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Jamaica is to benefit from US$4.3 million in grant funding under cycle six of the Caribbean Development Bank's (CDB) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF6), which is scheduled to commence in mid 2010. The allocation is part of a provision of more than US$51 million, being made available under BNTF6, to the 10 Caribbean borrowing member countries (BMC) of the CDB....

On Friday, March 20, jerk lovers will gather in Ocho Rios for the first Jamaica Jerk Challenge. The event will feature self-taught Jamaican executive chef, Cheryl Smith of Cheryl's Global Soul, Brooklyn, New York, and UK celebrity chef, Antony Worrall Thompson, taking on some of the world's leading jerk chefs in an exclusive cook-off. Other invitees include, Jamaican, Rupert Bourne...

Jamaica's Consul General in New York, Geneive Brown Metzger, will be in the Borough of Queens, New York on Friday, March 20, at Clippers 11 Lounge, 234-36 Merrick Boulevard, Laurenton, close to the Belt Parkway. The scheduled three-hour 'meet and greet', which starts at 7:00 p.m., will give Queens' residents an opportunity to go 'one on one' with Mrs. Brown...

Community organisations in St. Thomas can now access funds from the St. Thomas Credit Union, Morant Bay, to start social and income generating projects. The organization is one of six credit unions that have received grant funding from the European Union (EU) under the Rural Diversification Programme. Speaking at a JIS/Social Development Commission (SDC) community meeting on Thursday (March 12)...

A novel on the life of National Hero Samuel Sharpe, written by Jamaican Fred Kennedy, was launched in London recently. The launch, held at the Jamaican High Commission, was part of the month-long Caribbean Book Explosion in the United Kingdom (UK) organised by Kingston-based Ian Randle Publishers. The Jamaican-born educator told JIS News that his book titled: 'Daddy Sharpe -...

A total of 66 Jamaicans will depart the island later today for jobs in North America under the Government's Overseas Employment Programme. The amount comprises 50 farm workers, who will be working in the United States of America, and 16 persons, who will take on jobs at McDonald's franchises in Canada. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, who...

The Jamaican Consulate in Miami will continue its series of community outreach, targeted at Jamaican nationals in Florida, with a session at the Grace Episcopal Church, 3600 Australian Avenue, Palm Beach County on March 17. The session, which will begin at 9:30 a.m., will cover consular services; the processing of Jamaican passport and citizenship applications; and the provision of information...

Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Burchell Whiteman, has said that Jamaica and the Caribbean must be part of the solution to the global economic downturn. "New economic arrangements to lift us out of the world recession must speak to the condition of countries like ours in the Caribbean. Trade and investment cannot be limited to activity among...

Jamaican-born educator, Dr. Beverly L. Hall, who is Public Schools Superintendent for Atlanta, has been named National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). The recognition, which came with a US$10,000 cash prize, is the highest professional honour for an urban educator and K-12 school administrator in the United States. The announcement, which was made...

Consul General to Miami, Sandra Grant Griffiths, has paid tribute to Jamaican leaders in the Diaspora, who continue to serve with distinction. "As we rise above our fractured history, we continue to excel, and to fashion new heroes," she stated at a 'Voices of Jamaica' reception organised by the Jamaica United States of America (USA) - Chamber of Commerce, recently,...

Jamaica's High Commissioner to Canada, Evadne Coye, has lauded Newton Marshall for becoming the first Jamaican to brave the Yukon Quest 1,000-mile International Dog Sled competition. "Newton has shown the indomitable spirit which has brought Jamaicans so much acclaim internationally. We are proud of his accomplishments, having flown the Jamaican flag honourably and with such acclaim," said the High Commissioner,...

Jamaican author Marlon James on Wednesday (March 4) launched his second novel 'The Book of Night Women' in Washington DC, which is a grim and frightening look at the oppressiveness of slavery, told from the female perspective. A novel centres on the form of slavery that existed in the West Indies, including its diabolical methods of control, but ultimately the...