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Prime Minister P.J. Patterson in his address at the 60th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday (Sept. 14), said developed countries should do more to assist developing countries achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals by 2015. The Prime Minister was speaking on behalf of some 137 developing countries, in his capacity as Chairman of the Group of...

Prime Minister P. J. Patterson has offered assistance to the United States for recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Patterson made this announcement when he appeared as a guest on NBC's 'Today Show' on Wednesday September 14. He said 30 members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Engineering Corps would be made available....

His Excellency the Governor-General, Sir Howard Cooke, accompanied by his Aide-de-Camp will be visiting Albany, New York from September 15-19, at the invitation of Hartwick College and the First United Presbyterian Church. The Governor-General will be conferred with an Honourary Degree as the College celebrates its "histotoric and wide-ranging connections to the countries of the Caribbean". He will also be...

Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia Simpson Miller has said that the leadership of the Jamaica Fire Brigade was comfortable with the new trucks that were being acquired for the fire service and has asked that the Ministry move quickly to complete the negotiations for the procurement of the vehicles. Mrs. Simpson Miller was responding to questions...

As the government continues to increase public access to official documents, the Ministry of Land and Environment today (Sept.14) launched its website and Access to Information Centre. At the launching ceremony held at the Ministry's Half-Way Tree Road offices in Kingston, Land and Environment Minister, Dean Peart, urged the public to make full use of the information available on the...

State Minister for Agriculture, Errol Ennis has charged banana producers to find creative ways to transform the industry, in light of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) recent ruling against the European Union's tariff regime, which favoured African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States. The State Minister, who was addressing the annual general meeting of the Banana Export Company (BECO) today (Sept.14)...

Ambassador Byron Blake, Jamaica's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) has challenged international agricultural research and development institutions to do more to alleviate poverty among the least developed and developing countries of the world. Ambassador Blake, who was addressing a G-77 luncheon at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday (Sept.13), charged representatives of the Food...

Residents of the greater Mandeville communities of Greenvale, George Reid, Hatfield, Mike Town, Balvenie, Brumalia and Dunrobin are being invited to participate in the annual health week activities being organised by the Andrews Memorial United Church in Manchester. The week of observance will be held from Sunday, October 9 to Friday, October 14 on the church grounds situated at the...

Recent high school graduates, who are considering a career in the maritime industry, are being advised to apply now to pursue a course of study in the next academic year at the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI). Egbert Gallimore, Deputy Executive Director of the Institute, told JIS News, that because there was limited space in the programmes, persons are encouraged to...

On Saturday, September 17, environmentalists and volunteers will converge on selected sites around the island to participate in activities to commemorate International Coastal Cleanup Day. Cleanup activities are set to take place at beaches in twelve of the island's fourteen parishes, and according to Executive Director of the National Environmental Societies Trust (NEST), Devon Blake, the day's work will be...

Jamalco alumina refinery, Alcoa Foundation and Food for the Poor will be combining their efforts to establish and restore fishing villages in Clarendon through a $7.32 million Fishing Villages Restoration Project. This project will see communities within the Portland Bight region of Clarendon being supported with post-Ivan rehabilitation works as well as being assisted with the establishment of fishing villages....

The island's fire services has received another boost, with Cabinet having approved the award of a contract to Tank-Weld Limited for the construction of a new fire station in Falmouth, Trelawny. Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman, who made the announcement at this morning's post Cabinet press briefing held at Jamaica House, said the decision to construct the fire station...