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Gender is a critical aspect of water management and sanitation and plays a key role in achieving adequate access to potable water by 2010, in keeping with the Millennium Development Goals. This was the general consensus of stakeholders at a workshop to examine the findings and recommendations of the gender and sanitation study and its policy implications. The workshop was...

Traffic lights were commissioned at two intersections in Spanish Town yesterday (March 29), to better regulate traffic flow in the area. The lights have been installed in front of the Spanish Town Hospital at the intersection of Burke Road and Barrett Street, and at the intersection of the Sligoville and Twickenham Park main roads. Minister of State in the Ministry...

Tomorrow, our nation begins a new chapter in governance when my political colleague of over thirty years, the Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, takes the reins of office as the seventh Prime Minister of Jamaica. She does so on a tremendous wave of popular support within Jamaica and beyond. As I have done on several public occasions within the last four...

Members of both Houses of Parliament yesterday (March 28) bade a fond farewell to Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, who is retiring after a 30-year political career, 14 of which were spent as Prime Minister of Jamaica. Prime Minister-designate, Portia Simpson-Miller, in a moving tribute, said it was undeniable that Mr. Patterson had left a remarkable legacy, which could be used...

The National Emancipation Vigil for 2006 will be held in Bustamante Square in Lucea, Hanover, on July 31. This was revealed today (March 29), at a press conference held at the Wexford Court Hotel by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC),Western Region, to announce the itinerary of activities for the 2006 festival competitions within that region. The western region comprises...

With just days to go before the first ever conference of Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK), the organisers (Jamaica Diaspora UK), are pleased with the response from Jamaicans across the country. Over the past week the number of persons registering has doubled and the Secretariat has fielded hundreds of enquiries. The conference is set for Saturday, April 1, at...

Twelve young persons were yesterday (March 28) presented with instruments of office, signalling the beginning of their two-year tenure as Youth Ambassadors for Jamaica. The 12 appointees, most of whom are university students, are: 22 year-old Dwayne Cargill; 24-year old Keesha Effs; 23 year-old Dwayne Gutzmer; 18 year-old Traci-Ann Johns; 21 year-old Lucet Montgomery; 19 year-old Diego Morris; 21 year-old...

Mayor of Portmore, Councillor George Lee has renewed his call for the establishment of a tax centre in the municipality. Addressing a public meeting of the Portmore Municipal council on March 25, Mayor Lee said the building of a tax centre in the area would allow the Council to address a number of issues, including the creation of parks and...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has called for the strengthening of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) to enable it to function as "a genuine regional instrument for the conduct of external trade negotiations." Professor Hall, who was speaking at a public lecture held at the Hilton Kingston Hotel last night (March 28) on the topic:...

Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman has said that members of the Cabinet took note of the sudden passing of the Russian Ambassador to Jamaica, Igor Lebedev, during their weekly meeting at Jamaica House, yesterday (March 27). Ambassador Lebedev, who was assigned to Jamaica in May last year, died last Friday, March 24.Minister Whiteman, who was speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet...

Air Jamaica's resumption of non-stop flights from New York to St. Lucia has met with positive responses from members of that country's community in New York. Speaking to reporters and airline officials in Manhattan recently, St. Lucia's Ambassador to the United Nations, Julian Hunte, described the Jamaican carrier as a "good corporate citizen", noting that its return to St. Lucia...

The Heart Trust/NTA has partnered with private security companies to develop a level one Training Competency Module, which will be imparted to persons interested in becoming security guards. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the annual conference of the Private Security Regulation Authority (PSRA), at the Jamaica Conference Centre on March 27, Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips explained...