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Fifteen additional teachers have been recruited from Cuba, to teach in the nation's schools, under the Jamaica/Cuba Bilateral Co-operation Programme. The teachers underwent a two-day orientation exercise, which was held at the Altamont Court Hotel in Kingston, from August 26 to 27. The exercise was coordinated by the school operations arm of the Educational Services Division, in the Ministry of...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh and High Commissioner of the Republic of India to Jamaica, His Excellency, Mohinder Grover, today (Sept. 3), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), at the Ministry's headquarters in Kingston, to set up an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre in Jamaica. The MoU, which falls under...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has announced that a task force has been established to define a 'no building' boundary, beyond which no construction is to be allowed along the Hope River in St. Andrew. The Prime Minister, who made the announcement during a statement to the House of Representatives yesterday (Sept. 2), said the task force will institute measures to...

"Jamaica House Live", the monthly call in radio programme hosted by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, will be aired tonight, Wednesday (Sept. 3) at 8:30pm. The programme which is aired on the last Wednesday in each month allows Jamaicans at home and abroad, to call and speak with the Prime Minister on any issue or concern that they might have. The...

The Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS), is now busy, pulling together the elements that will be incorporated into the gigantic celebration, planned to honour Jamaica's athletes for their record-breaking performance, at the just concluded Games of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China. Before returning from Beijing, where she gave solid support to Jamaica's...

Parish Council roads in St. Thomas, which were blocked due to the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav, are being cleared by the Council. A team from the Road and Works Department of the Council began clearing the roads on August 30. The work, which is expected to be completed by the end of next week, include the clearing of landslides...

The 32 members of the Organisation of American States (OAS), have unanimously passed a Resolution to name its Hall of Culture, in honour of Jamaica's first National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey. In piloting the Resolution at the Permanent Council of the OAS meeting, held at the OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday, August 29, Grenada's Ambassador...

Extensive drain cleaning in St. James, carried out by the National Works Agency (NWA) and the St. James Parish Council, minimised the damage caused by Tropical Storm Gustav, which lashed sections of Jamaica last week. According to Disaster Preparedness Co-ordinator for St. James, Amanda Thompson, persons were affected by strong winds, which destroyed roofs, and also from flood waters, which...

Representatives of 10 Jamaican organisations in Washington, D.C., in the U.S.A, Baltimore, Virginia and Philadelphia, met on August 30, to discuss assistance, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Gustav, which affected Jamaica on August 29. The meeting was called by Ambassador to the United States, Anthony Johnson, to update the various representatives on the situation in Jamaica and what help...

Ambassador Douglas Saunders brings to his new post as Cabinet Secretary, not just years of wide-ranging experience in the public service, but most importantly, an appreciation of the international environment in which the country operates, coupled with an appreciation of the perspective of the international community. Affable and accommodating, Ambassador Saunders welcomes the JIS News team to the Cabinet Office...

Thirty seven persons in Portland are still being housed in emergency shelters in two communities, as a result of the impact of Tropical Storm Gustav. The shelters are located at Jones Park Community Centre in the community of Manchioneal, and the City Mission Church in Mount Pleasant. Thirty five of the persons are accommodated at Manchioneal, while the other two...

The Game Bird Shooting Season for 2008 will be opened on Saturday, August 23rd and closed on Sunday, September 28th. All hunters must obtain a hunter's licence from the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) or any of its licence vendors. The sale of Hunters' Licences will commence on Thursday, August 14, 2008. The fee for the hunter's licence this...