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The RISE Life Management Services has, for the past 22 years, been changing the lives of Jamaicans for the better, through its skills and education programmes. Formerly Addiction Alert, RISE Life (Reaching Individuals through Skills and Education) is a non-governmental organization, which seeks to improve the lives of at-risk youth and their families, by providing a variety of mediation and...

Jamaica’s education system will be assessed at a symposium scheduled to take place on Thursday, July 19, at the Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies, University of Technology  (UTech),  beginning at  10:00 a.m. Being held under the theme: 'Jamaica's Education System:  a Degenerative or Progressive Legacy’, the symposium is one of a number of commemorative events being staged by UTech...

Prime Minister Simpson Miller said that Jamaica was more than a name and a brand, but was about people, when she called on the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) to proceed with plans to advance services at the Spanish Town Hospital. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Queen Sofia of Spain Women's Centre at the Spanish Town Hospital,...

Jamaica has, undoubtedly, evolved into an acknowledged global athletic superpower over the last 50 years, since the nation gained political independence from Britain in 1962. The outstanding and dominant performances of Jamaica's athletes, particularly  on the track, have served to catapult the nation to the dizzying heights of the top echelon of sports, where it continues to hold its own...

Members of Levy's Heritage, the group which won the recent Jamaica Festival Gospel  Song competition, said they are "elated, ecstatic, humbled and blessed," to have their song chosen for  2012. Organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), the  contest was won by Ovando Levy, Oneil Levy and Oshin Levy, who performed the winning entry, 'One Touch', at the National...

LONDON - The Service of Praise and Thanksgiving to be held in London in observance of  the country's 50th anniversary of independence, has received special congratulatory messages from a range of religious leaders in the United Kingdom and Jamaica, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams. To be held at the historic Methodist Central Hall, in  Westminster, London  on...

Jamaica's education system will be assessed at a symposium scheduled to take place on Thursday, July 19, at the Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies, University of Technology  (UTech),  beginning at  10:00 a.m. Being held under the theme: 'Jamaica's Education System:  a Degenerative or Progressive Legacy', the symposium is one of a number of commemorative events being staged by UTech...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says the government is working assiduously to complete amendments to the Copyright  Act. He said this will result in Jamaica being compliant with its Treaty obligations, having signed the World Intellectual Property Organisation's (WIPO) Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performance and Phonograms Treaty. "These treaties are commonly known as the Internet...

Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, said it is time for a review of the roles and functions of the General Legal Council. "The time has come for a further review. The Bar has put forward suggestions, the General Legal Council has views on those suggestions and that will become something that we move to deal with in...

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) has launched its cutting edge 'e-JIPO' digitisation programme for the conversion of some 30,000 files to digital format, making them available online to clients locally and overseas. The project will be executed in four phases over a three-year period at a projected cost of $8 million. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony...

As several developments continue apace in the parish of Trelawny, the redevelopment plan for the town of Falmouth is to be completed and gazetted by the end of 2012. According to Director of Surveying, Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Shardon Haye, a draft plan is in place and is being reviewed by the UDC, and that process should be finished by...

Inspector of Police for Trelwany, Lorna Henderson, is calling for a change of attitude by residents in the parish towards sex crimes, especially carnal abuse. Inspector Henderson, who has been in the parish for six months now, said she is concerned about the number of sexual offences being committed, especially against children under 16 years old, and the attitude of...