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Chairperson for Hanover Charities, Katrin Casserly, has called on Jamaicans to embrace citizenship, and understand their role as citizens in ensuring and securing the success of the country. "To be a citizen is a great responsibility. The responsibility we bear as citizens should not be taken lightly, as the smallest things ultimately influence the nature of our society," she stated....

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract in the sum of US $229, 609 to the United States-based CMI Incorporation to supply 20 breathalyzer instruments and 200 SD-2 screening devices for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan, who made the disclosure at yesterday's (July 2) weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, pointed...

Minister of Local Government and Environment, Dean Peart has expressed satisfaction with the progress of the new Falmouth fire station in Trelawny, as the $90 million project is on schedule and is to be officially opened soon. During a recent tour of the site, the Minister informed JIS News that the National Works Agency (NWA) and Jamaica Public Service Company...

A chain link fence has been erected around the Carlton Infant School in Alexandria, St. Ann, by St. Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners, providing greater protection for the 150 students who attend the institution. General Manager of the company, Dave Howe, during a recent visit to the school said he hoped the new addition would help to create a better environment...

Figures from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) show that Jamaica's import bill for the first three months of 2007 rose by almost US$93 million or nearly seven per cent over the similar period in 2006. This increase resulted in a rise in the country's trade deficit during the period since export earnings for January to March this year grew...

The Caribbean pavilion will be one of the main attractions at the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) Summer Fancy Food Show, to be held at Jacob K. Javits Centre in New York from July 8-10. A wide array of foods from the islands of Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada, and Trinidad and Tobago will be showcased in the pavilion...

A new two-storey classroom block at St. Jago High School in St. Catherine was officially handed over on June 29, by Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry Wilson. The additional four classrooms, built at a cost of $19.8 million, will accommodate 200 students. In her address, the Minister said the Government fully recognized the need for an on-going expansion...

Beginning July, the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), will be piloting a series of workshops in four parishes, as part of its initiative to encourage families on the programme to be more cognisant of the various health issues that affect them. The workshops will be undertaken within a six-month period and will target parents at four health...

The National Works Agency (NWA) has undertaken a nationwide patching programme at a cost of $300 million, being funded by the Government. "We have put together a programme of patching that is being executed in all 14 parishes. It involves the patching of 250,000 square metres of roadway and will be done over the next five to eight weeks," Stephen...

Consul General in New York, Dr. Basil K. Bryan has challenged students at Munroe College, Bronx, to strive to be the best at all times in their academic endeavours. Addressing the University's first annual Caribbean Heritage Day celebrations at the Jerome Avenue, Bronx campus, on June 27, Dr. Bryan told the large audience of mostly students that as a result...

Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry-Wilson, has encouraged graduates of the National Youth Service (NYS) Behaviour Modification Programme to see themselves as agents of change, by positively influencing the lives of other young people with whom they come into contact. "I want to congratulate you on sticking with the programme.and I want to challenge you to be a pioneering...

Seven schools with Special Education programmes, were yesterday (June 29) awarded by the Ministry of Education and Youth's Special Education Unit for excellence in literacy. At an awards ceremony held at the Salvation Army School for the Blind auditorium in Kingston, awards and prizes were presented to Lyssons Primary School in St. Thomas; Mico Practising All-age and Hope Valley Experimental...