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The government is to provide assistance to the families of the two students from St. Andrew College, who died last Thursday (Feb. 2) while on a field trip. The boys, 15-year-old Shane Burke and 16-year-old Demel Osbourne, drowned at the Shan Shay beach in Portland, having left Kingston on a school trip to the St Mary Banana Estate. “I am...

Preparations are well underway for next month’s visit of Prince Henry of Wales, always known as Prince Harry, who will be in Jamaica, March 5-8, representing Her Majesty, as part of the international celebrations commemorating the 6oth anniversary of her coronation. During his visit, Prince Harry, who is a Captain in the British army, will participate in military exercises with...

Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, has called on Caribbean nations to work  together to protect their interests,  similar to what countries, which fought wars for years, are now  doing in the European Union (EU). Mr. Patterson, who  was speaking at a celebratory banquet in his honour on  February 4, at the  Round Hill Hotel, in Honover,  also...

Members of the public will be able to view the body of the late Ambassador Dudley Thompson on Monday (February 6) and Tuesday (February 7), at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, 1 George Headley Drive, Kingston. Viewing will be permitted from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on both days. Ambassador Thompson passed away in the United States on...

The Jamaica Investment Forum, being spearheaded by JAMPRO, is expected to assist in targeting high-net worth investors and advance the country’s investment prospects in key economic areas. The event, set for March 1 and 2 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, will focus on business opportunities in the priority areas of manufacturing, tourism, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and in...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said the Ministry will be working towards an information policy in the short to medium-term, as it seeks to make Government more transparent. “What we have is a broadcast policy, and we are going to expand that to include the information policy and what the vision of this Government is, in terms...

The official funeral of the late Ambassador, the Honourable Dudley Joseph Thompson OJ, QC, will take place on Friday, February 10, 2012 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kingston, starting at 2:00 p.m. The body of Ambassador Thompson will be laid to rest in the Briggs Park Military Cemetery, Up Park Camp immediately following the Service. The Hon. Dudley Thompson did...

The late Ambassador, the Hon. Dudley Thompson, will be accorded an official funeral by the Government of Jamaica. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, on Tuesday (January 24), during a parliamentary tribute to Ambassador Thompson in the House of Representatives. She said details of the funeral will be announced at a later date. Ambassador...

Ambassador Dudley J Thompson, OJ, QC, the ‘Burning Spear’, was the advocate extraordinaire, an intellectual, Rhode Scholar, War hero, statesman and raconteur of the highest order.  Dudley Thompson was simply the best, in whatever field he chose to serve. His contribution to the building of Jamaica as a nation – to its constitution, its jurisprudence, its diplomacy, its political system,...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscot, has announced the appointment of a new board for the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). Speaking Wednesday (January 18) at the NSWMA's head office in Kingston, Mr. Arscot said that the 11- member board will be headed by electrical engineer, Steve Ashley. Attorney-at-law, Clyde Williams, has been appointed Vice...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller this afternoon said that the government would reward private sector initiatives that would increase the number of qualified workers in the country. Mrs Simpson Miller was congratulating the Directors of Lasco Manufacturing at the ground breaking ceremony for a $2.1 billion (US$24 million) plant at White Marl in St. Catherine. Prime Minister...

Members of  the Government and Opposition have pledged to work together to ensure good governance of the country. In a show of unity, members of both sides held a joint press briefing  on January 17 at Gordon House  to  affirm their commitment, following  the swearing-in  ceremony for Members of  Parliament (MPs) who won their seats in the General Election on...