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Chairman of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Audrey Marks, has said that much emphasis was being placed on the development of the resort areas, in a bid to have tourism become the driving industry for economic growth. In her presentation to delegates at the 30th annual conference on the Caribbean Basin, held in Miami this week, Miss Marks said...

The St. Ann Primary School has benefited from the donation of four scholarships in addition to several high speed Pentium computers with accompanying software, at a cost US$5,000. The donation was made recently by the Benevolent Missions of Atlanta, a Jamaican organization based in the United States, which adopted the school a year ago. President of the BMA, Dr. Conrad...

Two Bills were passed in the House of Representatives yesterday (Dec. 6) to allow for the postponement of Local Government Elections for one year. The Bills, which were piloted by the Minister of Local Government and Environment, Dean Peart are titled: An Act further to postpone the holding of General Elections under the Parish Councils Act and An Act further...

The Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) is projecting a 10 per cent increase in the 2006/07 sugar crop over last season's, with 109,000 tonnes of sugar to be produced. President and Chief Executive Officer of the SCJ, Dr. Richard Harrison, in his remarks at the official launch of the 2006/07 crop yesterday (Dec. 6) on the grounds of the Frome...

The National Youth Service (NYS) is hailing its 2006 Behaviour Modification Programme as a major success, with the initiative having a significant impact on the lives of the students, who participated. "Generally speaking, the point has been made and the values have been shaped so that they themselves (the participants) can recognize when they have not toed the line or...

The control and prevention of HIV and AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases was the focus of activities observing World AIDS Day in St. Mary on Friday (Dec. 1). The event, which included a discussion on HIV/AIDS and the importance of testing for the disease, and demonstrations in the use of male and female condoms, was the culmination of a...

As part of its preparations for the festive season, the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) will host the 'Gift of Life Christmas Blood Collection Drive' this Saturday, December 9, on the North lawn of Devon House from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This is a new approach for the blood bank, which has always had a difficulty maintaining adequate supplies...

The National Centre for Volunteers should be in operation by early next year. Winsome Wilkens, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Council for Voluntary Social Services (CVSS), made the announcement at the International Volunteer Day awards ceremony for the parish of Kingston on December 5 at the Jamaica Pegasus. The centre, which has been constructed at 2D Camp Road in...

A Bill seeking to establish the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST) as a statutory body was passed in the House of Representatives yesterday (December 6). Minister of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, Phillip Paulwell, who piloted the Bill, said the NCST would be an "umbrella organization responsible for, among other things, providing advice to the government on matters...

Two Bills were passed in the House of Representatives yesterday (Dec. 6) to allow for the postponement of Local Government Elections for one year. The Bills, which were piloted by the Minister of Local Government and Environment, Dean Peart are titled: An Act further to postpone the holding of General Elections under the Parish Councils Act and An Act further...

The Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) is projecting a 10 per cent increase in the 2006/07 sugar crop over last season's, with 109,000 tonnes of sugar to be produced. President and Chief Executive Officer of the SCJ, Dr. Richard Harrison, in his remarks at the official launch of the 2006/07 crop yesterday (Dec. 6) on the grounds of the Frome...

The National Youth Service (NYS) is hailing its 2006 Behaviour Modification Programme as a major success, with the initiative having a significant impact on the lives of the students, who participated. "Generally speaking, the point has been made and the values have been shaped so that they themselves (the participants) can recognize when they have not toed the line or...