Planning for Labour Day 2013 is on in earnest in St. James, with approximately 41 projects already registered with the parish committee. The renovation of the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay has been selected as the parish project. The work is estimated to cost $4.3 million and includes refurbishing of vendors stalls, repair and painting of walls, patching and...

A photograph, thought to be only the second original picture of Mary Seacole, was displayed at a panel discussion on May 14, hosted by the High Commission in London, to commemorate the life of the Jamaican-born Crimean War Heroine. The photograph is contained in a scrap book, which was found in one of the libraries of the prestigious Winchester College...

Veteran librarian, public servant, and administrator, Dr. the Hon. Joyce Robinson, OJ, CD, MBE will be accorded an official funeral by the Government of Jamaica. The service will take place on Friday, May 31 at the UWI Mona Chapel starting at 11.00 a.m. Dr. Robinson, who died on Sunday, May 12, was the first Jamaican to head the Jamaica Library...

The Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (MSME) and Entrepreneurship Policy, which provides a comprehensive, targeted and coherent framework to support the sector, is now before Parliament for its deliberations. Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said the policy, which was approved by Cabinet, also seeks to position businesses to benefit from opportunities which are expected to come from...

The Governor-General's "I Believe" Initiative (IBI) is pulling out all the stops to encourage Jamaicans to believe in themselves. With the support of newly designated "I Believe" Ambassadors Yohan "The Beast" Blake, reggae superstar Patrick "Tony Rebel" Barrett and Love 101's popular broadcaster Nadine Blair, 'fixing what is wrong with Jamaica' by using 'what is right with Jamaica' is becoming...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, is reporting a boost in the production for some 12 crops cultivated locally during 2012, and a massive reduction in imports of some of these produce. Minister Clarke was making his presentation in the 2013/14 Sectoral debate in Parliament on Wednesday, May 8, under the theme: ‘Grow Agriculture – Grow Jamaica’. The crops,...

Local writers/storytellers Patricia Cuff and Zarah Henry Radcliffe, headlined the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) ‘Read Across Jamaica Day’ activity held on Tuesday, May 7, at the Eltham Park Primary School in St. Catherine. They regaled the students with readings of their stories contained in the soon to be released anthology: ‘A Different Hurricane and Other Jamaican Stories,’ produced by the...

Mr. Speaker, I see my Constituency as a part of Jamaica’s representative democracy. I am honoured to be the representative of Eastern St. Andrew, in this Parliament. I am happy to serve the fine Jamaicans who want Jamaica to be their place of choice to live, work, study, and raise families. I also see Eastern St. Andrew as a part...