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Jamaica's profile in the Washington community and indeed throughout the United States, was significantly enhanced last weekend, as the country's art, music, food and other elements of its rich cultural heritage were on full display in the American capital. The events, which were dubbed, 'A Capital Celebration of Jamaica's 43rd' took place over two days and featured major entertainment as...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson yesterday (August 9), urged parents and communities to become more alert about the welfare and protection of the children. Speaking at Jamaica House after accepting one of the posters to be used in the public education campaign on human trafficking, the Prime Minister said the campaign would serve to focus public attention on what is needed...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Limited is urging passengers who ride its buses to retain their tickets, as this serves to authenticate that they have paid their fares.Marketing and Public Relations Manager at the JUTC, Gwyneth Harold, told JIS News that the bus company's independent investigations revealed that many passengers were not retaining their tickets, and in response to...

Cabinet has approved the Electoral Advisory Committee's (EAC) proposal for the establishment of an Electoral Commission. Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman informed that the establishment of the Commission would replace the People (Interim Reform) Act of 1978. "Cabinet having considered the proposal, approved the issue of drafting instructions to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel to prepare a Bill to repeal...

Public Relations Manager at Jamaica Customs, Naomi Goulbourne-Rodney has pointed out that for the first quarter of the financial year, the value of under invoiced imports amounted to some $63.8 million.This compares to $15.6 million for the same period last year, with Mrs. Goulbourne-Rodney explaining that the increase was due to improvements in the Department's capability to detect the infraction....

Some 100 farmers from the Mocho community in Clarendon have received fertilizer from Jamalco, as part of the bauxite company's effort to assist in the Hurricane Ivan recovery process, particularly for farmers who produce in that mining area. The fertilizer was handed over on Friday, August 5 to a group of representative farmers at the Clarendon Office of the Rural...

Former Principal of the Sam Sharpe Teachers' College in Granville, St. James, Dr. Simon Clarke has commended past students of the institution for staging the first re-union celebrations on the campus from August 4 to 7. Addressing the many past students during the opening ceremony of the re-union, Dr. Clarke said that the college's motto, 'Service, Commitment and Excellence' represented...

Even as the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) awaits a favourable response from the government to its application for an increase in fares, the bus company is taking steps to address its astronomical operating costs through a number of cost-cutting measures.In a recent interview with JIS News, JUTC President, Patrick McIntosh outlined a number of cost-saving mechanisms currently being implemented...

Moody's, the United States-based rating agency, has said that the Jamaican Government's policy response to reducing the country's debt burden was both "appropriate and resolute". The agency's view is expressed in the recently released July report on the country. Moody's also said that the rate of Jamaica's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could reach up to 3.5 per cent over the...

Consul General to New York, Dr. Basil K. Bryan has said there was much for which the country should be thankful and noted that, "with our collective resources, a strong and independent Jamaica shall take her rightful place among the leading nations of the world". "Despite the many challenges we face in our nation's pursuit of economic and social development,...

Five new schools will be opened in St. James for the start of the new school year, providing 4,010 classroom spaces for students. The schools are Spot Valley and Green Pond High, which each have a capacity for 2,700 students, while the Green Pond Primary and Green Pond Infant, will both accommodate 1,310 students in September. Minister of Education, Youth...

Mayor of Portmore, George Lee, has called on Jamaicans to set new standards to assist in curbing corrupt practices at all levels of the society. "There are corrupt people in churches, schools and everywhere. Corruption is throughout the community. Therefore, we need to tackle it. Let it be part of the standards we set, that we want change in our...