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The Meteorological Service is advising the public that the country will continue to experience outbreaks of showers during the next 24 hours as a result of a surface trough across the island. All Parish Disaster Committees have been alerted and are monitoring the situation in their respective parishes. The public is advised to: Stay tuned to the news and weather...

The second phase of the $1.6 million Bluefields Peoples' Community Association Computer Project got underway recently with some 125 at risk youth from Eastern and Central Westmoreland benefiting from training in information and communication technologies (ICT). The project, which is being supported by local and international organizations, is being carried out under the theme: 'Youth inclusion through information and communication...

Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has called on society to celebrate and reward the achievements of young people, as a means of reinforcing positive values and encouraging excellence among the youth. "Find more ways to encourage our children and young people, who are making a strong effort, doing their best to succeed, in spite of difficult circumstances and in spite...

The preliminary report on the Jamaican justice system is to be presented for further public dialogue at the National Justice Reform Summit, which will be held at the Jamaica Conference Centre on May 10 and 11. The report, which was the outcome of the research and consultation phase of the Justice System Reform Project, contains findings from extensive research on...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Victor Cummings has said that the demand for honey is increasing, particularly with North America experiencing a problem in the industry. "The bees are dying off and people are contacting us already to see how we can increase our supply of honey production and other byproducts from honey, in order...

Four hundred students of primary and high schools are expected to participate in the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) observance of the 162nd anniversary of the arrival of the East Indians in Jamaica. The two-day celebration will be held at the Headquarters House of the JNHT at 79 Duke Street in downtown Kingston on May 10 and 11. Public Education...

More than 100 persons, many of them children, are expected to participate in the national project for Child Month's Action Day on May 18, which will entail constructing an access ramp to the 3D Projects' office in Morant Bay, St. Thomas. Lily Roberts, Chairman of the Action Day Planning Committee of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), told JIS News...

Chairperson of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings, has called for the stigma associated with boys playing with dolls to be removed, noting that the activity will help them to be more nurturing and therefore make them better fathers. "It gives them an opportunity to experience what it feels like to grow, develop and assist in the...

Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has urged graduates of her Miami-based alma mater to strive for excellence and to set no limits in pursuit of their goals. The Prime Minister, who was the guest speaker at the Union Institute and University's commencement exercise held last Sunday (May 6) at the Westin Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, told the 70 graduates that...

Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry Wilson has become the first Caribbean national to be granted honorary membership in the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Philadelphia branch. The Minister was inducted in the association by its President, Dr. Claudette Dia-Taylor at the association's annual panel discussion, held recently at the University of Sciences in Philadelphia. Dr. Dia-Taylor said...

Some 100 recent graduates of historically black universities in the United States (US), who are preparing to take their place in the real world, will converge in the island from May 14 to 18 for a graduation celebration and empowerment forum. Called 'Jamaica 360

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Professor Gordon Shirley, has said that while Caribbean States have exercised considerable political will in jointly developing instruments for financing disaster risk mitigation, there is an urgent need for more to be done. Addressing a seminar on 'Financial Instruments in Disaster Risk Management', in Washington on May 4, Professor Shirley called for a partnership...