards International Association, the Earl will present 21 awardees with gold medals at a ceremony scheduled for...

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Don Wehby, has come out strongly in support of efforts to get Air Jamaica on a sound financial footing. In a statement issued today, the Minister emphasized that the combined set of actions which are being implemented at the airline are designed to save the country an...

The crime fighting capacity of the Jamaica Constabulary Force has been boosted by the introduction of a Video Witness Identification System. Speaking with JIS News on a tour of the facility at the Kingston Central Police Station Wednesday (January 28), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Les Green, said that this new system would improve the effectiveness and fairness of identification...

Commissioner of Customs, Danville Walker, has supported the decision to convert the department into an Executive Agency, but is concerned about the direction of the current agencies. "My position is, I fully support the idea of Customs becoming an Executive Agency. In fact, when I was making a decision in my mind to come to Customs, it was the single...

The establishment of Export Centres/Business Information Points (ECBIP) across the island has made it easier for owners of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to conduct business with public entities. This is the word from Deputy Programme Manager for the Private Sector Development Project (PSDP), Eleanor Henry, at the opening of an ECBIP yesterday (Jan. 29), at the Rural Agricultural...

A decision on whether Jamaica can begin the growing of rice on a commercial scale is to be made in another six months. This was disclosed by Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, while on a tour of an experimental plot at the Bodles Research Station in Old Harbour, St. Catherine on Wednesday (Jan. 28). Dr. Tufton told JIS News...

The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), will celebrate its Fifth Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education Week, February 2 to 6. Senior Accreditation Officer at the UCJ, Grace Gordon, made the disclosure during an interview with JIS News on Wednesday, (January 28). Ms. Gordon pointed out that the theme highlighted the importance of quality tertiary education. "It has to be responsive...

Jamaicans have been encouraged by Research Fellow at the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), Dr. Julian Cresser, to visit the exhibition, 'Revivalism: An Afro-Caribbean Religion', which opens on Monday (February 2) at the Institute, Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston. "It will give them an opportunity to learn more about the country's African cultural heritage," Dr. Cresser said. "I...

Condolence books have been, and will be opened for signing by members of the public, for the late Senator and former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament, Ryan Peralto Snr., who died on January 23. One was opened at the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) offices on Monday, February 26 and will remain open until Monday, February 9,...

Culinary Specialist with Grace Kitchens and Consumer Services, Maizie Miller, has added to the call for Jamaicans to make greater use of home-grown produce, in light of the global economic challenges. Mrs. Miller was giving the keynote address at the Manchester branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society's (JAS) half yearly meeting held at the Anglican Church Hall in Mandeville yesterday...

The Thai Government has donated US$10,000 to the Mustard Seed Communities, which will go towards the welfare of children with HIV/AIDS, and repair buildings at Sophie's Place, which were damaged by Tropical Storm Gustav last year. Thailand's Ambassador to Jamaica, Snanchart Devahastin, yesterday (Jan. 29) handed over the cheque to Father Gregory Ramkissoon, Executive Director and founder of the Mustard...