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Companies involved in trafficking persons and tricking victims through false advertisements in the print media, will not be allowed to thrive, as the Government institutes measures to prevent and suppress the crime. "The police are on a very intensive drive, going into [these] places," said Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice and Chairman of the National Task Force Against...

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) will be staging its National Deaf Dance competition on Thursday, May 24 at the Little Theatre. The competition's main aim is to create a level playing field for the hearing impaired and to encourage a greater level of confidence and self expression in persons with disabilities. Dance Specialist at the JCDC, Maria Smith told...

Caribbean Week, a seven-day programme celebrating and promoting the Caribbean region as a hospitality and vacation destination, returns to New York City from June 9 to 15, 2007 with a full schedule of events. Tourism officials, the media, artists, performers, celebrity chefs, strategic and corporate partners in the travel and hospitality industry will spend seven days in and around New...

Construction of a major convention centre in Rose Hall, St. James is expected to get underway soon, with the signing of a contract with the Chinese developers, Complant, this Friday (May 25). "What is happening now is that we are signing off on the designs, to make sure all the Is are dotted and Ts are crossed, and with a...

As part of their Labour Day activities, members of the Mandela Terrace community in East Central St. Andrew came out today (May 23), to participate in the beautification of their community. Michael Forth, President of the Mandela Terrace Land Development Project told JIS News that the beautification programme was very important as "we want to bring a new lift and...

Staff at the Child Development Agency (CDA) today (May 23) joined personnel at the Glenhope Nursery in giving a much needed facelift to the facility for Labour Day 2007. When JIS News arrived at the Maxfield Avenue compound at about 9:00 a.m, the project was already underway, with workers bushing overgrown hedges and weeding the entrance of the property, which...

Residents of St. Ann turned out in their numbers today (May 23), to participate in various community clean-up and beautification activities, as the parish marked National Labour Day, 2007. Some 30 projects were registered in the parish and the scope of work included the planting of flowers and trees, bushing of sidewalks, painting of bus shelters and pedestrian crossings, among...

Residents came out in their numbers this morning (May 23) to clean-up the Tate Cemetery in Savanna-La-Mar, which is the Westmoreland parish project for Labour Day 2007. Mayor of Savanna-La-Mar and Chairman of the Westmoreland Parish Council, Delford Morgan and Secretary-Manager, Patricia Sinclair-Stair, joined the large contingent of workers in bushing, cleaning, and painting sections of the cemetery, which was...

Visitors and staff of Liberty Hall can look forward to enjoying more beautiful surroundings right in the middle of the hustle and bustle of downtown Kingston at 76 King Street. This has resulted from beautification works that began at the museum today (May 23), one of the two major Labour Day 2007 projects spearheaded by the Kingston and St. Andrew...

The Richmond police station in St. Mary will be renovated this weekend when some 26 members of the Jamaica Ex-Police Association, Florida chapter, undertake the exercise. Supplies and equipment totalling US$3,000 have been donated for the project by the association members, to assist in the refurbishing work. This year, members of the Florida chapter will partner with members of the...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall has embarked on a series of breakfast consultations with students across the island. To this end, Professor Hall and his wife, Mrs. Rheima Holding Hall met recently with students from high schools within Cornwall County, at the Grand Lido Braco Resort in Trelawny. "When I'm with young people, I always feel...

As part of on-going activities to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic trade in Africans, the Jamaican Embassy in Havana, Cuba was involved recently in staging a discussion on Caribbean slavery and the global impact of the political, social and economic thoughts of Jamaica's national hero, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey. The presentation earlier this...