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The World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) is reporting that its seven-day visit to Jamaica to promote the coaching and playing of blind cricket in the island was successful. In a report on the Jamaica visit, Tim Guttridge the WBCC Vice Chairman and Development Director for the Atlantic region including the Caribbean, said it was clear that Jamaica would be a...

Thomas "Mack" McLarty, former White House Chief-of-Staff and Special Envoy to Latin America and the Caribbean, has welcomed the appointment of Professor Gordon Shirley as Ambassador to Washington and expressed certainty that the new envoy would build on Jamaica's tradition of strong international advocacy. "We are therefore, confident that Ambassador Shirley's (tour) here will be similarly productive and benefit the...

Jamaica has been given the honour of hosting the 35th Annual Conference of the International Institute of Communications (IIC), which will see the convergence of telecommunications and broadcasting regulators from all over the world. In an interview with JIS News, Cordell Green, Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission, revealed that Jamaica's reputation and track record in communications was "second to...

Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK) have thrown their support behind the government's sugar lobby and are pressing their political representatives to bring the issue to the British and European parliaments. Community groups in Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester and Leicester have initiated a letter writing campaign to their councillors, members of parliament and representatives in the European parliament, asking for Jamaica...

A friendly soccer game between a Canadian and a Jamaican team has netted Cdn$5,000 for the Jamaican Hurricane Ivan Relief Fund. The organizers of the first-ever Arnold Milan International Soccer Cup have donated proceeds from the game played in Toronto on September 19, between Jamaican Premier League 2003 Champion, Portmore United, and the Canadian Professional Soccer League's (CPSL) Metro Lions,...

Jamaica will line up just about 50 projects which are intent on enhancing the island's tourism product through the establishment of business practices including investment activities, when they gather at the Partnership Roles and Opportunities for Investors in Tourism (PROFIT) partnership meeting, scheduled for the Ritz Carlton, Montego Bay, October 5 to 8. Over 200 Caribbean companies submitted business projects...

The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is seeking to build support in the United Kingdom (UK) for its football programme, which has a special focus on youth development and qualifying for World Cup 2004 in Germany. President of the JFF, Creston Boxhill and Financial Controller, Carlton Barclay recently met with groups in Britain, which represent a range of interests in Jamaican...

The Caribbean Bar Association (CBA) will be donating the proceeds from its annual fundraising banquet to support hurricane victims in the region. This is the Association's most recent demonstration of support for the regional relief effort as the membership has been working with the Caribbean Consulates in Florida to raise cash, goods and services for the hurricane-ravaged islands. CBA President,...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) began an extensive public education campaign last week (July 12) at six locations throughout the United States and Canada. The two-week mission includes South Florida, Atlanta, New York, Washington D.C. and then to Canada where they will visit locations in Toronto and Ottawa. The team led by Dr. Patricia Holness, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...

Inspiration stayed with him for some 30 years and last year it became reality when the Historic Foundations of Jamaican Law was published. The book, which has been described as a unique and fascinating study of the evolution of legal statutes in Jamaica, was written by Attorney Raphael Codlin, and had its United Kingdom launch at the Jamaican High Commission...

The United Kingdom (UK) Home Office has announced a new series of measures to help prevent what is said to be the abuse of immigration routes to study or marry in that country. These are the latest in the series of measures implemented by the British government over the past two years to tighten its immigration process. Last year changes...

Jamaica's Honorary Consul in Seattle, Washington, Enid Dwyer, has said that education was a major priority area in the country, and pledged even greater levels of support for current educational initiatives, particularly at the secondary level. She described access to quality education as an "effective investment and a guarantee for future economic and social advancement", and asserted that the Jamaican...