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Members of the Upper House last Friday (Jan. 28) paid tribute to former opposition leader Edward Seaga, who recently retired from representation politics after more than 40 years in the political arena. Senator Burchell Whiteman, Leader of Government Business in the Senate, praised Mr. Seaga for his faithful representation in the House as well as to his West Kingston constituency....

Chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Dennis Morrison has called for greater collaboration between the tourism and agricultural sectors for the country to achieve sustainable economic and social development. Mr. Morrison, who was addressing the media launch of the St. Mary Agriculture Expo 2005 on January 29 at the Beaches Boscobel Resort and Golf Club, said that closer partnership...

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) has opened a branch at 3 Jewel Close in Santa Cruz, to meet the growing demand for services by the people of St. Elizabeth. Speaking to JIS News at today’s (Jan. 31) opening, Chief Executive Officer of the RGD, Dr. Patricia Holness, said that the Santa Cruz office brought to three, the number of regional...

Starting February 1, the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) will be embarking on an islandwide enrollment drive with the aim of increasing the number of beneficiaries under the programme. Director for PATH in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Trevor Smith, said that the drive was primarily to reach some 36,000 persons, who have been selected...

The Manchester Parish Council is urging all residents to come out and participate in the series of public budget meetings, which will be held across the parish over the next two months. The first meeting will be held in Porus on Thursday, February 10. Secretary Manager of the parish council, Winston Palmer, told JIS News that the overall aim of...

The Jamaica Library Service (JLS) had a number of significant achievements for the 2003/04 fiscal year including the reconfiguration of the first mobile library to offer information and communication technology (ICT) services, the successful hosting of the national reading competition, and extensions to the St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland parish libraries. As set out in the JLS's annual report for the...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture has reached out to students in western Jamaica, who have suffered trauma as a result of violence, with the staging of a peace concert and candlelight ceremony on January 27 at the St. John's Methodist Church Hall in St. James. Approximately 1,000 students from schools in Hanover, Westmoreland and St. James participated in...

The Springfield Growers Association Limited was officially launched on January 17, with capital support of $15.6 million from the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) and the Agriculture Support Services Project (ASSP) in the Ministry of Agriculture. The project will assist 31 farmers in the production of non-traditional crops such as cabbage, carrots, sweet corn, tomato, pumpkin and sweet pepper on...

Delphene Grandison, Health Education Officer for St. Elizabeth, is encouraging Jamaicans to practise safe sex to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STI). Speaking at a meeting organized by the St. Elizabeth Health Department and the Jamaica Information Service in Brompton recently, Mrs. Grandison noted that with the prevalence of HIV other STIs, condom use was a must for...

Recruitment Officer at the HEART Trust/NTA, Milton Russell is urging persons in Central Jamaica to enroll in the certified skills training programmes offered by the agency in the region, so as to be better prepared for the global market place. Outlining the many programmes that could be accessed through HEART, Mr. Russell said that at the vocational training centres in...

Since the introduction of its "door-to-door" delivery service in March 2004, the Registrar General's Department (RGD) has successfully delivered some 190,000 certificates to customers islandwide. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank session on Wednesday, January 26, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Patricia Holness said the new system had enabled the Agency to drastically reduce overcrowding at the Head Office in St....

The Trelawny Association of Volunteers Organisation (TAVO) recently hosted a two-day leadership training seminar at the William Knibb Education Centre in Falmouth, to better prepare service and special organisation leaders for their roles. More than 50 persons attended the two-day seminar, hosted by the umbrella association for volunteer groups in the parish. At the opening ceremony, Resident Representative of the...