More

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips has said that several police stations are slated for rehabilitation in this fiscal year. The Falmouth Police Station in Trelawny is one of the many stations singled out by the Minister for attention. He said a new station would be constructed to replace the dilapidated building. "We expect that in the course of...

Efforts to enhance the country's cruise shipping industry received a boost yesterday (April 6), when the M/S Caribbean Princess docked in Montego Bay with some 3,082 passengers. The new 3,450 capacity cruise ship, which was built at a cost of approximately US$680 million, sailed into Montego Bay after a four-year break and is scheduled to make some 16 more calls...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has stated that as Jamaica continues to build a participatory democracy, what has been achieved through efforts to reduce political tribalism can be regarded as some of the most important steps in the process. The Prime Minister who was speaking in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday (Apr. 6), noted that included in the process was the creation...

Children, because of their size, age and inexperience, are the most vulnerable of pedestrian road users and as such they are the special focus of the Road Safety Unit (RSU), says Paul Clemetson, Director of the Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Works. "One-third of all road fatalities are pedestrians and 33 1/3 per cent of these deaths are...

At a time when many persons are expressing concern that there are too few positive role models in society, scores of adolescents in the Corporate Area have found a staunch advocate in Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU). The voluntary organization, founded in 1991 by Social Worker, Betty Ann Blaine, provides a supervised mentoring programme and other positive interventions for in-school adolescents,...

Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) extension officers in St. Thomas are being trained to conduct mini surveys in the parish to ascertain whether the Moko disease is present. Moko is a dangerous disease that affects mainly bananas and plantains. It is caused by the Ralstonia bacterium. Speaking at a recent Moko awareness seminar held at the Village Green Restaurant in...

Lovers of kite flying in St. Ann and neighbouring parishes are invited to the St. Ann Kite Festival and Family Fun Day, to be held at the Seville Heritage Park, St. Ann's Bay, on Easter Monday, April 12.On display will be different types of kites, including the box kite, the boat kite, the traditional 50-cent shaped kite, as well as...

The Ministry of Health continues to place emphasis on the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with a $40.1 million allocation to the Enhanced Caribbean Response to HIV/AIDS Project. This is set out in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), specifically responds to the epidemic by establishing...

The Tourism Product Development and Services programme has been allocated $87.5 million in the 2004/05 Estimates of expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of this amount, $40 million will go to the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) for training, beautification projects, maintenance of properties, visitor information programme (anti-harassment) and sustainable environmental and tourism projects. The Jamaica Reservation Services (JRS),...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has stated that as Jamaica continues to build a participatory democracy, what has been achieved through efforts to reduce political tribalism can be regarded as some of the most important steps in the process. The Prime Minister who was speaking in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday (Apr. 6), noted that included in the process was the creation...

Children, because of their size, age and inexperience, are the most vulnerable of pedestrian road users and as such they are the special focus of the Road Safety Unit (RSU), says Paul Clemetson, Director of the Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Works. "One-third of all road fatalities are pedestrians and 33 1/3 per cent of these deaths are...

At a time when many persons are expressing concern that there are too few positive role models in society, scores of adolescents in the Corporate Area have found a staunch advocate in Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU). The voluntary organization, founded in 1991 by Social Worker, Betty Ann Blaine, provides a supervised mentoring programme and other positive interventions for in-school adolescents,...