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Jamaica, today (March 15) joined the rest of the global community in observing World Consumer Rights Day under the theme: 'Energy: Sustainable Access for all Consumers'. The country's leading consumer advocacy organization, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), organised a number of activities to mark the occasion, to include a media breakfast at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel with Commerce, Science and...

World Water Day will be commemorated on Wednesday March 22 through a number of activities scheduled for the Rio Grande Valley area of Portland, under the auspices of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) in association with the Bowden Pen Farmers and Ginger House Environmental Groups. World Water Day emerged from the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and...

It is essential that appropriate legislation be accompanied by law enforcement, intelligence officers and prosecutors trained in various areas including gathering and use of intelligence, forensic evidence, response to hostage-taking, international co-operation, mutual legal assistance and extradition, in the effort to fight terrorism. And, equally important, "we must always remember that if we do not respect human rights and the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Delano Franklyn has stressed the importance of developing countries collaborating to improve the safety of plant,food, animal and human (Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary, SPS) measures for the greater good of the global community. Declaring open a seminar on Phyto-sanitary control and agricultural policies at the Jamaica...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Mexico are to explore mechanisms for enhanced relations when the two sides meet at the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana on 16-17 March, 2006 for the Fourth Meeting of the CARICOM-Mexico Joint Commission. Among the issues earmarked for discussion by the Joint Commission are recent developments in CARICOM and Mexico, as well...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Grace Allen-Young has lauded the Registrar General's Department (RGD) for its contribution to the development of the vital statistics framework, through the provision of critical data. Speaking at the agency's annual prayer breakfast, held on March 10, the Permanent Secretary pointed out that, "the most significant (achievement of the RGD) from the Ministry's...

On Wednesday, March 15, the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), formerly the Office of Registrar of Companies (ORC), will be effecting changes in the fees charged for the registration of business names. Speaking with JIS News, Compliance Manager at the COJ, Christine Morris Gillespie noted that "the fees for registration of a new business, whether it is a sole trader...

Cabinet has given the go-ahead to Ashtrom Building Systems Limited to undertake civil and electrical works at Majestic Gardens, which is located on Spanish Town Road in Kingston. The contract, valued at $56.2 million, is being funded by the National Housing Trust (NHT) and is part of the company's Inner City Housing Project, which seeks to improve the infrastructural needs...

Cabinet has approved the award of a $64.5 million contract to Trinidad and Tobago-based publishers, Eniath's Printing Company Limited to print primary school textbooks for the 2006/2007 school year. The contract represents the cost for the printing of primary textbooks for primary and all-age schools under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture's Primary Textbook Programme. Information Minister, Senator Burchell...

Group Managing Director of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Ruth Potopsingh has urged students to treat energy conservation as a special project, by giving priority to energy use in their schools and homes. Mrs. Potopsingh issued the challenge while giving the main address at an awards ceremony for the PCJ's conservation and efficiency poster competition, at the Corporation's Trafalgar...

As the countdown to the staging of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 continues, with a year and a day to go, officials are assuring the public that plans are on track for the West Indies to host the best event in the history of the sport. Speaking at a press conference on March 10 at the Hilton Kingston Hotel,...

The ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 is currently in the middle of developing its contingency planning report, which is due before the ICC at a Board Meeting in Barbados on May 11. Speaking at a press briefing on March 10 at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, CWC 2007 Venue Development Director, Don Lockerbie said that Subhan Admad, an official from...