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Some 18 delegates from over 10-member countries of the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) are in Jamaica for a three-day Regional Staff Development Workshop. The workshop, organised for procedural clerks serving the region's parliaments, got underway Friday morning at the Four Seasons Hotel, St. Andrew, under the theme: ‘The Role of the Procedural Clerk...

It was a day of celebration and learning at the Our Lady of the Angels Preparatory School in St. Andrew on Friday, as the institution hosted its United Nations (UN)/Jamaica Day celebrations. The Molynes Road School was alive with excitement and energy, as the students and teachers showcased aspects of Jamaica’s cultural legacy, as well as the history and functions...

Students of the Half-Way-Tree Primary School, in Kingston, brought the curtains down on the Heritage Month outreach activities of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) on Monday, October 29, when they, along with their visitors from the Ocklynge Junior School in England, toured the agency. The students, who were also presented with heritage packages produced by the agency, were among hundreds...

Jamaica will join the international community on Thursday, November 8, in observing World Town Planning Day 2012, by hosting a one-day symposium at the Jamaica Conference Centre, in Kingston, under the theme: 'Climate Change Resilience and Smart Communities'. The symposium will feature a series of presentations on Planning; and display exhibits as well as inputs from several schools, including a...

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) will be facilitating a month long training programme for participants from 20 Caribbean countries on how to safeguard their Underwater Cultural Heritage from new and emerging threats. The programme, sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), will start on Monday, November 5, in Port Royal, Jamaica’s best known underwater archaeological...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, says despite the expected downturn in the sugar industry, due to the passage of Hurricane Sandy, stakeholders must rely less on importation and increase production as a means of saving the sector. “We ought to be thinking about producing sugar for the export market, and to satisfying local demand. The price we...

WASHINGTON — The Chicago Concerned Jamaicans (CCJ) has contributed just over US$700,000 towards education in Jamaica over the past 25 years, providing books, computers and scholarships, and improving libraries.  President of the CCJ President, Ms. Valerie Richards, made the disclosure in Chicago, Illinois, on October 27, at a gala affair celebrating the organisation's 25th anniversary and Jamaica’s Golden Jubilee, at...

The students and staff of Windward Road Primary and Junior High School in East Kingston gave a warm welcome to Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, when the Head of State paid a special visit to the institution on October 30. The school was the Governor General’s first stop in a tour of sections of Kingston...

WASHINGTON — Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency, Stephen C. Vasciannie, will deliver the keynote address at a forum entitled, ‘Who Owns the Caribbean Sea?', on November 8,  at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in Washington, D.C., commencing at  8:00 p.m. Like Us On Facebook The forum is organised by the Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS), the IDB and...

Preliminary work has started on the construction of a new bridge in the community of Kintyre, Eastern St. Andrew. It will replace the structure that was destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Sandy on October 24. State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Richard Azan, toured the area on Thursday, where work is underway on a detour road, in the...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott, says the disaster preparedness and emergency relief efforts undertaken prior and subsequent to the passage of Hurricane Sandy were demonstrative of the strong spirit of volunteerism that exists in Jamaica.     Speaking at the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) second Parish/Town Hall Meeting in May Pen, Clarendon on Wednesday (October 31), Mr....

Executive Director, Bureau of Women's Affairs, Faith Webster, says the Government has embarked on a process of gender mainstreaming, to ensure that gender is integrated into all policies, programmes and plans. Mrs. Webster noted that the Bureau has been charged with the responsibility to lead the process of gender mainstreaming in the public sector. “So, for the past two years...