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Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman emphasised today (March 18), that recent amendments to the Broadcasting and Radio Re-Diffusion Act, is to ensure that, "we do not protect one set of operators or enterprises at the expense of another". In an interview with JIS News, the Minister pointed out that changes to the Act, which seek to expand the categories of...

For the second time, the Supreme Court yesterday (March 17), turned down an application from OLINT Corporation, and its proprietor David Smith, that sought orders to return materials seized by the Financial Services Commission (FSC), pursuant to the search warrant, from the Corporation's premises in New Kingston. The court refused the application after hearing preliminary points made by Counsel for...

Jamaicans are now more willing to report police misconduct and this has advanced the work of the Professional Standards Branch (PSB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), as it seeks to make the Force more professional and efficient, paving the way for a safer Jamaica. Head of the Corporate Affairs Division of the PSB, Superintendent Lorna Wilson tells JIS News...

Persons participating in the Jamaica 4-H Clubs should view this activity as a stepping stone on a career path or as an entrepreneurial opportunity. This is the view of Kido Smith, a second year student at the May Pen campus of Knox Community College in Clarendon. Speaking with JIS News at the Clarendon 4-H Parish Achievement Day exposition at Knox...

Attached is a congratulatory message from Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Hon. Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, to President-Elect of Haiti, H.E. Rene Preval. His Excellency Ren

Executive Director of the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF), Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd, has charged corporate Jamaica to move to address HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in the workplace. Mrs. Coke-Lloyd's appeal came against the results of a corporate survey report on HIV/AIDS in the workplace, which found that of the 23 companies that completed written surveys, only 39 per cent reported having HIV/AIDS-specific...

The St. James Parish Council is spearheading the formation of a multi- agency task force to look into breaches of the public health and other regulations governing the operation of businesses in the parish. The move follows the recent ordered closure of some grocery retail outlets and prosecution of business operators for breaches under the National Solid Waste Management and...

Plans are far advanced for this year's staging of the Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show in St. James on Easter Monday (April 17), under the theme: 'Eat Jamaican, restore the nation, preparing for the world'. The show, organized by the St. James Association of Branch Societies, is expected to be the best ever, with an improved livestock display, branches competition...

Balaclava High School in St. Elizabeth is one of three schools lauded by the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), for being among the first to establish a Consumer Affairs Club at the school. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CAC, Dolsie Allen in her address at a media breakfast held recently at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in observance of World Consumer...

Entries are being invited for the 2006 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. The deadline for receipt of entries is May 1, 2006. Kim Robinson, a Jamaican, was the Americas regional winner in the 2005 competition for her story titled, 'Spreeing in the SUV'. Indian writer, Preeta Krishna was the overall winner of the 2005 Short Story Competition for her story, 'Treason'....

The HEART Trust/NTA staged an exposition in Port Antonio on Wednesday (March 15), aimed at sensitising residents about its various training and certification programmes. The event, held at the Ken Wright Pier, was sponsored by the HEART Trust /NTA's northern region and attracted hundreds of residents in addition to stakeholders from government and non-governmental organizations. Among the matters discussed were...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson on Friday (Mar. 17) welcomed the MV Olivia Maersk, the first vessel of the Maersk Shipping Line to dock at the Kingston Container Terminal under a five-year US$210 Million contract signed in November between the government and Maersk, which is the world's largest shipping line. Mr. Patterson said the fact that the Maersk vessel was able...