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A new tourism project is to be implemented in south-east Clarendon by Jamalco. Known as the 'Clarendon Express', it is aimed at creating opportunities to extend tourism beyond sun and sand; develop education, training, business and employment on the south coast; showcase Jamaican businesses and industries, both large and small; and empower communities. This was announced yesterday (May 5) by...

Two computers, a scanner and a laser printer have been installed at the Golden Grove JAMAL Learning Centre in St. Ann, for members of staff and 52 students to learn computer skills. The pieces of equipment, donated by the National Housing Trust (NHT), were handed over to the institution yesterday (May 5), by the Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun...

Hurricane victims in Jamaica, Haiti and Grenada are to benefit from over US$11,000, which was raised through a radiothon in South Florida recently. The radiothon was initiated by Jamaican national and radio broadcaster, Denver Silvera, and was supported by broadcasters at WAVS-AM, with Hi Class Promotions coordinating the effort. On Wednesday (May 4) Consul General Ricardo Allicock and Haitian Consul...

Carmen Griffith, Executive Director of Construction Resource Development Centre (CRDC) is urging persons to refrain from the practice of open defecation and to instead install proper toilet or waste disposal facilities to curb the spread of harmful diseases. She said that one gram of faeces can contain 10 million viruses, one million bacteria, one thousand parasite cysts, and a hundred...

Peter Knight, Director of the Environmental Health Unit in the Ministry of Health, has challenged communities to devise strategies to reduce the risk of water-borne diseases, which caused millions of illnesses and deaths worldwide annually. Mr. Knight, who was addressing the recently held Water and Sanitation Conference in Trelawny, said that one simple strategy that residents could undertake, was to...

A new tourism project is to be implemented in south-east Clarendon by Jamalco. Known as the 'Clarendon Express', it is aimed at creating opportunities to extend tourism beyond sun and sand; develop education, training, business and employment on the south coast; showcase Jamaican businesses and industries, both large and small; and empower communities. This was announced yesterday (May 5) by...

Two computers, a scanner and a laser printer have been installed at the Golden Grove JAMAL Learning Centre in St. Ann, for members of staff and 52 students to learn computer skills. The pieces of equipment, donated by the National Housing Trust (NHT), were handed over to the institution yesterday (May 5), by the Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun...

Hurricane victims in Jamaica, Haiti and Grenada are to benefit from over US$11,000, which was raised through a radiothon in South Florida recently. The radiothon was initiated by Jamaican national and radio broadcaster, Denver Silvera, and was supported by broadcasters at WAVS-AM, with Hi Class Promotions coordinating the effort. On Wednesday (May 4) Consul General Ricardo Allicock and Haitian Consul...

It is a great pleasure and privilege to be host of this special event - the presentation ceremony for the recipients of the Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation for Teachers. If like me, anyone present here this evening had a mother who was the source of their inspiration for a fulfilling life of service to country, a source of learning...

It is a great pleasure and privilege to be host of this special event - the presentation ceremony for the recipients of the Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation for Teachers. If like me, anyone present here this evening had a mother who was the source of their inspiration for a fulfilling life of service to country, a source of learning...

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips has called for cooperation between citizens and the security forces to fight crime and public disorder in the society. "Unless the citizens have trust in the security forces and until the security forces have respect for its citizens and the two are able to come together as one, it would not be possible...

The small hive beetle, which has been plaguing apiaries in Kingston and St. Andrew, has been brought under control, Reginald Peddy, Chief Apiculture Officer at Bodles Research Station in Old Harbour, St. Catherine has noted. Mr. Peddy informs JIS News that while Jamaica will never be totally rid of the pest, they have been able to keep it manageable through...