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A new National (Independent) Investigative Authority is to be established to address abuses of human rights and other injustices meted out to Jamaicans at the hands of the security forces. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, who made the announcement during his contribution to the 2004/05 Budget Debate in Gordon House today, explained that the body would operate independently of the Jamaica...

The governing Council of The University of the West Indies (UWI) has approved a proposal from the Rhodes Trust to establish in the Caribbean, the Rex Nettleford Prize in Cultural Studies, on a permanent basis, tenable at the UWI. The Prize was proposed by the Rhodes Trustees as an appropriate way to mark the centenary of the Rhodes Scholarships in...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has said that withdrawing from the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), which is set for full implementation in 2005 will not correct Jamaica's trade deficit."The trade balance will not be corrected by staying out of the CSME. Were that to be the case, Jamaica would have to stay out of all groupings with which it...

Directors of the newly formed Portmore Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI) were appointed recently (April 24) at an official launch and dinner held at shop 34 in the Portmore Pines Plaza. President of the PCCI is Executive Marketing Manager of Caymanas Track Limited, Millicent Lynch while the First Vice President is the General Manager of Mount Royal Homes, Ransford...

Education stakeholders have agreed to a shared national vision for education in Jamaica, which will not only transform the learning process but result in education being the driver of growth and sustainable development. This shared vision, which was reached after a series of islandwide consultations and presented by Education, Youth and Culture Minister, Maxine Henry Wilson at a meeting held...

Ground was broken on Thursday (April 22) at the Dalvey Primary School in St. Thomas for the construction of a new sanitary facility to provide toilets and wash basins for over 200 children. The project is to be managed by the executive of the Dalvey Community Development Association, the principal of the school and the school Board. Construction work on...

Four high schools in St. Catherine were presented with cheques totalling $100,000 by the St. Catherine Cooperative Credit Union to assist students participating in the Penn Relays in the United States. The presentation was made on Wednesday (April 21) at a Cocktail function held by the St. Catherine Cooperative Credit Union at its Portmore Pines office in Greater Portmore. The...

Leader of the Opposition, Edward Seaga is proposing that the Government adopt a fixed exchange rate macro-economic policy to stabilise the economy, which he claims will have a domino effect of low interest rates and low inflation. The Opposition Leader made the proposal on Thursday (April 22) while making his contribution to the 2004/05 Budget Debate at Gordon House. In...

A new album, 'Two Culture Clash', which combines the best of Jamaican music ranging from dance hall to classic reggae sounds with electronic dance music that is popular in clubs across the world, was launched recently in London at the Jamaican High Commission. The album pairs some of Jamaica's top musicians, vocalists and Dancehall stars with top electronic music producers...

Although there is good reason to be upbeat about Jamaica's tourism performance, the country cannot afford to become complacent and should, at this point in the industry's development, build on the extraordinary strength of "brand Jamaica" and the appeal of the island's culture in satisfying the demands of the modern traveller. Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba made this...

The Ministry of Industry and Tourism will be meeting with the private sector, other ministries and agencies, and labour organizations, to explore areas of social and infrastructural improvement and assistance to persons who are employed in hotels, attractions and other tourism enterprises. In her budget presentation in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (April 21), Minister of Industry and Tourism,...

Legislation is well advanced to establish the legal framework for the charging and use of the tourism enhancement fee and the establishment of an interim advisory committee, which will ultimately become a Board of Directors for the Tourism Enhancement Fund, which will manage the implementation of the Tourism Master Plan. Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba divulged this on...