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President of the Micro Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Alliance, Professor Rosalea Hamilton, has welcomed the Business Entrepreneurial Empowerment Programme (BEEP), launched by the Government, noting that it has the potential to transform the MSME sector. "While the response is just a pebble in an ocean of needs, it's a significant pebble that can have a tsunami-like ripple effect that...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) copped the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Best Human Interest Television Feature Award, for its production of 'Haiti in Distress', at the PAJ's National Journalism Awards Banquet, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on December 3. Videographer, Omar Green, also won the Ken Dawson Award for Videography, for his work in the production...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has given the Government's commitment to partner with the developers of the Holland housing project in Trelawny, on the construction of the first satellite campus for the University of Technology's (UTech) School of Hospitality. The housing project, which is being undertaken by Zuccherina Developments Jamaica Limited, and KENCASA Construction and Project Management, will include...

Minister with responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Daryl Vaz has underscored the importance of timely switching from analogue to digital broadcasting in order to transform the communications infrastructure in the 21st century. He said this must be done in a way that will open up opportunities for providing the highest quality in video production and greater interactivity while contributing to...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz says Information and Communications Technology (ICT) should be used as a nexus in the process of making Jamaica the place of choice to live, work, raise families and do business. "This administration aims to use ICT to automate, simplify and make accessible the services of Government to the...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reminding Jamaicans that the deadline to apply for the posts of Census Takers for the 2011 Population and Housing Census is Friday, December 3, 2010. Over the coming days, persons can drop off their applications at STATIN collection centres islandwide. They are as follows:Kingston: STATIN, 7 Cecilio Avenue.St. Catherine: STATIN Shop 9, 9...

Nine markets are to be renovated under Phase One of an island-wide market beautification programme, to be spearheaded by the Department of Local Government. The markets are: Constant Spring, in St. Andrew; Ocho Rios and St. Ann's Bay, St. Ann; Buff Bay and Port Antonio, Portland; Oracabessa and Annotto Bay, St. Mary; Falmouth, Trelawny; and Lucea, Hanover. All the markets...

The Government of Jamaica's Performance Monitoring and Evaluation System (PMES) is to be instituted during the 2011/2012 financial year, following Cabinet's approval of its framework and implementation. Speaking at Wednesday's (November 24) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, informed that the PMES is part of the Medium-Term Expenditure...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has received a $5.5 million donation from the German Government to support recovery and relief efforts in the aftermath of recent heavy rains. Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency, Juergen Engel, presented the cheque to Deputy Director General of ODPEM, Richard Thompson today (November 24) at the agency's...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, is appealing to the Media Association of Jamaica (MAJ) to sign off on the agreement regarding time allotted for government broadcasts on radio and television. Addressing the issue at on Wednesday November 24 post-Cabinet press briefing held at Jamaica House, Minister Vaz said that while the MAJ has...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has reported an increase of more than 21, 000 new jobs between April and July 2010, indicating economic recovery. Director General of the PIOJ, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, said the increase was due largely to increased employment in the wholesale and retail sector, which went up by 12, 900 persons, and transport, storage and communications,...

Persons from across the Caribbean Diaspora turned out on November 18 for a Service of Thanksgiving, followed by a tour of the headquarters of Food for the Poor at Coconut Creek, South Florida. Under the patronage of the Consulate General of Jamaica, the event was organised by the Jamaican Diaspora Advisory Board for Southern United States and staff of Food...