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The Ministry of Industry and Tourism has set aside a $10 million grant to assist with funding of the Tourism for Prosperity Entrepreneurship Drive, which is aimed at encouraging more Jamaicans to take advantage of the business opportunities within the sector. State Minister in the Ministry, Dr. Wykeham McNeill, made the announcement at the launch recently, at the offices of...

Fifty computers were recently donated to Jamaican schools by the Virginia Jamaica Education Exchange Foundation (VJEEF). With this donation, more than 400 computers have been distributed to schools in rural Jamaican communities by that organization since the launch of its computer programme in Clarendon, in October 2000. Some 3,000 Jamaican students are expected to benefit from the programme, designed to...

Their school, situated in Western Kingston has been called "the oasis of the West", and for two weeks, 22 students from St. Peter Claver Primary School brought a little of that oasis to Canada, providing Canadians and Jamaicans alike with a little taste of the inimitable culture of Jamaica. The 15 boys and seven girls, who make up the award-winning...

Prime Minister P. J. Patterson will sign bid documents for the 2007 World Cup Cricket matches tomorrow (Monday, May 3). The signing will take place in the Prime Minister's Conference Room, Office of the Prime Minister, at 9:30 a.m. At a Jamaica House press conference on April 22, the Prime Minister disclosed that Sabina Park and a proposed site at...

As Jamaica joins other countries around the globe in celebrating World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman says the country can be proud of its record of press freedom, stating that citizens continue to enjoy a media that is free to express critical views without any significant restrictions. This is in direct opposition to what...

Prime Minister P. J. Patterson will sign bid documents for the 2007 World Cup Cricket matches tomorrow (Monday, May 3). The signing will take place in the Prime Minister's Conference Room, Office of the Prime Minister, at 9:30 a.m. At a Jamaica House press conference on April 22, the Prime Minister disclosed that Sabina Park and a proposed site at...

As Jamaica joins other countries around the globe in celebrating World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman says the country can be proud of its record of press freedom, stating that citizens continue to enjoy a media that is free to express critical views without any significant restrictions. This is in direct opposition to what...

Some 20 Labour Day projects have already been registered in St. Ann, as the Labour Day Parish Committee plans for the activities on Monday, May 24, under the theme: 'Road Safety First: Avoid the Worst'. The events include, a public education programme at the St. Ann's Bay car park; bushing and cleaning road signs; erecting road signs; repairing and constructing...

The fourth annual African American-Caribbean Heritage Festival will be celebrated throughout the month of May in Miami. This festival is spearheaded by the communities of Liberty City and Brownsville, which comprise largely African-Americans, immigrants from Bahamas, Haiti and Jamaica and other Caribbean islands. In an effort to bridge the cultural gap among the various ethnic groups, several activities have been...

Chairman of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo.), Audrey Marks-Dunstan, has encouraged players in the industry to work hard to improve the local product, particularly those doing business along the country's unspoilt south coast. "On the drive down here to St. Elizabeth, I could not help but reflect on the natural wealth that we as a people possess. I saw...

Some 20 Labour Day projects have already been registered in St. Ann, as the Labour Day Parish Committee plans for the activities on Monday, May 24, under the theme: 'Road Safety First: Avoid the Worst'. The events include, a public education programme at the St. Ann's Bay car park; bushing and cleaning road signs; erecting road signs; repairing and constructing...

The fourth annual African American-Caribbean Heritage Festival will be celebrated throughout the month of May in Miami. This festival is spearheaded by the communities of Liberty City and Brownsville, which comprise largely African-Americans, immigrants from Bahamas, Haiti and Jamaica and other Caribbean islands. In an effort to bridge the cultural gap among the various ethnic groups, several activities have been...