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Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan, has said that the three cases of malaria, which were recently detected in the Great Bay area of St. Elizabeth, were not the same strain of the disease that was discovered in the corporate area. "There is a peculiarity about the cases in St. Elizabeth. Whereas the cases that have been recognized in...

Cabinet has approved a contract in the sum of $48.22 million to Jamaica Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Limited, to purchase and install seven elevators at hospitals in the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA). Making the announcement at the post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House yesterday (February 8), Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan explained that four of the elevators...

The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) has been renamed Jamaica Trade and Invest, in order to concentrate greater focus on the business promotion aspect of the company's activities in the international community. Explaining the rationale for the name change, Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan told journalists at yesterday (February 8) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, that the former...

Some 8,000 students have registered to sit the new Caribbean examination called the Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC), which is scheduled for June this year. The announcement was made by Dr. Lucy Steward, Registrar of the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC), at the launch of the new programme on (February 7), at the Knutsford Court Hotel. "This is a...

The regional consultations to facilitate discussion and garner feedback on the National Advisory Council's (NAC) report on local government reform ended on Tuesday (Feb. 6), with a meeting of stakeholders from the parishes of St. Ann, St. Mary and Portland. "This is the final of our consultations with the main stakeholders, which are parish councils, parish and community development committees,...

Come September this year, the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) will expand the range of programmes that are currently offered to students, by introducing a Bachelor of Science degree programme. Executive Director of the CMI, Fritz Pinnock, who made the announcement yesterday (February 8), at the Jamaica Maritime Institute Trust Fund scholarship award ceremony, said that persons who were desirous of...

As part of the activities to mark Safer Sex Week (February 11-17), the Manchester Health Department, Jamaica Red Cross , and the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) have scheduled a number of community outreach meetings in Manchester. Public Relations Officer for the Red Cross, Michaela Cameron told JIS News that a decision has been taken to visit rural townships in both...

The two-day International Conference on Restorative Justice got underway yesterday (Feb.7) at the Northern Caribbean University's (NCU) campus in Mandeville, with a massive turnout of participants from law enforcement, the church community, children services and the social work system. Held under the theme: 'Restorative Justice: Toward Nation Building and Governance', the international conference is organized by the NCU's Department of...

Just days after the start of the Single Domestic Space on 1 February 2007, news has come that in just one month, 7000 applications were received for the Special CARICOM Visa which is required by nationals of some countries to visit 10 Caribbean countries as the world prepares to flock to the Region for the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC)...

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning, has given a commitment to fulfill his country's obligations under the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, which was reached with the Jamaican government some two years ago. Mr. Manning, who was addressing a press conference on Tuesday (Feb. 6) at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Montego Bay, following a joint meeting of...

State Minister for Agriculture and Lands, Victor Cummings has called for the teaching of African history and civilisation in the school system, as this would help to break the bonds of mental slavery. "We need to get rid of mental slavery as a lot of what is happening within our country has to do with that mental slavery. We find...

Spanish Ambassador to Jamaica, Jesus Silva has said that Jamaica's agricultural sector stood to benefit from the massive Spanish investment in tourism infrastructure now underway across the island. Ambassador Silva, who was speaking at Tuesday's (Feb. 6) annual general meeting of the Agri-stakeholders Association held at Bridge Palm Resort in Clarendon, informed that, "over the next five years, the intent...