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The National Water Commission (NWC) says although the recent 26.36 per cent tariff increase approved by the Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR) falls short of expectation, it will help the NWC meet its target of providing a more efficient and reliable service while becoming a viable entity. Charles Buchanan, Public Relations Manager of the NWC, in addressing a recent JIS...

Brandon Foster-Dublin, a nine-year-old student at Bartle Elementary School in the United States and second generation Jamaican, took the Platinum Medallion in the poetry category of the New Jersey Orators Statewide Oratory Competition last month, at the Sampson G. Smith Middle School in Somerset. Dublin who performed his favourite poem Song of the Blue Mountain Stream by Jamaican poet Reginald...

The Government is moving to sell its shares in RJR to members of the public through the Jamaica Stock Exchange. It is expected to pull in some $120 million for the shares when sold. Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman made the disclosure on Monday (Jan. 26) at the weekly post-Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica house. The Information Minister said...

The Ocho Rios branch of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) recently launched an essay competition, under the theme: "The effect of parents on the self-esteem of children", at the Bamboo Primary and Junior High School in St. Ann. Speaking at the event, JIS Senior Information Officer, Irene Rose, noted that the activity formed part of the overall mandate of the...

The Portmore Municipal Council will be instituting an enforcement drive to cut down on littering and the illegal erection of buildings in the community. Mayor of Portmore George Lee said the municipality hoped to launch the initiative in March as by that time, adequate staffing should be in place and the municipality would have taken over the full management of...

A sum of 350 Pounds sterling (J$37,500) has been donated to help fund the treatment for young Jamaican cancer patient, 10 year-old Yanique Edwards. The money has been realised from the fund-raising efforts of the Burton Caribbean Association in Burton Upon Trent and from Jamaican teacher, Marie Williams who collected funds from colleagues at the Joseph Lancaster Primary School in...

In a bid to further reduce crime in the country, the National Consultative Committee on Crime and Violence, held a two-day retreat to review its work and hammer out a work plan for 2004. The retreat, which was held January 22 and 23 at Strawberry Hill Hotel, St. Andrew, had participation from several Ministries and representatives from civil society. Minister...

Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator A.J Nicholson, responding to concerns from Opposition Senators about inequities in fines applied to remittance agencies for breach of regulations, has promised to "immediately" look into the issue. The Attorney General was contributing to debate in the Senate yesterday (Jan. 23), on amendments to the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Act, to allow for...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) is stepping up efforts to resolve some of the worrying concerns of Jamaicans overseas and to strengthen linkages among Jamaicans in the Diaspora. Plans are well advanced for a major conference to be held in June that will target influential Jamaicans residing mainly in the United Kingdom (UK), the United States...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) Senator Norman Grant, yesterday (Jan. 23) informed the Senate that the People's Cooperative (PC) Banks had taken a decision to merge its operations into one national bank.The announcement came during a debate on a Bill to amend the Agricultural Credit Board Act in order to remove the grant and loan-making functions from that...

A national consultation is to take place at the Jamaica Conference Centre on February 3 to review a report on the activities of civil society groups and their impact on sustainable development goals. More than 200 persons from community-based groups and non-governmental organizations, including members of the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) Civil Society Advisory Committee and representatives of international lending...

Family and friends of labour organiser Westley Bartley, filled the Anglican Church of the Nativity in Toronto, Canada on Saturday, January 17 to pay their final respects to a man many described as a giant in Jamaica's political and trade union life. Mr. Bartlett, who was affectionately known as 'Jomo Kenyatta', died on January 6 at the age of 69....