The state-owned oil refinery Petrojam is seeking to reassure Jamaicans that the increase in fuel prices is unrelated to matters in Jamaica. Petrojam says, the local prices are based on the price for which the commodity is purchased on the international market. The prices are adjusted weekly. The management of Petrojam says petrol prices have largely remained stable since the...

The Hazardous Lab Waste Clean-up Ad Hoc Committee (HALWAC) has completed its pilot exercise for the incineration of 6,000 litres of toxic waste generated by public laboratories. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently, Director General at the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST), Professor Errol Morrison, said the exercise, which was undertaken by the Caribbean Cement Company and the...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, has paid tribute to persons who fought for Jamaica’s Emancipation and Independence. Speaking on Wednesday’s (August 1) official opening of the Independence Village at the National Arena in Kingston, Minister Grange noted that she has tremendous respect for “those who fought the good fight and sacrificed their lives in our...

My fellow Jamaicans, Each year, the Emancipation celebrations give us an opportunity to reflect on the struggle of our ancestors for freedom, against a system that denied them their dignity and humanity, often through brutally oppressive and violent means. It must have been a euphoric day, today the first of August, 180 years ago, when our forebear gathered in their...

My fellow Jamaicans, I greet you in the spirit of freedom that is the essence of Emancipation. Emancipation Day is a timely reminder that our freedom from plantation slavery was the outcome of selfless, courageous actions by Jamaicans, who struggled for centuries to break the chains of their enslavement. The ending of the evils of human enslavement however, only marked...

A local music consultant, artiste and industry player have in common theview that Jamaica’s music has contributed to the country’s national development, by generating earnings from foreign exchange through tourist arrivals and the creation of employment. “Our music has economic value. A lot of people want to visit Jamaica because of the culture, because of the music and that serves...

An exhibition titled, ‘The Music of Jamaica: People, Voice and Song’, will be on display in the Ballroom at King’s House from August 2 to 7. The exhibition will open on the same day of the Independence reception on the lawns of King’s House on August 2, and guests to the event will have a first-hand view of the display...