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Some 86 Jamaicans with eye disorders will depart the island for Cuba on February 19, to receive treatment under the Jamaica/Cuba Eye Care Programme. The first batch of patients to benefit from the programme since the start of the year, they are expected to receive treatment for conditions ranging from retinitis pigmentosa, cataract, congenital cataract, strabismus (cast eye) to tumors....

Work is to begin shortly on the construction of a website for the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), that is consistent with the agency's marketing thrust. Speaking at a press briefing held at Jamaica House on February 13, Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett informed that the US$280,000 contract, was awarded to a United States company, DRAFTFCB, for the "design and development...

Montego Bay-based journalist Lloyd B. Smith has called on media workers to exercise ethical journalism and to report the news accurately and fairly. "We as journalists are responsible to the public for what we do," he stated in his contribution to the public consultation for a review of the libel and slander laws held on Tuesday (Feb. 12) at the...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda has noted that the manufacturing sector in Jamaica has a vital role to play in the growth and development of the Jamaican economy. He also said that while the sector in the past contributed up to 20 to 21 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product and is now only contributing close...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, has put forward a proposal to the regional Labour Board, that a special day be designated in the region, in recognition of the overseas employment programme. He added that on this day, the benefits derived from the programme by the many Caribbean families would be highlighted, and appreciation shown to the employers...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has called on the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) to provide the leadership that will be pivotal to recognising the changes that have taken place within the workplace and to lead the process of adjustment to deal with it. He said Jamaica faces some new realities that are in some respects bewildering but which also provide horizons...

The police are intent on dismantling the criminal underworld. That was the key message from National Security Minister Derrick Smith at Tuesday's meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Constant Spring held at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints in Kingston. According to the minister one of the ways in which this can be accomplished is through an increase...

Cabinet has approved four contracts totaling $60 million for the restoration of the Devon House mansion and grounds, as the Ministry of Tourism and the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), seek to make that property a signature attraction for the city of Kingston. "Devon House is one of our premier heritage sites and will become a signature attraction.in Kingston as...

The Ministry of Tourism is currently in discussion with the Hope Gardens Foundation for the redevelopment of those botanical gardens in Kingston. Already, $22 million has been provided by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) for capital development work, under phase one of the project. This was disclosed by Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, at the post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness has emphasised that the Ministry was committed to empowering young persons with the necessary information to enable them to make the right decisions about preserving their lives. He pointed out that this was being done through the Ministry's Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) programme, which continues to promote healthy lifestyle and family life education....

Government is currently seeking a long term solution to deal with the price increase on basic food items, which is to include the wider CARICOM region. Speaking at a press briefing on February 12, at the Ministry's office on Trafalgar Road, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, pointed out that the regional heads of CARICOM met in Guyana...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton on February 12, presented a cheque for $5 million to the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, to be used to fund the organisation's Goat Revolving Scheme. According to Dr. Tufton, who handed over the cheque at the 4-H Clubs headquarters on Old Hope Road, the money was made available by the Agricultural Credit Board. He added...