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As part of World Diabetes Day, which is observed on November 14 each year, the Diabetes Association of Jamaica today (Nov. 14) held a one-day symposium at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort, in Montego Bay. Held under the theme 'Diabetes and Foot Care - Time to Act' the event saw participation from more than 150 health care officials from across...

As CARICOM countries embrace the reality of a Single Market and Economy, regional governments are working to ensure a unified and structured approach to deal with the many challenges facing the Caribbean water, wastewater, and solid waste sectors. The region's water ministers made this commitment at a recent high-level meeting, which formed part of the 14th annual Caribbean Water and...

The Developer's and Investment Manual, which provides information about the rules and regulations for development as well as the agencies involved in the process, was launched on November 8 at Jamaica House. It is a collaborative effort between the Government of Jamaica, the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce and the United States Agency for International Development, and falls under the purview...

The government of Jamaica, through the Possibility Programme, is working to improve the lot of street boys by providing them with the tools and support to enable them to maximize their true potential. Instituted by Prime Minister P. J. Patterson in August 2001, the initiative has the ultimate goal of eliminating the need for the boys to be on the...

Come January 2006, Jamaican investors and by extension the financial sector, will have a significantly wider market for investment, trade and to pursue most financial activities. This, as the CARICOM capital markets will become fully integrated under the CARICOM Single Market (CSM), even while region-wide cross listing, cross border trading and the formation of regional financial conglomerates are already happening....

The success of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) will depend on adequate collaboration between the state and private sector on economic and social matters. This is the word from State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn, in address at the National Commercial Bank (NCB)-sponsored symposium on: 'The CSME and its implications for financial services...

The Financial Services Commission has called for a centralized approach to the regulation of financial services under the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Everton McFarlane, Director, Research and Policy at the FSC, said that the region needed a "formal arrangement for monitoring and applying international supervisory principles and standards, that would facilitate a much better and more organized information...

Spirit Airlines commenced service to Jamaica on Thursday (Nov.10) with flights arriving at the island's main airports - Norman Manley International in Kingston and Sangster International in Montego Bay. It was the very first time in the airline's history that flights were inaugurated at two destinations in the same country on the same day. At a press conference held at...

November is being celebrated as Youth Month and this provides an opportunity for focus to be placed on young people, and the issues that affect them. The theme for the month is: 'Jamaica's Youth Shaping the World' and special recognition will be given to young people, who have contributed significantly to nation building through community service, sport, agriculture, culture, academia...

The famous 'One Love Peace Concert' by legendary reggae artiste Bob Marley in Kingston on April 22, 1978, has been named among the world's greatest rock gigs. The concert placed six on a list of 20 rock performances compiled by United Kingdom television station, Channel 4 and voted on by a panel of some 60 artistes, music journalists, broadcasters and...

Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK) turned out in their numbers on Wednesday (Nov. 9), to honour popular comedian and actor Oliver Samuels, who is celebrating 35 years in entertainment this year. The throng at the High Commission in London included Samuels' family, friends and colleagues in the industry, who not only praised the comedian's enviable body of work for...

The Ministry of Land and Environment and the Caribbean Institute of Technology (CIT) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding on November 14, for the development of a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) diploma course. The one-year course, which is now in the draft stages, is expected to come on stream in September 2006 and will be offered by the CIT in...