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The St. Ann's Bay Hospital in St. Ann is to receive a face-lift on Labour Day, Monday, May 25. This is one of four national projects that will receive special attention on that day. The others are located in Clarendon, St. James and St. Catherine. The hospital's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ian Jarrett, told JIS News that the focus on...

Georgina Harley-Smith, a talented British designer of Jamaican heritage, has been named among the top talents in the United Kingdom to watch for 2009, by Courvoisier The Future 500. Courvoisier The Future 500 is an exclusive network for rising stars across the UK. Being awarded a place within the network shows dedication and commitment to achieving success. A total of...

Parent Educator with the Rural Family Support Organisation (RUFAMSO), Hyacinth Pinnock, has called on Jamaica's children to demand that their rights to life and safety are protected at all times. She was addressing students of the Vere Technical High School in Clarendon, at a recent Jamalco Mentorship Programme meeting held on the school grounds. "That is a right that everybody...

The Internet, cyberspace, represents one of the greatest technological advancements of the 20th century and plays an important role in all aspects of life but most importantly communication, education, commerce and entertainment. It has radically changed global social interactions. Many of you have witnessed children sitting beside each other but communicating via texting, instant messaging or by e-mail. The larger...

As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, Courts Jamaica Limited has partnered with the Bustamante Hospital for Children to perform fifty (50) surgeries on children who need open heart surgery. Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer said that this partnership demonstrates the understanding of the needs in the health sector and a commitment towards improving the health of our nation's...

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) will be unveiling a monument in honour of late former Prime Minister, the late Most Hon. Hugh Lawson Shearer ON, OJ on Monday, May 18, 2009. The unveiling will be held in the National Heroes Park in the section reserved for former Prime Ministers, on what would have been Mr. Shearer's 86th birthday. Guest...

The Blue Hole Nature Park, located in South St. James, has been chosen as one of four Labour Day projects to be given national focus, under the National Labour Day theme, "Volunteerism, Intervention, Beautification and Empowerment for Success (VIBES)." The project, which was recently given the nod by Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Olivia Grange, was the brainchild of...

Preparatory work began yesterday (May 13), on the tissue culture ginger project in Top Alston, Clarendon, one of the three projects selected by the Labour Day Planning Committee for national focus this year. Vice President of the North West Clarendon Ginger Resuscitation Programme, Sean Thompson, told JIS News that it is of the utmost importance that the project receives the...

The cleaning and beautification of the Trelawny Parish Council building in Falmouth is the Labour Day parish project for Trelawny. The work will incorporate clean-up of the cenotaph and fountain in the town square. Chairman of the Civic and Community Relations Sub-Committee, Councillor Fernandez Smith, speaking at a meeting held at the Parish Council yesterday (May 13), informed that the...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has confirmed that the Blue Hole Nature Park in St. James has been added to the list of projects which are to be given national focus on Labour Day. Miss Grange said that although the project was not submitted to her until after the launch of Workers Week, on May 1,...

Governor-General His Excellency the Most Honourable Patrick Allen will host a Youth Consultation on Friday May 15, 2009 at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club. The consultation, which forms a part of the Governor-General's Achievement Awards Scheme (GGAAS) will be held under the theme 'I Believe' and will involve a select group of students from the county of Middlesex. They...

The National Youth Service (NYS) will be offering Information Technology (IT) training to participants, with the establishment of three state-of-the-art computer laboratories at its camp sites. Funding for the project, costing some US$316,000, has been made possible through an agreement between the Governments of Jamaica and South Korea. The laboratories will be constructed at the Knox Cobbla Campus in Manchester;...