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The housing project, being undertaken by the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) and Food for the Poor, has been temporarily adjusted to focus on those, who have lost their homes due to the passage of Hurricane Sandy. Like Us Facebook for More News and Information This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on Tuesday, during...

Seven schools and a number of small farmers that were hard hit by Hurricane Sandy will get assistance from Scotiabank to aid in their repair and recovery. Like Us Facebook for More News and Information The entity’s President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bruce Bowen, made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday November 7, at the bank's headquarters...

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), through its observance of National Drug Awareness Month 2012, is urging Jamaica’s youth to adopt healthy lifestyles and to reject influences of under-aged drinking and substance abuse. Themed: ‘Mek Wi Protect Wi Yutes from Substance Abuse’, the purpose of Drug Awareness Month is to encourage the public to participate in a national education...

Prime Minister The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has extended congratulations to President Barack Obama of the United States of America (USA), on his victory in the US Presidential Election and his appointment to a second term in the White House. Like Us on Facebook for More News and Information In a congratulatory message Prime Minister Simpson Miller said President...

Meal planning, budgeting and exercising creativity are essential steps that consumers should take in order to ‘eat right when money tight’. This is the advice from the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), as it continues its thrust to safeguard the rights and responsibilities of consumers. “The CAC deals with the monitoring of prices, complaints resolution, consumer education and outreach…so we deal...

The Government of Jamaica has responded to the call of residents and tourism stakeholders in Negril for increased measures to protect the area’s world famous beaches. Approximately 2,500 metres of the Negril shoreline is to be rehabilitated under Jamaica’s Adaptation Fund Programme launched last week in Kingston. The initiative, which is being implemented through approximately $902 million (US$9.965 million) in...

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Jamaica, Robert Fuderich, has charged researchers to spend more time analysing data on child-related issues in an effort to solve the many problems that continue to affect Caribbean children. The UNICEF Representative, who was addressing the opening ceremony of the 7th annual Caribbean Child Research Conference on Tuesday, at the Jamaica Conference Centre,...

Residents of communities in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, turned out in their numbers on Saturday (Nov. 3) to support the Lauriston-Thompson Pen 4-H Club’s fourth annual Stew and Jerk Festival. The event, held at Brooklyn Park in Thompson Pen, provided the opportunity for the club to showcase the uses of various agricultural produce and for patrons to partake of tasty...

The Government, on Tuesday received 1,000 bags of fertilizer from local manufacturer, Newport Fersan (Jamaica) Limited, in an effort to resuscitate the agricultural sector, following the passage of Hurricane Sandy. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, accepted the donation from the Newport Fersan’s Managing Director, Dennis Valdez at the company’s Wherry Wharf complex at Newport East, Kingston. In...

The Social Development Commission (SDC) will observe Community Development Month (November), under the theme: ‘Our Country… Our Community… Our Responsibility….' Public Relations Manager at the SDC, Afrika Thompson, informed that the aim of the observance is to increase the national volunteer database, and provide meaningful initiatives for communities to make positive contributions to national development. The celebration of the Month...

Minister of Education, Rev the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has called on regional educators to be unwavering in the task of delivering quality education that can transform the societies in which they live. He was addressing the opening of the Latin America and Caribbean Conference on the teaching profession earlier on November 6, at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in St....

For Jemima Miller Givans, the stipend earned from being a participant in the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), assisted her to complete her tertiary studies. “The programme has helped me to put more money together to help finish my final year at St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College," she informs JIS News. Like Us Facebook for More News and Information Ms. Miller...