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Consultant on Justice Reform in the Ministry of Justice, Canute Brown, has suggested a review of the manner in which jurors were selected to serve on the jury panel of a coroner's court. He has also advocated for teachers, ministers of religion and tertiary level students, to be included in the list of persons eligible to serve jury duty at...

In observation of World Food Day, Thursday, October 16, the Ministry of Land and Environment and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), will donate tinned food items to the Best Care Children's Home. The presentation will take place on that day at the home, located at 11 Trevennion Road, in the Cross Roads area, at 10:00 a.m. In an...

The Government is to file papers in the Supreme Court within 14 days, to challenge the $12 billion arbitration award to the National Transport Co-operative Society (NTCS), led by Ezroy Millwood. At a post-Cabinet press briefing on Monday (Oct. 13), Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman said Cabinet had accepted the recommendations of a Sub-Committee, to seek to set aside...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), is imploring Governments around the world to create policies and fund programmes that will help people overcome hunger and poverty. Gladstone Barrett, assistant FAO local representative, said the call was in keeping with commitments made at the 1996 World Food Summit, where Governments agreed that by 2015, they would cut by half, the more...

Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Milton Brown, has outlined plans to improve the infrastructure in the parish of Clarendon at a press conference held recently at the Parish Council Chamber in May Pen. The Mayor highlighted what he described as priority areas, including repairs and upgrading of the May Pen market, establishing parks and green spaces, erecting street signs, establishing...

The Fire and Safety Committee of the Clarendon Parish Council is to spearhead the establishment of a voluntary police organisation, which is to assist the Clarendon Police in their crime fighting efforts. This announcement was made recently by Councillor Trevor Morris at a press conference called by the Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Milton Brown at the Parish Council chambers....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Errol Ennis, has said that the government was committed to empowering farmers to produce more, and to do so efficiently, so that farming could become more profitable and consumers could purchase their produce at competitive prices. "It is a cycle of progress. If you increase your production and lower your costs, you...

Pastor of the Mount Carey Circuit of Baptist Churches in St. James, Rev. Dr. George Simpson, will be among several distinguished Jamaicans to receive the prestigious Order of Distinction (OD), Officer Class, at King's House on National Heroes Day (October 20). Rev. Simpson has, over the years, distinguished himself as a true public servant, dedicating himself to service through the...

Reggae artistes Freddie McGregor and Hopeton Lewis as well as the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC), are the Jamaica acts slated to perform in the 2003/04 season of the Caribbean Celebration Series, which opened on October 12 at the Brooklyn Centre for the Performing Arts in New York. In an interview with JIS News, Rhea Smith, Brooklyn Centre's Marketing Manager,...

The newly installed bridge linking the community of Fort George and other districts in St. Mary was officially opened on Friday (Oct. 10), by Transport and Works Minister, Robert Pickersgill at a ceremony in Fort George. The bridge, which was constructed at a cost of $29.5 million, replaces the original structure, which was destroyed by flood rains in 2001. Construction...

The prime minister of Jamaica called for dignity for people of African descent worldwide and on U.S. citizens to respect the international community while fighting the war on terror. P.J. Patterson made his comments Saturday after signing copies of his book, A Jamaican Voice in Caribbean and World Affairs, at the African-AmericanResearch Library on Northwest 27th Avenue, just outside of...

Young people in St. Mary and St. Ann will be exposed to employment opportunities as well as self-development skills, when the National Youth Service (NYS) takes its Youth Opportunities Fairs to both parishes later this month. The fair in St. Mary is scheduled for October 17 at the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria, while on October 24, St. Hilda...