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Three hundred local, regional and international investors are expected to converge on Kingston for a major business investment forum to be hosted by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson. Some 140 investors have already confirmed their attendance at the forum which will be held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on Thursday, February 23. Included in the activities for the investment...

President of the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA), Sandra Carnegie-Douglas has thanked Prime Minister P. J. Patterson for his legacy of visionary leadership and outstanding record of political fortitude and dedication to Jamaica. "Your 'tallawah' characteristic in standing up to international powers loom prominently in the records of your achievements," she said. Mrs. Carnegie-Douglas was speaking at a ceremony held at...

Transport and Works Minister, Robert Pickersgill has assured workers of the Portmore leg of Highway 2000 that the construction arm of Bouygues Travaux Publics Construction Company, Trans Jamaica Highway, would remain in Jamaica for another 30-odd years. The Minister, who toured the Portmore Causeway in St. Catherine today (Feb. 21), was responding to the concerns of several workers who were...

America's leading rating agency, Standard and Poors, has maintained Jamaica's 'B' (stable) rating, noting that, "the ratings on Jamaica are supported by the Government's ongoing commitment to fiscal discipline and debt reduction amid external shocks". In its latest update on Jamaica, Standard and Poors cited Jamaica's "higher growth prospects", boosted by strong inflows of foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the...

Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman has disclosed that Cabinet has given the go-ahead for the National Insurance Fund (NIF) to lend $50 million to the National Development Foundation of Jamaica (NDFJ), to support the Foundation's small enterprise development programme. Minister Whiteman, who was speaking to journalists at the weekly post Cabinet press briefing today (February 21), at Jamaica House, said...

Cabinet has given its approval for the acquisition of some 83.4 acres of land at Galleon Beach in St. Elizabeth by the Ministry of Water and Housing. Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman made the disclosure today (February 21), while addressing journalists at the weekly post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He pointed out that the acquisition of the...

Cabinet has given its approval for the compulsory acquisition of the Devon House property by the Commissioner of Lands, with a view to developing the site as a means of promoting Kingston as a tourism destination. The decision to acquire the property comes against the background of the protracted difficulty the government has experienced in trying to locate Craft Things...

Some 34 schools are preparing to participate in the Ministry of Health's Regional Cheer-offs, which begins today. Eliminations will commence in the Southern Region at the Kendal Campsite at Shooter's Hill in Manchester and will see schools from the parishes of St. Elizabeth, Clarendon and Manchester vying for three available places from the region. These teams will then go on...

Reggae icon, Robert Nesta Marley has been described as one of the most creative persons of all time to have influenced the world of popular music. Brazil's Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil made the observation as he accepted the Bob Marley Award for outstanding achievement in the area of Art and Culture from the American Foundation for the University of...

Young persons in and around the Lauriston and Thompson Pen communities of Spanish Town have benefited from the recently staged youth forum hosted by the Lauriston/Thompson Pen 4-H Club under the theme 'Crime and Violence in Today's Society'. As a result of the forum young people in those volatile communities are now better equipped to identify and deal with activities...

Farmers in Portland have been encouraged to give more support to the People's Co-operative (PC) Bank in the parish, in order to strengthen the bank's ability to help the agricultural sector. The call came from Howard Paulwell, Chairman of the Bank's Committee of Management, when he addressed the annual general meeting of the bank in Port Antonio on February 17....

The Haile Selassie High School paid tribute to Jamaican men at the institution's 'Jamaica Day' celebrations, which were held under the theme 'Celebrating Jamaican men, stronger souls in finer frames' on February 17. The event was staged at the school's Payne Avenue grounds off Spanish Town Road, in collaboration with the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA), the Safe Schools secretariat, and...