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Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett has announced that a hospitality training school is to be built in Montego Bay, St. James. Outlining projects to further boost the tourist industry in Jamaica, Minister Bartlett told representatives of Jamaican and Caribbean media houses in South Florida last Friday (Sept. 21), that while the school would function as a hotel, it is intended...

The Prime Minister, the Honourable Bruce Golding has named the additional persons who have been appointed Government Senators. In a letter to the Governor General, The Most Honourable Professor Kenneth Hall, Prime Minister Golding advised that the six were: Dr. Oswald Harding, Mr. Ian Murray, Mr. Thomas Tavares-Finson, Mr. Desmond McKenzie, Mr. Dennis Meadows and Mrs. Hyacinth Bennett. Their appointment...

Since 2002 the Possibility Programme has held an annual summer camp for young men in the programme. Each camp has been conducted in cooperation with the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) with great success. The 2007 Possibility Programme Summer Camp is being held from September 23 to October 5, 2007 at the JDF training camp in New Castle. This year there...

The Jamaica National Bicentenary Committee (JNBC) has launched the Ancestral Arrival Point Monument Design Competition, to attract artists from Jamaica and the Diaspora who can design a slave monument for the Kingston waterfront. This project is to mark Jamaica's 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic trade in Enslaved Africans. The winner will receive a cash prize of $552,000....

Recent successes achieved by regional anti-drug trafficking agencies are an indication of the high level training being provided at the Caribbean Regional Drug Law Enforcement Training Centre, located at Twickenham Park in St. Catherine. Speaking with JIS News, Director Principal of the centre, Bertram Millwood, said that the feedback from officers in the field who have undergone training at the...

The Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) launched its 2007 Salary and Benefit Survey on (Sept. 25), at the JEF's Ruthven Road offices in Kingston. Speaking at the ceremony, President of the JEF, Audrey Hinchcliffe said the survey provided detailed and comprehensive information about compensation in the Jamaica labour market for employers and employees. "The survey is user-friendly and contains benchmark jobs...

Debris will be cleared from several beaches and towns in St. Thomas during a Hurricane Dean Clean-up project on September 29 and 30. Prime Minister, Bruce Golding has designated the two days for an all-island beautification and clean-up exercise to remove debris left behind by Hurricane Dean on August 19. The decision was taken at the first St. Thomas Hurricane...

Director General of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), J. Paul Morgan, has said that Jamaica has become a celebrated case in terms of its achievements, since embarking on the path of liberalization in the telecommunications sector. "The country has a robust, modern, dynamic and expanding telecommunications sector that rivals that of any other developing or developed country," he said....

Minister of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications, Clive Mullings, has said that even greater competition would be encouraged in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. Addressing the gala dinner of the 5th annual Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) forum, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Montego Bay on September 24, the Minister emphasized that whereas players already in the sector must...

Local cement importers will benefit from a reduction on the cess levied by the Port Authority of Jamaica to inspect each tonne of the product. The cess, which will be reduced from US$5 to US$1 until March 31, 2008, will allow importers to bring more cement into the island to alleviate the current shortage. Addressing journalists at a post-Cabinet press...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles has called for a partnership between management and workers, stressing that there could not be continued hostility between both sides, as labour and capital are two of the most important planks in the development of a country. Mr. Charles was speaking on (Sept. 25), at the launch of the Jamaica Employers' Federation...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness has informed that as of November, schools will begin the process of reimbursement of tuition fees. The exercise is expected to be completed by the end of the school term on December 19. The Minister was speaking at a press briefing held at the Ministry's Heroes Circle offices on (Sept. 25). As of the start...