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The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) continues to facilitate the development of national standards, by engaging representatives from various industries in identifying and developing standards relevant to the areas they represent. Currently, there are a total of 66 standards in various stages of the promulgation of the process. Of these, there are 31 standards being revised, 18 being adapted and...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Anthony Johnson has commended members of the Jamaican Diaspora UK, for their decision not to cancel their visit to Jamaica next month, despite the postponement of the biennial Diaspora Convention. He told JIS News today (May 29), that the decision exemplified the tremendous strength of belief Jamaicans in the UK have...

The United States (US) Department of Justice has expressed its support for the Jamaican Government's efforts to ensure public safety and combat drug trafficking against the background of the police/military operation in sections of West Kingston. "As the Jamaican government seeks to uphold the rule of law, the United States stands in support of its efforts to ensure public safety...

The United States (US) State Department has strongly dismissed an ABC News report, which claimed that Prime Minister. Hon. Bruce Golding, was a criminal affiliate of Christopher Coke. ABC, in its news story, cited a "U.S. document" as the source of its information. "I am not familiar with the report cited in that story," said Assistant Secretary of State, Philip...

The Jamaica Red Cross is prepared to offer assistance wherever the need exists in Western Kingston, as it provides humanitarian aid to residents affected by the joint police/military operation in Tivoli Gardens. President of the Jamaica Red Cross, Dr. Jaslin Salmon, gave the assurance prior to the post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House this morning (May 26). "We have walked...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has categorically denied and dismissed as extremely offensive, reports on the US -ABC network which describe him as 'a known criminal affiliate of hunted drug lord', Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. Mr Golding says he is also outraged by an article in The Independent, a UK newspaper, that the 'drug gang was on (the) payroll of Jamaican Prime...

Persons from Trelawny who are residing in the United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, and the United States, will gather in New York from May 28 to 30, for the 29th annual re-union weekend. The event is organised by the Friends of Trelawny Association (FOTA), and is expected to bring together over 3,000 former residents on the Memorial Day weekend holiday in...

Jamaica's Ambassador-designate to the United States, Audrey Marks, on Friday (May 21) created history when she formally became the island's first female Permanent Representative to the Washington-headquartered Organization of American States (OAS). Ms. Marks, who arrived in the US capital on May 17, began her accreditation process by presenting her credentials to OAS Secretary General Jos

Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Anthony Johnson has congratulated Jamaican-born Councillor, Don Williams, on his appointment as Mayor of the mid England town of Rugby. High Commissioner Johnson and Mrs. Johnson along with Deputy High Commissioner, Joan Edwards, were special guests of the Rugby Borough Council at yesterday's (May 20) Annual General Meeting, at which...

For Morant Bay High School students, Shereese Graham and Kimmara Coombs, being in Canada was an experience they will cherish forever. The two students were part of a contingent of 10 high school students from Jamaica who were in Toronto, Canada, to take part in the Emerging Global Leaders Programme (EGLP), organised by York University. "It's really a great opportunity...

The Atlanta-based Integrity Children's Fund has launched its own brand of Jamaican flavoured coffee to raise funds to fight teenage illiteracy in Jamaica. To produce the new coffee brand, Integrity Children's Fund has joined forces with Aroma Ridge, a company specialising in the production of specialty coffees. In an interview with JIS News, Manager of Aroma Ridge, Nawal Shadeed said:...

Jamaican-born Mary Anne Chambers has been chosen as the 2010 Woman of Distinction for Community Service by the Young Women Christian Aassociation (YWCA) in Canada. At the presentation ceremony held Wednesday, May 12, at the Toronto Convention Centre, a total of eight women were honoured in a variety of fields, such as Community Service, Education, Corporate Leadership, Community Leadership, Health...