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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth O. Hall, leaves the island today (Sept. 13) for a six -day visit to New York. While in New York, the Governor-General will deliver the keynote address at the 15th anniversary fundraising dinner and dance of the Rusea's Old Students Association, New York Chapter, on Saturday, September 16 at the Ramada Plaza...

The Port Authority of Jamaica has secured three loans from the Export Import Bank (EX-IM) of China and Citibank, to finance the purchase of four ship-to-shore gantry cranes for the fifth stage expansion of the Kingston Container Terminal. The House of Representatives yesterday (Sept. 12) unanimously approved government's guarantee of the loans, which amount to US$30.1 million. Earlier this month,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller is scheduled to leave the island today (September 14) for the 14th Summit of the Non Aligned Movement. The meeting is being held in Havana, Cuba, from September 11 to 18. The Jamaican delegation includes Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Anthony Hylton; Permanent Secretary in the Office of the...

Cabinet has approved the purchase of two Diamond DA 40 FP single engine aircraft for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). The Government has also approved the sale of a Gulf Stream Air Commander aircraft that the JDF now owns. This was announced by the Minister of Information and Development, Colin Campbell, at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing held at Jamaica...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is to receive a number of garbage compactors and other necessary equipment, which will boost its solid waste collection and disposal services across the island. Cabinet has approved the contracts for the acquisition of the equipment, which includes 60 new garbage compactors, at a cost of US$10.8 million; 12 mini garbage compactors at...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract valued at $28.6 million to re-develop the DRB Grant Practising School in St. James. Minister of Information and Development, Senator Colin Campbell, who made the announcement at yesterday's (Sept.11) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that the award was made under the Enhancement of Basic Schools project, which is being funded...

Cabinet has given its approval for the establishment of an independent agency, with the responsibility of providing accreditation services to public and private laboratories. This was announced yesterday (September 11), by Minister of Information and Development, Senator Colin Campbell, at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. "The new name for this organization will be the Jamaica National Accreditation...

The Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Health Mission will stage its fifth annual 'Dance for Health' on Saturday, September 23, at the Marriott Century Centre Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. The event will raise funds for the 13th annual health mission to Montego Bay to be held from October 9 - 12.Over the past 12 years, the Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister City Health...

The Jamaica Cancer Society will benefit from the second annual staging of the 'Tee-Off Fore The Health Of It' golf tournament, which will be held on September 28 at the Hampshire Greens Golf Course in Silver Spring, Maryland. The event, which is being organized by the Jamaican Women of Washington (JWoW), will also feature a health and business development symposium...

More than 300 students of the Whitehouse and Culloden Basic Schools in Eastern Westmoreland, have been given needed school supplies by members of the Sandals Whitehouse European Village and Spa's Entertainment and Public Relations Department. The presentations were made on September 5, when the staff members visited the school. Assisting with the presentation of books, school bags, pens, pencils and...

More than 300 students of the Whitehouse and Culloden Basic Schools in Eastern Westmoreland, have been given needed school supplies by members of the Sandals Whitehouse European Village and Spa's Entertainment and Public Relations Department. The presentations were made on September 5, when the staff members visited the school. Assisting with the presentation of books, school bags, pens, pencils and...

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Lenworth Fulton, is recommending that the entry age of participants into the 4-H Movement be lowered from the current stipulation of nine, to five years old. Speaking at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Jamaica 4-H Clubs and the Child Development Agency (CDA) on September 8, Mr. Fulton said...