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A room dedicated to the memory of Jamaica's cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), will be opened on July 26 at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, Canada. That day is the first anniversary of Miss Lou's death, and the room will be opened by Ontario's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Hon. Mike Colle and the Chief Executive Officer of Harbourfront...

Jamaicans in the South Florida community will fellowship next Sunday (July 29), at the annual Ecumenical Service in recognition of the nation's Emancipation and 45th anniversary of Independence. The service will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale in Downtown, Fort Lauderdale. Proceeds of collection from the service will go towards the Swift Purscell Boys' Home in St....

President of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA), Dr. Jay Haviser has urged the region's archaeologists to make their work more relevant to the masses, even as the emphasis shifts to a new course that demands an understanding of current cultures. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 22nd Congress of IACA, held at the Jamaica Conference Centre today...

Minister of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba has lauded the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) for fostering a cultural synergy that has fostered patriotic attitudes among Jamaicans, and is leveraging the island as a first class cultural super state. She was speaking today (July 23), at the opening of the 22nd Congress of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology...

Executive Director for the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Karen Ford-Warren has said that as a facilitator of change in the tourism sector, the Company stands ready to work to ensure that the product retains its competitive differentiation. "The Tourism Master Plan speaks generally to the enhancing of the visitor experience, developing and diversifying the tourism product and facilitating the...

Governor General Professor Kenneth Hall, acting on the recommendation of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, is to confer the Order of Jamaica on three outstanding Jamaicans. The recipients are Rev. the Hon. Carmen Stewart, Custos of St Andrew, Rev. the Hon. Canon Weeville Gordon, Custos of Kingston and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Headley Cunningham. The...

This summer, guests visiting Long Island Friendly's Restaurants could win a tropical getaway to Jamaica. To enter, persons need to fill out an official Jamaica entry form and place it in the entry box, located at each participating restaurant from July 16 to September 3. A total of 35 trips to Jamaica will be given away. "The Jamaica Tourist Board...

Consul General of Jamaica to New York, Hon. Dr. Basil K. Bryan will deliver the keynote address at the Sam Sharpe Teachers' College Past Students Association grand reunion celebration on Saturday, July 28, at 8:30 p.m. at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, JFK Airport Compound, in Queens, NY. The grand reunion celebration including the dinner and awards ceremony will be the...

Jamaica's Customs Automated Services (CASE) solution is to be implemented in Antigua and Barbuda, under a tri-partite cooperation agreement signed between the Organization of American States (OAS) with the Governments of both island states. The agreement was signed on Friday, (July 20) at the headquarters of the OAS in Washington, DC. Signing on behalf Jamaica was Vinette Keene, Director General...

The newly re-branded Career Development Services (CDS) Department of the HEART Trust/NTA, is developing a Career Development Policy that will become an integral part of the thrust to promote lifelong learning "from the cradle to the grave" among Jamaicans. To this end, the Department, previously known as Professional Guidance Information Services (PROGIS), has embarked on infusing a new learning approach...

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Lenworth Fulton is calling on retired teachers, civil servants and other professionals to make a difference in the lives of young people by becoming volunteer teachers with the movement. Mr. Fulton told JIS News that although volunteerism, a hall mark of the 4-H Clubs, was doing fairly well there was need for improvement...

Some 350 persons occupying land in the parish of St. Catherine received their titles on July 18 at a handing-over ceremony at the Sligoville Multi-purpose Complex in Sligoville. Beneficiaries of this tranche of the programme are drawn from a number of communities in St.Catherine including Mount Dawson, Rosemount, Sligoville, Treadways, Bybrook, Guys Hill, Byndloss, James Mountain, and Point Hill. The...