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Some 2,000 residents in the New Roads community of Westmoreland have welcomed the rehabilitation of a catchment tank that will ease the daily challenge they have faced over the years in securing potable water. The tank, which is located in the deep rural section of the parish where there is a heavy dependence on rain water, was rehabilitated at a...

Jamaica will host the Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), beginning Tuesday, July 2, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. The Caribbean preparatory meeting is one of three regional meetings which will be held this year as groundwork for the SIDS conference in Samoa next year and will last from...

The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica’s (BCJ) recent digital media literacy presentation at Mona High School, St. Andrew, has been hailed as a major success by several students who participated. Representatives of the Commission, led by Executive Director, Cordel Green, delivered wide ranging presentations on several topics during sessions held with Grade 10 and 11 students and their teachers. These included:...

Distinguished, pioneering, passionate, and committed, are a few of the outstanding traits exhibited by recipient of the Management Institute of National Development’s (MIND) inaugural Public Life Award for Leadership Excellence, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Scarlette Gillings. The award, which was presented to her during the recent staging of MIND’s annual Leadership Development Conference, recognizes innovations in governance...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Arun Kashyap, is suggesting an analysis of the potential ecomonic benfits to be derived from the country’s forests. Dr. Kashyap, who is also the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator to Jamaica, notes that the economic potential of forests are often not recognized by countries blessed with these resources. In noting...

  Today’s Special Cabinet Meeting on the 2013/14 Budget focused attention on the issues relating to the Growth Agenda, beginning with the administrative and legislative reforms to enhance business facilitation.  The meeting also received reports on developments in Public Sector transformation, initiatives in the Energy sector, including results of conservation measures, and projects geared at reducing the country's vulnerability to...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, says he will continue to advocate Jamaica’s position for the rethinking of the treatment of middle income countries, in the international fora. Under proposed reforms, middle income countries face the dilemma of being classified out of access to development financing. Speaking during the State of the Nation Debate...

Members of the Accompong community in St. Elizabeth have expressed gratitude for the new basic school that was handed over recently. "We are thankful to all those persons who gave willingly to make this a reality. I am overwhelmed. The parents and the community will protect the school,” said Principal of the school, Daynia Miles, at the handing over ceremony....

Jamaicans have been urged to conserve water, in light of the drought conditions currently being experienced throughout the island. This call came from Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, as he addressed the opening of the Ministry’s two-day exposition, held on the lawns of Devon House, St. Andrew, on March 22. “It is incumbent on...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will be hosting a gospel concert on Holy Thursday, March 28. Entitled ‘Gospel on the Waterfront’, the concert will be held on Ocean Boulevard in downtown Kingston. The concert, which is free to the public, is expected to begin at 5:30 p.m. Patrons are being encouraged to wear a touch of white, symbolising...

Three members of the legal fraternity have been designated as Queen’s Counsel (QC). They are: President of the Jamaican Bar Association, Ian G. Wilkinson; Denise E. Kitson; and Michael M. Shelton. The appointments were made by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, on the recommendation of Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller. The appointments took...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan, has expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of road works being undertaken across sections of Westmoreland at a cost of over $1.5 billion. “So far, we are satisfied that the majority of the projects being carried out will be completed within time, as we are...