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Government has spent an estimated $12.4 million on its public education programme so far, focusing on water safety, food safety and mosquito control to prevent any outbreak of diseases, as the country continues to recover from Hurricane Ivan, which hit the island four weeks ago. In a statement to the House of Representatives yesterday (October 5), Minister of Health, John...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has again extended its deadline for assessing the hurricane damage across the island from the original deadline of September 30 to October 10. Director of Social Security in the Ministry, Faith Innerarity, told JIS News that the extension of the deadline was necessary as there were still more assessments to be undertaken. Mrs....

On Saturday, October 9, 200 young volunteers will participate in a 'Volunteer and Share' youth programme, with the objective of cleaning up the Negril area, following the passage of Hurricane Ivan. The project is a collaborative effort of the Office of National Reconstruction (ONR), the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force, the National Youth Service (NYS), and the Negril Chamber of Commerce....

Montego Bay, JAMAICA Local and international organizers are pleased at the turnout of the 336 delegates who are now in Jamaica for the Partnership Roles and Opportunities for Investors in Tourism (PROFIT) partnership meeting in Montego Bay which is now on at the Ritz Carlton Golf and Spa Resort in Rose Hall, Montego Bay. In the opening ceremony on Tuesday...

Wednesday, October 6 Montego Bay British High Commissioner in Jamaica, Peter Mathers says, "Jamaica is dealing with its crime issues." He was speaking at the Opening ceremony for the Partnership Roles and Opportunities for Investors in Tourism (PROFIT) meeting at the Ritz Carlton in Montego Bay on Tuesday. Addressing the over 300 delegates who are primarily investors, financiers and project...

"The Caribbean Hotel Association has led an aggressive and fairly successful advocacy programme in Europe which has been designed to foster awareness about the importance of the tourism industry to the economic and social well being of the Caribbean and its people," says the 1st Vice President of the Caribbean Hotel Association, Peter Odle. Mr. Odle was speaking at the...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has stated that no decision has been taken to return the approximately 281 Haitian refugees now in the island, who did not meet the criteria for asylum following a review of their application by the Eligibility Committee. Mr. Patterson said the Haitians have a right of appeal as stipulated under the United Nations Convention relating to...

A Bill was passed in the House of Representatives yesterday (October 5), to validate and confirm acts done in good faith by the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) in enforcing the provisions of the Banking Regulations of 1973, for the period December 31, 1992 to November 4, 2003. This is notwithstanding the repeal of the Banking Act of 1960, under which...

The House of Representatives has passed a Bill, which seeks to amend the Medical Act by stipulating that requirements of continued medical education be satisfied prior to the issuance of a practising certificate, and to increase membership of the Medical Council to 15 persons. The amendments will also provide that the number of non-medical persons on the Council be increased...

The book, 'In My Father's Shade', which looks at the life of Jamaica's former Prime Minister, Michael Manley through the eyes of his daughter, Rachel, had its London launch at the Jamaican High Commission on October 5. In describing the book as a portrait of "one man's enormous heart and his determination to change the world and the story of...

Canadian delegates who attended the Jamaica Diaspora Conference earlier this year, are planning to launch Jamaican Diaspora Canada in November. This was revealed by Philip Mascoll at the annual fund-raising Dinner/Dance of the Jamaica Foundation (Hamilton), held recently at the Ukranian Church of the Resurrection in the city of Hamilton, Canada. Mr. Mascoll, one of over 350 delegates who attended...

The Jamaica/USA Chamber of Commerce in South Florida will be among participants at the annual conference and trade expo of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, to be held from October 8 to 10 at the Montego Freeport. Dubbed 'Expo 2004 - The Trade Fair of the Caribbean', the event is geared towards the development of trade relations in a...