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Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean, Geeta Sethi, says men must play a greater role in making family planning decisions. Her comments come against the background of a recommendation in the State of the World Population Report 2012, for the engagement of men and boys in family planning, for their own benefit and to support...

WASHINGTON DC — Jazz great, Monty Alexander, is one of five Jamaicans to be honored at a special edition of the 19th Annual Caribbean American Heritage (CARAH) Award Gala slated for November 16 at the Washington Capitol Hilton, in Washington, D.C. The event will also salute Jamaica as well as Trinidad and Tobago, two Caribbean countries celebrating 50 years of...

Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, has pledged to work with the Government and relevant agencies to make the Vision 2030 national development plan more integrated and to see what kinds of projects can be moved forward. He made the commitment on November 13, while delivering the keynote address at the...

LONDON — The High Commission in London has launched a special Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund to assist the island’s recovery from the effects of Hurricane Sandy on October 24. High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba, announced the special Hurricane Relief Fund in a letter to the UK Jamaican Community and to friends of Jamaica on...

At the invitation of Senator, the Hon. Arnold J. Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, will pay an official visit to Jamaica from 13th to 15th November 2012.   Minister Nicholson is keen to have Dr. Supachai share his wealth of experience in...

Some 200 delegates from countries within the region, the United Kingdom and Africa, are expected in Jamaica next week for the 6th Conference of the Urban Regional Information Systems Association (URISA). The five-day event, from November 12 to 16, is scheduled for the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay.  Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change,...

Meal planning, budgeting and exercising creativity are essential steps that consumers should take in order to ‘eat right when money tight’. This is the advice from the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), as it continues its thrust to safeguard the rights and responsibilities of consumers. “The CAC deals with the monitoring of prices, complaints resolution, consumer education and outreach…so we deal...

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Jamaica, Robert Fuderich, has charged researchers to spend more time analysing data on child-related issues in an effort to solve the many problems that continue to affect Caribbean children. The UNICEF Representative, who was addressing the opening ceremony of the 7th annual Caribbean Child Research Conference on Tuesday, at the Jamaica Conference Centre,...

WASHINGTON — Parishioners and friends of the St. Luke's Catholic Church in McLean, Virginia, have contributed over $2 million the Jamaican based St. Patrick’s Foundation over the past 21 years.  This was disclosed by Chairman of the Foundation, Mr. Marlon Creary, at the St. Patrick’s Foundation Jamaica Night dinner and silent auction at Flaherty Hall of St. Luke’s Catholic Church,...

LONDON — Jamaica was been named the 'Favourite Worldwide Destination' by the readers of British Travel Awards’ ‘Check In’ magazine. The island took the top spot from more than 70 other destinations in the magazine’s new Readers’ Choice Awards, announced at the weekend. The Readers’ Choice Awards are voted for exclusively by readers of Check In, the online interactive magazine...

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...

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...