More

Minister of Development, Dr. Paul Robertson, has said that government's move to maximize the country's potential through the development of critical sectors such as bauxite and alumina and information communication technology, would prove a catalyst for economic growth. He noted that for growth to be realized, Gross Domestic Product must be increased by at least four per cent, while the...

Darrel Harriman, General Manager of Alumina Partners of Jamaica (ALPART), has encouraged educational institutions across Jamaica to adopt proper safety standards. He was speaking at the official launch of the 2005 Home, Street, School Safety (HSS) programme at the ALPART Sports Club in St. Elizabeth. The company started the programme in 1990, with the aim of helping students to develop...

Members of The House of Nyahbingi tribe of Rastafarians in Manchester are to receive two large shipments of hurricane recovery items from the Rastafarian Relief Fund, a Miami-based charity set up to assist members of the Rastafarian tribe worldwide. The items, valued at over US$2,000, include non-perishable foods, personal hygiene items and clothing. The money for the purchases was raised...

Five vegetable farmers from the rural community of Flagstaff in St. James, who suffered extensive damage during Hurricane Ivan, have benefited from US$1,000 worth of farm equipment and supplies donated by Jamaicans in South Florida. The donation includes vegetable seedlings, fertilizers, equipment and plant materials. The farmers, who produce crops for local retail on about 2.4 hectares (six acres) of...

Former resident of the Chester Castle community in Eastern Hanover and past student of the Chester Castle All Age School, Ovan Clarke has demonstrated the true meaning of giving back to one's community, by financing extensive repairs to the school at a cost of $1.7 million. The work involved the complete painting of the school; repairs to all broken doors;...

The United Kingdom (UK) Home Office has named one of the buildings, which comprise its new headquarters, after Jamaican born nurse, Mary Seacole. She is one of the three pioneers that the new building is named for, who have had an impact on British life within areas of the Home Office's responsibilities - policing, crime reduction, criminal justice, offender management...

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced that it has been named one of the top three most sustainable corporations in the world during a ceremony at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Alcoa, Toyota Motor and BP were recognized in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World for their ability to meet the "triple bottom line," a measure of...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, K.D. Knight has challenged member states of the Group of 77 & China to work towards greater self-reliance and not to relent in the push for equality in the international economic system. "We cannot afford to be left behind and must exert all efforts to share in the benefits of global expansion. Our development...

Countries in the Caribbean with diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China will be declared 'Approved Destinations' for Chinese tourists, Minister of Foreign Affairs, K.D. Knight has said. The Minister was speaking at a press conference in Kingston on January 27, to brief journalists on the China/Caribbean Economic and Trade Co-operation Forum and Trade Fair to be held in...

Beginning today, and over the next few days, 10 Chinese building contractors and interior decorators will work to transform the National Arena to host the inaugural China-Caribbean Trade Fair. In fact, Robert Stephens, Chairman of the Trade Fair Planning Committee anticipates that the transformation will be spectacular. "It's going to be spectacular...they are planning to do something that the Arena...

Eleven Caribbean countries and three organizations have already confirmed their participation in the China/Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum and Trade Fair to be held in Kingston from February 2 -5. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, K.D Knight, who made the announcement at his Dominica Drive office yesterday (Jan.27), said that Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas and Dominica...

An impressive Chinese delegation of well over 100 persons is expected to converge on Jamaica's capital within the next few days, to participate in next week's inaugural China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum and Trade Fair, which are being co-hosted by the governments of Jamaica and the People's Republic of China. In an interview with JIS News, Liu Linlin, Director...