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The government is moving to increase the cadre of special education teachers in the school system this academic year. Education and Youth Minister, Maxine Henry-Wilson, has said that 120 new spaces have been created for special education teachers and "we hope to be able to fill as many of these for the new academic year." Mrs. Henry-Wilson, who was addressing...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has lauded the National Youth Service's (NYS) leadership corps programme, as an initiative that will aid in the development of the nation's young people. "The programme is increasing the number of young people at the community level, who are equipped with the right skills, knowledge and attitudes to positively influence their...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has launched its annual Law Enforcement Torch Run to raise $2 million to support the country's Special Olympians. Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Leon Rose, who represented Commissioner Lucius Thomas at the launch held recently at the Police Officers Club in Kingston, noted that already, some $600,000 have been pledged by corporate entities toward...

Technical officers from various countries in the Caribbean and the Americas converged at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, today (April 27), for the 10th Executive Committee Meeting of the Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative (WHTI). The purpose of the meeting was to give these officers an opportunity to report on various areas of technical co-operation in air, land, and...

The Manchester Parish Council, in collaboration with the Manchester Health Department, has scheduled a training seminar for butchers, at the Cecil Charlton Hall in Mandeville on May 30, beginning at 10:00 a.m.Secretary/Manager of the Council, Winston Palmer is urging all butchers to attend the seminar. "The Public Health Regulation of 1989, which relates to butchers, states that one has to...

The date was Sunday June 20, 1965, and the great civil rights leader, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was waxing eloquent in the historic chapel of the University of the West Indies, Mona. The occasion was the annual valedictory service for another batch of promising future Caribbean leaders, and he not just struck a cord, but broke with the...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has announced that August 2009 is the deadline for teachers to register with the Teachers' Service Commission. In this regard, teachers are being encouraged to register, in order to access the benefits which will accrue from the exercise. Speaking at a JIS 'Think Tank' on April 25, Chairman of the Teachers' Service Commission, Bishop...

The Ministry of Health and the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) this morning (April 26) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), to formalise arrangements for the ongoing training of the island's medical and nursing personnel. The MOU will take effect in the 2007/08 academic year and will last for a period of five years, following which it will...

Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Juan Carlos Espinola, has called on Caribbean and Latin America countries to work together to achieve social and economic development. "In today's world, globalization has taken a very strong hold in terms of what happens in social and economic development and therefore, this is why interdependence is important. The policies are...

As the country's third highest earner of foreign exchange, with approximately US$1 billion in annual gross earnings, the bauxite and alumina industry continues to be a vital contributor to the Jamaican economy. According to Chairman of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Dr. Carlton Davis, mining of the precious resource is the single largest non-service activity in the country. He notes...

The Ministry of Justice has taken a major step toward digitising the reporting process in the island's courts, with the pilot testing of a Liberty Digital Recording System at the May Pen Resident Magistrate Court. The recording system, which was installed on Monday (April 23) by Canadian suppliers, High Criteria Inc, comprises a Windows-based personal computer (PC), four microphones, and...

The Jamaica Anti-Piracy Alliance (JAPA) today (April 26), launched its anti-piracy public education media campaign, as part of the country's observance of World Intellectual Property Day. Held at the Palace Cineplex in Liguanea, the event was also used to donate computers and other equipment to the Intellectual Property (IP) Unit of the Organised Crime Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force...