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With Jamaica considered the preferred Caribbean destination by tourists and cruise passengers, and the many infrastructural developments taking place at the country's airports and shipping ports, tourism is on the right track and is poised for greater economic gains. This view was expressed by Western Chairman of the Shipping Association of Jamaica, Lee Bailey, as he spoke with JIS News...

Jamaica's best-kept secret is over 40 years old and research is the hallmark and mainstay of its existence. Since its establishment in 1960, The Scientific Research Council (SRC), has made good on its mandate to "collect, collate and review information concerning scientific research schemes or programmes relevant to the development of the resources of Jamaica (and) to establish and maintain...

Some 300,000 students at the primary level islandwide from grades one to five will receive free mathematics textbooks as a result of a joint initiative between the private sector and government for the 2004/05 September school term. The programme, 'I Promise to Lend Encouragement to Develop Growth in Education' (PLEDGE), is a collaborative effort with Grace, Kennedy Remittance Services, Western...

With Jamaica considered the preferred Caribbean destination by tourists and cruise passengers, and the many infrastructural developments taking place at the country's airports and shipping ports, tourism is on the right track and is poised for greater economic gains. This view was expressed by Western Chairman of the Shipping Association of Jamaica, Lee Bailey, as he spoke with JIS News...

Jamaica's best-kept secret is over 40 years old and research is the hallmark and mainstay of its existence. Since its establishment in 1960, The Scientific Research Council (SRC), has made good on its mandate to "collect, collate and review information concerning scientific research schemes or programmes relevant to the development of the resources of Jamaica (and) to establish and maintain...

Statistics from the National HIV/STI Control Programme indicate that pregnant women represent approximately 1.6 to 2 per cent of the total number of persons infected with HIV/AIDS in Jamaica and the disease is the leading cause of death in children age one to four years. Minister of Health John Junor, who divulged this information at the official opening of the...

Industry and Tourism Minister, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba has said that horticulture has tremendous potential for diversifying Jamaica's tourism product and offers splendid opportunities for earning more foreign exchange through exports. Speaking at the Jamaica Horticultural Society's Annual Flower Show recently at Hope Gardens, the Minister noted that Jamaican gardens have tremendous potential to become very profitable enterprises in the near future....

Minister of Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, has called for the forging of strategic alliances between sectors and nations of the Caribbean, with the hope of creating powerful synergies for the growth and development of national and regional economies. Emphasising that the region could no longer be dependent on traditional crop exports such as sugar and bananas for economic prosperity, she cited...

Industry and Tourism Minister, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba has said that horticulture has tremendous potential for diversifying Jamaica's tourism product and offers splendid opportunities for earning more foreign exchange through exports. Speaking at the Jamaica Horticultural Society's Annual Flower Show recently at Hope Gardens, the Minister noted that Jamaican gardens have tremendous potential to become very profitable enterprises in the near future....

Minister of Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, has called for the forging of strategic alliances between sectors and nations of the Caribbean, with the hope of creating powerful synergies for the growth and development of national and regional economies. Emphasising that the region could no longer be dependent on traditional crop exports such as sugar and bananas for economic prosperity, she cited...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson has implored educators, parents and communities as a whole to be cognisant of the way in which they were influencing the lives of children and to seek to make a positive impact. She was speaking at the 34th anniversary founder's day ceremony of the Dental Auxiliary School on Arthur Wint Drive on...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson has implored educators, parents and communities as a whole to be cognisant of the way in which they were influencing the lives of children and to seek to make a positive impact. She was speaking at the 34th anniversary founder's day ceremony of the Dental Auxiliary School on Arthur Wint Drive on...