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Phase one of the refurbishing works currently being undertaken by Urban Development Corporation (UDC) on the Kingston Craft Market, is scheduled to be completed by March 2, before the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007. In an interview with JIS News, Paul Griffith, Senior Project Manager at the UDC, said that phase one of the work is...

Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of the School for Graduate Studies and Research at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Errol Morrison, has urged employers to incorporate wellness programmes into their operations as a means of enhancing the productivity of their employees. Professor Morrison, who was speaking at a recent Friday Policy Forum at the Management Institute for...

Some 248 public sector employees, who successfully completed courses at the University of the West Indies (UWI) School of Continuing Studies, were presented with certificates of competence at an awards ceremony held yesterday (February 27), at the Phillip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI. The courses were provided under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Training Programme, which forms part...

With two weeks to go before the March 15 deadline for filing income tax returns, the Tax Administration Directorate is encouraging persons who need assistance in filing their returns, to use its toll free helpline, 1-888-TAX-HELP (1-888- 829-4357). According to Taxpayer Information Specialist at the Tax Helpline, Nadia Williams, the toll free line service allows persons to ask questions relating...

Caribbean Americans will be given an opportunity to reflect on the tragedies and triumphs of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in the form of an exhibition in the visitors lobby at the United Nations headquarters at 46th Street & First Avenue, Manhattan. The exhibition, which traces the journey of the ships that transported human cargo (slaves) from Africa to the West...

Demonstrating support for the world's first ever multi-country catastrophe insurance pool, donors have pledged US$47 million to the reserve fund of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), which will provide participating governments from the region with immediate access to funds if hit by a hurricane or earthquake. Pledges have been made by Canada, $17.5 million; France, $6.5 million; the...

The Princess Margaret Hospital in St. Thomas is to benefit from a state-of-the art surgical bed with accessories, valued at more than $1.5 million donated by the UK-based Friends of the Princess Margaret Hospital. Co-founder and Chairperson of the group, Andrea Rose will formally present the surgical bed to the hospital in March. She told JIS News that the organisation...

Air Jamaica has introduced special flights from South Florida and around the region for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. The flights from South Florida will be offered during the group and semi final stages and will make it possible for persons to fly into the island on the day of a match and depart on the same day. The...

Persons who want to avoid the hassle of driving to the Trelawny Multipurpose Stadium for the opening ceremony of Cricket World Cup (CWC) on March 11, will be able to use the shuttle service from Kingston being provided by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). "We started receiving calls from persons wanting to know if we were going to offer...

Students from schools and colleges in the parishes of Manchester and St. Elizabeth attended a development seminar at the Anglican Church Hall in Mandeville on February 27. The seminar was sponsored by members of the All Professional Training Service (APTS). In her address at the opening, Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry Wilson encouraged the students to be aware...

Five months ago the Ministry of Health launched a campaign, which sought to build awareness and lessen the stigma and discrimination that affect persons living with HIV/AIDS. Anneisha Taylor and Ainsley Reid, both active in the 'Getting on with Life' HIV anti-stigma campaign, helped in bringing a human face to the message. "The role that I played in the anti-stigma...

Food and Agriculture (FAO) representative to Jamaica, Dr. Dunstan Campbell has charged the government to place greater focus on rural development, in order to reduce poverty and address the rural-urban drift. "Jamaica must work towards an aggressive policy of looking at rural development," he said, while addressing the launch of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Rabbit Project on Tuesday (Feb. 27)...