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Scores of residents and other well-wishers from a number of parishes, turned out recently to witness the official opening and handing over ceremony of a new block of classrooms and computer laboratory at the Sandy Bank Primary School, which is situated in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth. The new block has been dubbed the "Cobb Building" in recognition of the tangible...

The Senate yesterday (Feb. 20) gave its full support to the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between government and the trade unions representing public sector workers. Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator A.J Nicholson who opened the floor on a motion for adjournment, stated, "through the march of history and in particular, Jamaica's modern history, stretching back to...

A recent trace study conducted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has revealed that approximately 60 per cent of youth who participate in programmes that the National Youth Service (NYS) operates either go on to being employed on a full-time basis or pursue higher learning in tertiary institutions. In an interview with JIS News, Executive Director of NYS, Reverend Adinhair...

Government is committed to the access to information initiative and is going all out to ensure that the public is fully informed about the opportunities at their disposal and the procedures involved in accessing official government documents. Information Minister Senator Burchell Whiteman, who addressed scores of students at an Access to Information/Values and Attitudes forum at the University of the...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Senator Noel Monteith has expressed confidence that the Jamaica Teachers' Association will eventually lend its support to the recently signed historical Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) between the government and trade unions representing the public sector. "As a past president of the JTA, I understand their methods of doing things and...

An agreement setting out guidelines for the recruitment of teachers within the Commonwealth could be ready by September. According to a release from the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, the Commonwealth Working Group on Teacher Recruitment is expected to submit a draft agreement on teacher recruitment to Commonwealth education ministers by April 2004 and a Ministerial Group is expected to finalize...

The 26 members of the Jamaica Society Leeds will be vacationing on the island in mid-March, and for one member of the group, it will be a very special visit to the homeland he has not seen since he was 18 years old. Marcus Mitchell's strong Jamaican accent belies the fact that he has not visited his homeland for some...

More than 40 persons from White House and adjoining communities in Westmoreland, were presented with certificates on February 19, for successfully completing a two-week training course in 'Community Tourism and Environmental Awareness'. The course was staged by the Negril Chamber of Commerce, in association with the Social Development Commission (SDC) and the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), and forms part of...

Several initiatives are being undertaken by the fisheries division of the Ministry of Agriculture which will see positive changes for the over 70,000 Jamaicans who depend on the industry for their economic survival. Agriculture Minister, Roger Clarke said that in order to stem the exploitation of the island's offshore fishery by fishermen from other countries, an alliance had been formed...

Jamaica's Consul General to Toronto, Vivia Betton has praised Ambassador of Culture, Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), for her "titanic and enormous contribution" to Jamaica. "Miss Lou started the movement for a people to communicate to others in their native tongue. She made it fashionable, respectable and acceptable. She gave our patois potency, so that thousands of ordinary Jamaicans could feel...

The National Youth Service (NYS) is now placing greater emphasis on its management, having successfully assisted many young persons to access jobs as well as encouraging them to pursue further studies. Speaking with JIS News, Executive Director of the NYS, Reverend Adinhair Jones explained that the NYS would soon adopt a four-pronged approach that would seek to make the youth...

The Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC) will be offering several young music hopefuls a chance to turn their dreams into reality on Saturday, February 21. Through the Building Youth for National Development (BYOND) Music Programme, the JBDC will host yet another audition for young persons aged 17to 29, at its office at 14 Camp Road. Launched in 2002, the programme,...