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Chris Blackwell, Professor Kenneth Hall and Shirley Miller will be presented with the Order of Jamaica (OJ), the country's fourth highest honour, at the national honours and awards ceremony on National Heroes Day, Monday, October 18 at King's House.They will be awarded for their outstanding contribution to nation building. Music mogul and Rock and Roll 'Hall of Fame' inductee, Chris...

Some 300,000 Primary school students islandwide are set to benefit from a donation of US$225,000 worth of Math textbooks under the I PLEDGE programme. The initiative, 'I Promise to Lend Encouragement to Develop Growth in Education', launched in May of 2004, with the aim of raising US$225,000 for the printing of Math textbooks for Primary school students up to grade...

The Bureau of Standards of Jamaica (BSJ) and the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) yesterday (October 12), officially launched the National Programme for the Certification of Agricultural Produce in Jamaica. The National Certification Programme will now see local produce being issued with a Quality Seal of Approval as proof that such produce have met the standards set by the BSJ and...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) has donated $1 million to the York Park Fire Station, to assist with the upgrading of the station. Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie said while the money would be spent specifically to refurbish the fire station, the KSAC's City Engineering Department would work alongside the Maintenance Department of the Kingston and St....

Government has decided to make cash payments as grants to persons whose houses were damaged by Hurricane Ivan, instead of using the voucher system, which was previously announced. Minister of Water and Housing, Donald Buchanan made the disclosure in the House of Representatives yesterday (October 12), during his update on the programme of relief and national reconstruction. Mr. Buchanan told...

Some 19,200 cases of damage to houses and property as a result of Hurricane Ivan, have now been assessed in Clarendon by the Welfare Committee. Delroy Palmer, Clarendon's Parish Manager for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, said this figure represented 95 per cent of the assessments to be done. "We have almost completed the assessment and are now...

Residents in St.Thomas are gearing up to participate in the second annual 'Paul Bogle Parish Jamboree', which will be held at the Paul Bogle Junior High School in Morant Bay, on Monday, October 18 beginning at 10.00 a.m. The function is being organised by the St. Thomas Association of Community Development Committees.Custos of St. Thomas, Marcia Bennett will officially open...

The Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) has partnered with the National Commercial Bank (NCB), to host the Buy Jamaican essay competition, which had its official launch at the JMA's Duke Street offices in Kingston today (October 13). Open to students attending primary, preparatory, secondary and tertiary schools, the objective of the competition is to encourage a national consciousness of the JMA's...

Heron Cousley and Jorghinio Johnson, two Jamaican Scouts who died saving the lives of fellow Scout members, will be honoured posthumously with Badges of Honour for Gallantry at the National Honours and Awards Ceremony at King's House on National Heroes Day, Monday, October 18. Both men displayed supreme acts of courage at Yallahs, St. Thomas on February 22, 2003 in...

In a heart-warming act of generosity, another entity is about to contribute to the reconstruction effort of the nation. Not a large corporation or a foreign government, but a high school with youngsters who have willingly spared some of their lunch money to assist their fellow Jamaicans. Ardenne High School has collected $110,000, which it will present to Chief Executive...

In keeping with the observation of Heritage Week, the Registrar General's Department (RGD) is hosting a three-day cultural exhibition at its Kingston office from October 13 - 15. Manager at the Island Record Office, Joyce Brown told JIS News that the exhibition would feature displays about the National Heroes and other famous Jamaicans who have contributed significantly to the development...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is encouraging parents of Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) students who have not been registered, to make applications for their children's birth certificates by October 29. This comes in the wake of a statement released by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture today (October 13), advising that no student would be allowed to sit...