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A contract valued at $23.49 million has been awarded to Garan-tee Construction Company Limited for the renovation and extension of Hope Village Basic School in Manchester. Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman, who made the announcement at yesterday's (Feb. 13) post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, explained that this formed part of the 'Enhancement of Basic Schools Project', which is...

The need to demonstrate greater love, care and protection to the nation's children and to instill in them, proper values and attitudes, were highlighted at a special church service held on Sunday (Feb.12) at the Calvary Baptist Church in Montego Bay. The service was organized by the Child Development Agency (CDA) to launch National Foster Care Recognition Week from February...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has disclosed that the Jamaica Country Strategy for the Adaptation of the Sugar Industry 2006-2015 has been completed and submitted to the European Union (EU). He made the announcement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Feb. 14). The country strategy became necessary in light of the unilateral changes to the Sugar Protocol by the EU...

Internationally acclaimed Harvard Professor Mr. Calestous Juma will head a panel discussion hosted by the Cabinet Office on the topic 'Going for growth and development through ICT' at the OPM Media Centre commencing at 10:00 a.m. on Friday February 17. The other presenters are Minster of Commerce, Science and Technology Hon. Phillip Paulwell and Chief Executive Officer of e-Services Group...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn will headline a list of high-powered speakers for the first ever conference of the Jamaican Diaspora United Kingdom, slated for April 1 at the Bethel Conference Centre at West Bromwich in the West Midlands. The keynote address will be delivered by Sir Bill Morris, Chancellor of the University of...

General Manager of Sandals Whitehouse European Village and Spa, Jeremy Jones, has said that the hotel at the end of its first year of operations, has the potential to 'rock' the tourism world and become a force to be reckoned with. Congratulating some 14 top achievers among hotel staff members at the first annual staff awards function of Sandals Whitehouse...

Cabinet has approved a National Plan of Action (NPA) aimed at protecting the marine environment from land-based sources of pollution. Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman, who made the announcement at yesterday's (Feb. 13) post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that the NPA represented an "integrated and strategic action plan and management framework for addressing the marine environment and...

A delegation from the Kenyan government and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), are in the island to examine elements of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), to see how best practices could be duplicated in social programmes in the African nation. Speaking to journalists at the National Heroes Circle office of the Ministry of Labour and...

The Executive Agencies monitoring unit of the Public Expenditure Policy Division in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, will be hosting a corporate governance symposium on February 15. The symposium will be held at the Jamaica Conference Centre under the theme: 'Facilitating the Way Forward'. Speaking with JIS News, Owen McKnight, Head of the unit explained that the event is...

Pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in Montego Bay, Reverend Everton Jackson, has emphasized that there is a need for the instilling of proper values and attitudes in the country's young people. He said that society could not join those who were "hell-bent" on destroying one of the most critical sources of transmitting proper values and attitudes - the church....

The National Works Agency (NWA) is spending more than $13 million to repair the main roadway between Ocho Rios in St. Ann and Port Antonio in Portland. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, at the launch of segment three of the Northern Coastal Highway in Trinity, St. Mary last December, had instructed the NWA to undertake the repairs in preparation of the...

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has reported that 2005 was a record year for Jamaica's tourism industry, with impressive performance in stop-over and cruise passenger arrivals, occupancy levels and earnings. Speaking at a recent press briefing at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Director of Tourism, Paul Pennicook announced that the 4.5 per cent increase in stop-over arrivals and the 3.3 per...