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Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has emphasised the need for Jamaicans to recognise and appreciate the value of the tourism product. Speaking with JIS News, the Minister explained that, "one of the reasons for driving the 'Spruce Up' Programme, is to create awareness and a sense of recognition of the value and importance of the industry and to show how...

Improper dieting is believed to be behind the large number of lifestyle related illnesses or non-communicable diseases that continue to affect thousands of Jamaicans. This therefore begs the question: Are we sacrificing our health and by extension our lives to satisfy the yearning of our taste buds? Quite frequently our food choices are loaded with cholesterol and trans-fats, two of...

Friday, October 10, will be observed as World Mental Health Day and in keeping with the theme 'Making Mental Health a Jamaican Priority - Improving Services through Citizens' Advocacy and Action', the Ministry of Health, through the Mental Health Services Department, is urging Jamaicans to consider mental wellness as a significant part of their general health care and to begin...

The Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA), in conjunction with the Ministry of Water and Housing, will be hosting the 17th Annual CWWA Conference and Exhibition, under the theme 'Integrated Water Resources Management - Developing Water Systems and Managing Waste', at the Rosehall Resort and Country Club in Montego Bay, St. James from October 6 to10. The CCWA is a...

The eighth staging of the Nyammins and Jammins Food Festival, spearheaded annually by the St. James 4H Advisory Council, is slated to take place on Monday, October 20, at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Complex in Montego Bay. The official launch of this year's event took place at the Gloustershire Hotel in Montego Bay yesterday (September 30). Chairman of the St....

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, is contending that the fall out currently facing the United States is not the same as that which Jamaica experienced in the late 1990s. "We've had of course, our own shocks which started with the financial sector meltdown in the 1990s and while I do not want to trigger a debate,...

Works of art from some of Jamaica's most well-known artists, including the Governor-General's wife, the Most Hon. Lady Rheima Hall, are now on show in Canada. The 12-day exhibition, which opened on September 20, at the Arta Gallery in downtown Toronto and will close on October 2, is being staged by the Jamaican Consulate General, in commemoration of Jamaica's 46th...

The Ministry of Water and Housing and the Housing Agency of Jamaica (formerly the NHDC), is to collaborate with the Retirement II Provident Society, to provide 1,002 house lots with an average size of 4,000 square feet, in Retirement, St James. "We will be working with the Provident Society, which is one of the best run in Jamaica, to try...

The Olympic Homecoming Celebration Fund got an additional boost on Wednesday (Oct.1) when a cheque for Four Million Dollars (J$4,000,000) was presented by Spanish Ambassador, His Excellency J

As Governor of the Caribbean District of Optimist International, an international service organisation dedicated to the welfare of young people, I am compelled on behalf of the Optimists, to join in protest against the recent spate of violent crimes being committed against the nation's children. It seems that our children and young people are under attack now more than ever...

As Minister with responsibility for women's affairs and gender issues I am appalled at the brazen brutality and increasing level of violence being committed in the country in general. The nature of the violence being committed against our women and children in particular, is disturbing and cause for great alarm and concern. Our women, children and families are no longer...

World Food Day will be observed on October 16, under the theme: 'World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bio-energy'. The theme is aimed at highlighting the implications of energy and climate change for agriculture and food security. It focusses on the present and future impact, and adopting new strategies for the management of natural resources and the...