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Thousands of Jamaicans and visitors to the island are expected to attend the Trelawny Yam Festival, to be held in Albert Town on Easter Monday, April 17. The event is being organized by the Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency (STEA). "The Yam Festival is the celebration of the culture of Trelawny and its main crop. The event will feature many exciting...

More than 30 schools participated in the St. Ann Parish 4-H Clubs annual Achievement Day, which was held on April 4 at the Discovery Bay all-age School. The event was staged under the theme: 'Creating Wealth through Youth Development'. Field Service and Economic Development Manager of the 4-H clubs, Linton Barnes told JIS News that the 4-H Parish Achievement Days...

The Caribbean Business Club (Jamaica) was launched in Kingston on Thursday, April 6. The President of JAMPRO, Mrs Francis said that "the Club is an opportunity to link Caribbean businesspeople with international firms. The Government of Jamaica has as its priorities, fostering growth and development in target sectors and the hosting of Cricket World Cup 2007 presents an opportunity to...

Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas, became the first international partner to meet with the new Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) today (April 4). The SOCA was launched in London by British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on Monday, April 3. Commissioner Thomas, who visited the United Kingdom (UK) and addressed the first conference of the Jamaican Diaspora on April 1, met...

There is a new feeling of hope that is rising over this beautiful land of Jamaica. It is being talked about in the hills, valleys and plains across our country. Seniors, men and women, youth and children are expressing great expectations for the future of this nation. Today, you have the opportunity to capitalize on that hope and great expectation...

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) and the Heart Trust/NTA has launched an interactive self-teaching CD-ROM, aimed at increasing the rate of training and certification of workers within the tourism sector. The CD-ROM offers a new technological approach to level one training and certification in TPDCo's Team-Jamaica training programme. The launch took place at the Sandals Montego Bay Hotel on...

Information and Development Minister, Senator Colin Campbell, has explained that the proposal put forward by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to have members of the clergy sit on, or chair the Boards of state companies or statutory bodies, is geared towards strengthening accountability and probity. The Minister, who was speaking to journalists yesterday (April 3), at the weekly post-Cabinet press...

Cabinet has given its approval for a drought alleviation programme to proceed in the rural areas and farming communities across the island, with an initial sum of $8 million. Speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House yesterday (April 3), Minister of Information and Development, Senator Colin Campbell, told journalists that the money to fund the programme has...

Students in Grades 1 and 6 at Primary schools throughout the Corporate Area, will have access to free eye screening and glasses over the next two years, through a project being carried out by the Foundation for International Self Help Development (FISH). Following the awarding of a $22 million grant to the FISH clinic on Gordon Town Road in St....

The Maxfield Park Children's Home in Kingston is to benefit from proceeds of a concert that was held in New York on April 2, featuring the New England Symphonic Ensemble. Some of the proceeds will also be given to assist children suffering from HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe. Internationally acclaimed Jamaican pianist, Orrett Rhoden, made his New York orchestral debut at the...

Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, P.J. Patterson has expressed his "sense of privilege" in serving the country as head of government for the past 14 years. Mr. Patterson, in his formal letter of resignation as Prime Minister, also expressed confidence that the nation would "enjoy peace, harmony, social justice and prosperity now and forever." The letter, which was presented to...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday (April 3), announced 12 State Ministers to serve in the various Ministries.They are: Fitz Jackson, Ministry of Finance and Planning; Errol Ennis and Victor Cummings, Ministry of Agriculture and Land; Noel Monteith, Ministry of Education and Youth; Floyd Morris, Ministry of Labour and Social Security; Kern Spencer, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Science and Technology...