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Jamaica has been elected to Chair the Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs at the United Nations (UN), for the 62nd Session which opens in mid September this year. On May 24, the General Assembly of the United Nations elected, by acclamation, Ambassador Raymond Wolfe, Jamaica's Permanent Representative to the UN, to chair the committee, replacing the representative from...

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips has indicated that the implementation of the best technology would become fully integrated into the new crime plan which was announced recently. Addressing members of the Clarendon Chamber of Commerce at the Hotel Versalles in May Pen, Clarendon, on May 24, the Minister pointed out that much money has been spent on the...

A two-day regional symposium to expose early childhood and primary school teachers to new methods of teaching mathematics, got underway yesterday (May 24) at the Medallion Hall hotel in Kingston. The symposium, which is organized by the Science and Mathematics Education Centre on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, was held under the theme: 'Making Mathematics...

For 26 years, the Mico College Child Assessment and Research in Education (CARE) Centre has been the hub for special education in Jamaica and the wider English-speaking Caribbean. Serving the needs of children with learning disabilities has been its focus since it was established in 1981 and since then, the Kingston-based centre, which is funded by the government, has assessed...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands is projecting that by the end of this year, the screwworm pest will be eliminated from the island. Executive Director of the Veterinary Services Division, Dr. Headley Edwards, told JIS News that since March of this year, the Ministry has been employing a new approach in eradicating the pest, by using the box fly...

Liberty of the Seas, one of the largest cruise ships in the world, made its inaugural visit to Jamaica on Tuesday (May 22) when it docked at the Freeport Pier in Montego Bay with some 4,000 passengers. The Royal Caribbean's cruise ship, which is scheduled to visit Montego Bay on alternate weeks for the next year or so, follows on...

Scores of residents of Devon Pen in St. Mary benefited from a health fair sponsored by the St. Mary Health Department at the Devon Pen All-Age School on Tuesday, May 22. The fair, which provided free health tests and counselling to the residents, was the second of its kind to be held by the Department since this year. Among the...

The quality of life of thousands of small farmers in St. Ann have improved significantly through the Jamaica Bauxite Institute's programme of using reclaimed mined-out bauxite lands for the production of cash crops. Community and Public Relations Co-ordinator at the St. Ann Bauxite Company, Kent Skyers tells JIS News that the company has been involved in the project for several...

Eighty-seven of 101 residents of informal communities in St. Catherine, who are beneficiaries under the government's Land Settlement Programme, were yesterday (May 24) presented with certificates of titles. The beneficiaries are from Lluidasvale, Deeside, Harkers Hall, Cocoa Walk, Sunnyside, Crawle and Mount Dawson land settlements. Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, in his remarks at the presentation ceremony held...

Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller has said that St. Thomas could expect more economic activities, as the Bath Botanical Gardens are being restored. Addressing participants at the National Labour Day Project in St. Thomas yesterday (May 23), the Prime Minister said not only would the gardens be a major attraction for visitors to the island, but would also benefit the...

The change of leadership in the United Kingdom which is expected next month will not affect the diplomatic relationship between Jamaica and the UK. This assurance was given to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Thursday (May 24) by Britain's Deputy Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. John Prescott, who paid a courtesy call on her at Jamaica House. Mr. Prescott...

Labour Day projects in St. Catherine received support on (May 23), as residents from various communities in the parish turned out to paint walls, cut overgrown grass from verges and do general clean-up at the sites. The parish projects were the painting of the Cenotaph at the Anglican Parish Church in Spanish Town, the cleaning and refurbishing of Emancipation Square,...