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Consul General to New York, Dr. Basil Bryan, has hailed slain Jamaican-born New York City Police Detective Dillon Hugh Stewart, as a noble man, who stood courageous in duty. "This immigrant son from Jamaica stood courageous in duty; a proud reminder of what motivates the men and women of the New York Police Department (NYPD)," Dr. Bryan said when he...

The Canadian Radio-Television Commission (CRTC), the body which regulates the Canadian broadcasting industry, is to consider an application for a licence to operate a radio station dedicated to the Caribbean and African communities in Toronto, Canada. Fitzroy Gordon, the Jamaican-born President of the Caribbean African Radio Network (CARN), the group which has applied for the licence, said the CRTC would...

With just about a month before the expected January 2006 introduction of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM), Ministers of Finance constituting the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP), will meet in Kingston to discuss the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), which is said to be in its final stages of construction by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The development of the...

The investigative capacity of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is being boosted with the acquisition of Automated Palm and Fingerprint Identification System (APFIS) for the Fingerprint Bureau. The machine, which is being purchased from Sagem SA of France at a cost of US$3.61 million, is to be shipped by December 15 and is expected to arrive in the island by...

Minister of State for Labour and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris, has said that the Ministry would be making submissions to Cabinet early next week for drafting instructions for the National Disability Act. Senator Morris, who was speaking at open panel discussion on the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons...

Governor General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke, today (Dec.7) expressed the view that the country will recover from the adverse effects of crime and violence through the grace of God and with the continued prayers and efforts of all well-thinking Jamaicans. "Despite what is happening now I see the vision of recovery, I see that we are...

Some 200 students of the St. Christopher School for the Deaf and the Edgehill School for Special Education in St. Ann, were presented with toys and other gift items at the annual Christmas treat sponsored by the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA). The gifts, including toys, hand games, basketballs and footballs, arrived on the 'Voyager of the Seas' cruise ship,...

Transport and Works Minister, Robert Pickersgill, has said that the Jamaican government was fully cognisant of the growth potential of the shipping sector and "that understanding has driven our commitment to the ongoing expansion of the sector, with a particular focus on facilitating increases in efficiency and productivity." Stating that Jamaica had the advantage of location as well as one...

It is almost 65 years old and is a household name in the country, but the Jamaica 4-H Movement has no intention of slowing the pace at which it is training and assisting young people. This year the organization, as further proof of its dedication to the development of its members, gave $850,000 in financial assistance under its grants programme...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson left the island yesterday for Bridgetown, Barbados to attend the 11th Special Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the 2nd CARICOM/Cuba Summit from December 7-8. The two-day regional talks will focus on several topical issues including those related to trade and development, as well as the further strengthening of relations between...

The National Works Agency (NWA) has reviewed the two day-old traffic changes that were implemented in sections of Half-Way-Tree, and has made some slight modifications. In an interview with JIS News, NWA's Acting Public Relations Manager, Petra-kene Williams pointed out that the modifications became necessary to alleviate the congestion that was taking place along several roads in the Corporate Area,...

The Cabinet Office will hold the second in a series of monthly panel discussions aimed at reviewing Jamaica's progress towards growth and development on Thursday, December 8, 2005 in the OPM Press Room at 9:00 a.m. The presenters for this Thursday's panel are Sen. Professor Trevor Munroe, Department of Government, University of the West Indies; Dr. the Hon. Carlton Davis,...