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The island's pensioners could see an adjustment to their benefits in early 2006, Labour and Social Security Minister, Horace Dalley, has said. The Minister, who was speaking at a contract signing ceremony for the construction of a National Insurance Scheme (NIS) office in St. Mary yesterday (August 17), at his North Street Offices in Kingston, informed that directions had been...

The Swift Purscell Boys' Home in Highgate, St. Mary has been the beneficiary of US$1,647.28 (J$100,000), part of proceeds collected at an ecumenical service held at the First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale in the United States on Sunday, August 7. The service was held in recognition of Jamaica's 43rd anniversary of independence.Also benefiting from the proceeds is the Scholarship...

The Safe Schools Programme, the government scheme designed to quell school-based violence by placing law enforcement officers at troubled institutions, will be intensifying its programme of activities for the new school year. Coordinator and Secretariat of the Safe Schools Programme in the National Security Ministry, Monica Dystant, told JIS News that several consultants would be contracted to the programme between...

Restoration work on the Yallahs pipeline, which was severely damaged during the passage of Hurricanes Dennis and Emily last month, should be completed in the next few weeks. This assurance has come from Charles Buchanan, Corporate Communications Manager at the National Water Commission (NWC), who told JIS News that the damage to the Yallahs pipeline, where large sections of the...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is working to restore its wastewater facility in the Poor Man's Corner area of Yallahs, St. Thomas, which sustained extensive damage during Hurricanes Dennis and Emily last month. In an interview with JIS News, Corporate Communications Manager at the NWC, Charles Buchanan disclosed that due to the torrential rains brought by Hurricane Dennis and to...

The HEART Trust/NTA officially opened a career development centre on Manchester Avenue in May Pen, Clarendon on August 16. This is the first such centre to be opened in the island by that organization. Addressing the opening ceremony, Dermon Spence, Director of Regional Programme Services explained that the centre had been developed to prepare persons for a dynamic global workplace...

The 2005 Workplace Mass Media Campaign was officially launched today (August 18), under the National HIV/STI Control Programme. The campaign, which is themed: 'Defend the rights of others and protect your own', is targeting persons in the workforce population, aged 15 to 49, and was developed based on the guidelines of the National HIV/AIDS Policy and the Draft National HIV/AIDS...

The National Works Agency (NWA) and the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) this morning (Aug.18) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a beautification and main road reservation project in tourist areas across the island. The project falls under the Transport and Works Ministry's 'Tree-mendous Beautification' Adopt-a-Roadway programme, which was introduced in 2002 to develop the main road network...

A two-storey National Insurance Scheme (NIS) office will be constructed in Port Maria, St. Mary at a cost of $33.7 million. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley, Ministry officials and representatives of Garan-tee Construction Company, signed the contract for the commencement of work on the 6,183 square feet office, at the Ministry's North Street Offices in Kingston today...

Fourteen high school students, who are children of members of staff of Sandals Montego Bay Hotel, have been presented with cash grants totalling $230,000.00, in addition to cellular phones and other gifts valued at approximately $70,000.00. The awards, part of Sandals Montego Bay's Special Achiever's Core project, are aimed at assisting members of staff of the hotel in their efforts...

One of America's leading financial institutions, Morgan Stanley, has expressed the view that "in spite of all remaining challenges", the Jamaican economy is moving in the right direction. Morgan Stanley says the country is moving into a "virtuous cycle in which lower interest rates lead to lower debt service, lower debt ratios, lower funding costs, higher growth and ultimately a...

Marjorie Evans-Bailey, principal of the Ewarton Primary School in St. Catherine, has expressed gratitude with the recent receipt of 25 computers from American comedian Steve Harvey, noting that the gift would significantly impact curriculum delivery. In an interview with JIS News, Evans-Bailey pointed out that children had grown tired of the "chalk and talk" process of teaching and learning. "Since...