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The police will be putting 16 new sport utility vehicles (SUVs) into service across seven divisions in resort areas, immediately, following the handing over of the units by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) to the Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, at his Old Hope Road offices, on May 7. The Suzuki vehicles, which were purchased at a total cost of...

Health Minister, Hon Dr. Fenton Ferguson, said the government is "profoundly concerned" about the devastating impact of smoking and the fact that more teenagers are abusing tobacco.  “It is with alarm that I have observed that the 13 to 15 age cohort is the group being seduced into the practice of tobacco use and the products are becoming more and...

Participants in the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) Annual Business & Workplace Convention, which concluded Sunday May 6, are lauding the organisers on the staging of a spectacular event, which they say, will better enable them to contribute to the development of their entities. The four-day convention, which targeted  chief executive officers (CEOs), general managers, human resource managers and other operators...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is calling on employers to develop new ways to improve productivity and achieve harmony in the workplace. He said if management and labour work harder to attain greater levels of industrial harmony much more social stability and economic development can be achieved.   “I believe this is an attainable goal, but...

A national exposition and career fair, which will focus on the empowerment of women, will be held at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston this weekend. The two-day event, from May 5 to 6, is being organised by the Bureau of Women’s Affairs (BWA) in collaboration with the Dispute Resolution Foundation, with support from the United Nations Entity for...

Attorney-at-law and Chief Executive Officer of Pulse Investments Limited, Kingsley Cooper, has been appointed chairman of the revamped Entertainment Advisory Board (EAB). This was disclosed by Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (May 3), during a press briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices. He informed that the 17-member entity will convene its first meeting within the...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeil, is forecasting a two per cent increase in tourist arrivals for the upcoming summer tourist season. Still relishing the 19.9 per cent growth recorded for the 2011/2012 winter tourist season, over the similar period for 2010/2011, the Tourism Minister told journalists on May 3 that “we expect that this trend will...

The cleaning of the Lucea cemetery is the parish project for Hanover for Labour Day 2012 on May 23. The project was chosen at a multi-sectoral meeting held in the parish council chambers on May 2, which was chaired jointly by council chairman and Mayor of Lucea, Shernett Haughton, and Custos of the parish, Dr. David Stair. The representatives at...

Senator Lambert Brown is urging the Government to develop an address database of all drivers’ licence holders as a means of easily locating traffic violators. The move, he said, will ensure that traffic offenders pay their fines and reduce the levels of delinquency within the system. “I believe that in the future, what we need to be doing is seeking...

The Government of Jamaica is looking to implement an appropriate social media policy to more effectively engage ordinary Jamaicans in decision making. Minister with Responsibility for Information in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Sandrea Falconer, made the revelation as she addressed a special breakfast in observance of World Press Freedom Day held Thursday May 3 at the Courtleigh...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, is calling on society, especially corporate Jamaica, to play a greater role in protecting the environment. He said that while the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) bears principal responsibility, environmental stewardship is the corporate and individual imperative of all Jamaicans. The Minister was speaking on May 6, at...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, said that two studies will be undertaken to determine the state’s ability to adequately fund quality healthcare across the system. Speaking at a press conference at his downtown Kingston offices on May 4, the Health Minister said that while the administration is strongly committed to the no user fees policy at the primary level,...