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President of the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO), Kathy Harrison-Tomlinson, has said that the group would continue to play its part in helping to build the country. In a message to delegates attending a meeting of the Eastern Region of the United States (US) at the Jamaican Consulate in Manhattan, on December 2, the President said that...

Lonnette Fisher Lynch, Manager of Copyright and Related Rights at the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), has urged Jamaicans to adhere to the nation's copyright laws or face fines of prison terms. Mrs. Fisher Lynch, who was addressing a Ministry of Education and Youth organized workshop on the Copyright Act of Jamaica, yesterday (Dec. 4) at the Caenwood Centre in...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has awarded contracts valued at more than $77 million for the provision of classroom furniture for teachers across the island. The contracts, which were awarded to J and J Dabdoub, Rayton Electrical Commercial Equipment, and Barnett Metal and Fabrication Limited, will provide for the acquisition of 2,500 teachers' desks and chairs; 1,500 four-drawer filing...

Former Mayor of Mandeville, Cecil C. Charlton, has been honoured by the Jamaica Library Service and the Manchester Parish Library network for 48 years of service to the organization. The ceremony was held recently at the Mandeville Hotel in Manchester, with scores of persons in attendance. In his tribute to Mr. Charlton, Custos of Manchester, Dr. Gilbert Allen, said that,...

Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan, has said that the country was 85 per cent ready for the staging of the Cricket World Cup 2007.The benchmark used to determine the level of preparedness is the post venue agreement between the government and the International Cricket Council (ICC). Mr. Buchanan, who was addressing yesterday's (Dec. 4) post Cabinet press briefing...

The Government has no plans to mine bauxite in the Cockpit Country, and the granting of a Special Exclusive Prospecting Licence (SEPL) to JAMALCo would not include such a right, Parris Lyew-Ayee, Executive Director of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) has said. Over the past few weeks there has been much controversy surrounding the application by JAMALCo for the renewal...

The three-member committee, appointed by the Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry Wilson, to examine the circumstances that led to the delay in the publication of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results, has concluded that "no evidence of a compromise of the 2006 G-SAT examination process was found". Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan, who made the...

Cabinet has approved the acquisition of one hectare (2.5 acres) of land in Kingswood, Westmoreland at a cost of some $1.7 million. Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan, told journalists at yesterday's (Dec. 4) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, that acquisition of the land would provide security of tenure for the 18 families that were occupying the property....

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Hon. Roger Clarke, has called on farmers to practise sustainable environmental habits including terracing and tree planting, on lands that were prone to flooding. Minister Clarke, who was addressing a Food and Agriculture Organization-(FAO) sponsored workshop on the improvement of agricultural preparedness in Jamaica today (Dec. 5) at the Hotel Four Seasons, said that preventing...

Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan, has said that the country was 85 per cent ready for the staging of the Cricket World Cup 2007.The benchmark used to determine the level of preparedness is the post venue agreement between the government and the International Cricket Council (ICC). Mr. Buchanan, who was addressing yesterday's (Dec. 4) post Cabinet press briefing...

The Government has no plans to mine bauxite in the Cockpit Country, and the granting of a Special Exclusive Prospecting Licence (SEPL) to JAMALCo would not include such a right, Parris Lyew-Ayee, Executive Director of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) has said. Over the past few weeks there has been much controversy surrounding the application by JAMALCo for the renewal...

The three-member committee, appointed by the Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry Wilson, to examine the circumstances that led to the delay in the publication of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results, has concluded that "no evidence of a compromise of the 2006 G-SAT examination process was found". Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan, who made the...