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A number of changes will be implemented in Morant Bay, St. Thomas to ease the congestion caused by vending and to regulate the flow of vehicles in the town during the Christmas season. Effective Monday, December 15, easterly bound transport operators will be required to use the parking facility at Hope Road, near the Morant Bay Fire Station, while operators...

Debate on the death penalty continued in the Senate yesterday (Dec.12) with Government Senator, Dennis Meadows, arguing that capital punishment denies due process of law, as it deprives an individual the benefit of new evidence, or new law, that might warrant the reversal of a conviction or setting aside of a death sentence. "The death penalty violates the constitutional guarantee...

Jamaica will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cuba within the next few weeks, which will provide for joint destination marketing and airlift arrangements between the Caribbean island states. Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett speaking at a media forum on issues affecting Jamaica's tourism sector at the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC) in Kingston on Thursday (Dec. 11), said...

As we all know, the world is going through a serious financial and economic crisis - in its extensiveness and complexity perhaps worse than anything we have ever experienced. Most of the major economies of the world are heading into recession. Some already are- like the USA, Germany, Italy and Japan. We in Jamaica are not able to escape the...

President of the Jamaica Chess Federation (JCF), Attorney-at-Law Ian Wilkinson, has said that the game of chess should be an integral part of all national sporting bodies, as the athletes would benefit tremendously from exposure to the game. "I keep advocating from the platform at the Federation, that all sporting disciplines in Jamaica should have chess as their backbone. All...

As Government intensifies measures to address illiteracy, Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has pointed to the need for a culture change, where the critical skills of reading and writing are encouraged in the home. "I am embarrassed to say that in the 21st Century, Jamaica is talking about the problem with illiteracy. We should have conquered that long time ago",...

The Manchester-based New Green Primary School has won the Windalco safety quiz competition for the fourth consecutive year. Eight primary schools from the parish vied for top honours in the keenly contested finals of the competition, which was held at the Kendal Conference Centre on earlier this week. Second place went to McIntosh Primary, while Mount Olivet Primary was adjudged...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has said that the Government is working to address overcrowding in primary schools, noting that the population of these institutions should not exceed 1,000. Giving the main address at the official opening of a computer centre at the Corinaldi Avenue Primary School in Montego Bay on December 10, the Education Minister said that large school...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Don Wehby, has urged the leaders of the Caribbean to work together to take steps to sustain their economies, in the face of the global economic turmoil. Senator Wehby, who was addressing the plenary session of the 32nd annual Caribbean and Central America Conference held recently in...

Ex-banana workers in St. Thomas are expected to attend a one-day Career Counselling Workshop, at the Hampton Court Community Centre, on Monday, December 15, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Hundreds of workers in the industry were laid off recently, following the closure of Eastern Banana Estates Limited. The workshop, organised by HEART Trust/NTA, is part of the Banana Sector Retraining Project...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Works Agency (NWA), Milton Hodelin, has said that the Ministry of Transport and Works is forging a joint venture arrangement between the Island Traffic Authority and the Road Maintenance Fund, to facilitate improved delivery of the motor vehicle inspection services. "Importantly, this involves the procurement of modern equipment for the testing of motor...

The St. Augustine's Place of Safety for Boys, in Chapelton, Clarendon, has received computers, toiletries, basketballs, and articles of clothing, from Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO). Chairman and Founder of COJO, Gary Williams, who handed over the items on December 11, informed JIS News that this non-profit organisation was founded out of the need to give back to the community,...