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Prime Minister Bruce Golding this morning (Feb 20) announced several major plans that will boost tourism development in Kingston, eastern Jamaica and sections of the South Coast. Mr. Golding disclosed that just this week Cabinet had taken a decision to utilize the Luana property in St Elizabeth for the development of a new tourism resort that will revolutionize that section...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sport, Olivia Grange, has announced the creation of the Herb McKenley Endowment Fund to award outstanding Jamaican athletes for their contribution to sports. She made the disclosure on Saturday (Feb. 16), at a track and field invitational event hosted by the University of the West Indies (UWI) as part of its 60th anniversary celebrations....

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has announced that through the Urban Development Corporation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just acquired the old Myrtle Bank hotel site on which the Ministry's new offices will be constructed. He said this was part of the programme to put a freeze on downtown government agencies moving from the area. He was speaking this morning...

'Africa Unite', a film highlighting the music of international reggae star, Robert 'Bob' Marley will be featured at the 25th annual Miami International Film Festival, which will be staged from February 28 to March 9. The film will be screened on Tuesday (March 4), at the Gusman Theatre in downtown Miami. Almost two hours long, the documentary film captures footage...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness has informed that Cabinet has approved a proposal from the Ministry to reduce the cost for the registration of early childhood institutions. The Minister made this disclosure, yesterday (February 19), as he moved a Resolution to amend the Early Childhood (Amendment) Regulations, 2008, in the House of Representatives, in order to effect the reduction of...

Students and teachers at a school in Toronto, Canada, will be learning more about Jamaica, thanks to a donation of books by Jamaica's Consul General to Toronto, Anne-Marie Bonner. The Consul General recently presented more than 20 books on a wide-range of topics to North Kipling Junior Middle School in West Toronto. Miss Bonner said the books were received from...

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, yesterday (February 19), launched the 'Reading the Bottomline' project, at the St. Michael's Primary School in Kingston. This initiative seeks to increase the literacy level of students at the primary school level.The project was also launched simultaneously in four other schools in Kingston and St. Andrew...

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is funding the phase of remedial work that is to begin on the Palisadoes strip this week, at a cost of US$500,000.00. The work, which is being done by two local contractors, is a sub-project of the Cuban project that is being funded by the CDB. The Cuban project, which is part of the Ministry...

The Ministry of Water and Housing implemented a number of strategies aimed at raising awareness about HIV/AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted infections (STI's) as the nation joined the world last week in observing Safer Sex Week under the theme "Condom is a must - Know your status". Consultant/Co-ordinator for the HIV/AIDS Workplace Programme in the Ministry, Monica Dystant, outlined the...

The quality of on-air broadcasting in Jamaica continues to dissatisfy the Broadcasting Commission, the regulatory body for electronic media, broadcast radio and television, as well as subscriber television. This is despite marginal improvements in documented complaints about violations of the broadcasting laws and regulations in Jamaica. In the 21 months between January 2006 and September 2007, the Commission found 26...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, has explained that the purpose of his recent European tour was to introduce the new government to investors in the international capital markets, and not to seek funding. Speaking on February 18, at the signing of a US$10 million agreement with the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, for the second...

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) will be staging a three-day residential training workshop for teacher-trainers in its Northern Region, to enable them to sharpen their preparation of students participating in this year's Festival of Arts competition. The workshop, to be held at the Eltham Training Centre in St. Ann, will involve participants from Portland, St. Mary and St. Ann...