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More than 100 delegates have registered so far to take part in the Regional Data Security Summit at the Hilton Kingston Hotel on March 17. The summit, titled 'Securing Enterprise Data in the Cyber World', seeks to deal with the issue of data security in order to establish a sound base for the development of electronic (e) commerce in the...

Dr. Graham Serjeant, Chairman of the Sickle Cell Trust and Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies, Mona, will receive the Humanitarian Award from the Sickle Cell/Thalassemia Patients Network (SCTPN) at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in New York on Saturday, March 27, 2004, for his work in sickle cell research. In an interview with JIS News, the former...

Dental auxiliaries have been praised for their high level of care to Jamaicans over the years. Consultant in the Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology, Fay Sylvester, said that the body of hygienists and nurses must be commended for the part they had played toward the enhancement of oral health, and by extension, general health care. Mrs. Sylvester was the...

The Consular Corps of Jamaica will host the International Trade Expo for a second consecutive year from October 10 to 12 later this year at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. The Trade Expo, which already has seen 15 countries indicating their willingness to be participants, seeks to achieve two main goals, developing international cooperation between Jamaican businesses and foreign...

Global warming, characterised by an increase in surface temperatures, will lead to changes in many aspects of the weather, including the amount and type of precipitation, and the frequency and severity of weather events. "We must prepare for this," says Jeffery Spooner, head of Climate Change at the Meteorological Service. He notes that not only will the increase in surface...

As assistance continues to pour in for the Haitian refugees in Jamaica, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has pledged US$50,000 to help with the local aid programme. Earlier this week, Minister of Information, Burchell Whiteman told journalists at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing that the government had spent more than $1.6 million to accommodate the Haitians. Commenting...

With the increasing number of risk factors facing the cyber world today, a regional summit on data security has been organised to assist top business executives, chief executive officers and senior managers to better understand the dangers that could wreak havoc in their business operations. The summit is scheduled to take place on March 17 at the Hilton Kingston Hotel...

One hundred and seventy nine basic schools across the island will benefit under the Jamaica Public Service Company's (JPSCo) nutritional support programme for early childhood institutions. The company sealed its commitment on Wednesday (March 10) when it handed over a cheque in the sum of $2.5 million to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture at the Knutsford Court Hotel...

New initiatives aimed at encouraging increased investments in the island by Jamaicans living in the United States (US), as well as American companies and private citizens, will be the focus of discussions this weekend in Washington by the Board of the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO). A non-profit organization, NAJASO is the umbrella entity in the US,...

The Poppy Appeal has been extended beyond the customary deadline of the end of the financial year, as this year's target has fallen short by almost 50 per cent. "In earlier years, we would seek to wrap up the drive at the end of the financial year, meaning the end of March, but we will have to continue our activities...

The government yesterday (March 9) granted a fourth mobile licence to Wireless Ventures Jamaica Limited, a subsidiary of the United States AT&T Wireless to provide telecommunication services in Jamaica. The spectrum licence was awarded at a cost of $360 million and will see a total of $1 billion being invested in its first 12 months of operation in the island....

Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill, has said that up to December of last year US$91.4 million was spent on the Highway 2000 project. Minister Pickersgill made the disclosure while responding to questions posed by Member of Parliament for Manchester Northern, Audley Shaw in the House of Representatives on March 9. He said that of the total, $35.8 million...