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More than 1,000 persons are expected to take part in a community peace march being spearheaded by the Grants Pen Community Policing Consultative Committee, as part of activities to mark Peace Month. The March, which will take place on Thursday, February 28, will involve 7th to 9th graders from the New Day Primary and Junior High and Shortwood Practicing schools,...

Jamaica's world famous Jerk cuisine has received another accolade after being named by the Guardian Newspaper's Travel section as being among the best 'Street Food to Die for ' and Boston Bay was named as the place to eat it. "Away from the bland international menus of the all-inclusives, the island's roadside jerk huts serve fiery slow-cooked jerk chicken and...

Minister of National Security, Derrick Smith has assured Jamaica Constabulary Force personnel in Portland of the government's commitment to providing the necessary recourses to ensure success in the fight against crime. Addressing police personnel during a two-day tour of police stations in the parish on February 20 and 21, Mr. Smith said this commitment includes the improvement of the stations;...

The Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC) will host its first one-day small business exposition at the Hilton Kingston Hotel on April 2. The event is part of the JBDC's continued thrust to facilitate the sustainable development of micro and small enterprises in Jamaica. Dubbed 'Today's Business for Tomorrow's Growth', the exposition will focus on new regulations, technology, laws and policy...

Eighty persons involved in banana production in St. Mary were trained in the areas of safe food handling and proper personal hygiene, at a workshop sponsored by the Banana Export Company held at the new Covenant Ministry Church in High Gate recently. The workshop was staged as part of the effort to ensure that the banana industry meets the standards...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, has lauded the work of the late veteran record producer Joe Gibbs, who died of a heart attack on Thursday night. Minister Grange hailed Gibbs as a visionary, whose tenacity helped him jump numerous hurdles to achieve success. The producer, who was responsible for a significant number of reggae hit...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding the morning of Feb. 22 signed a petition calling on the United Nations to agree on a General Assembly Resolution to reduce road deaths and injuries caused by road accidents. The petition is part of a global initiative which is being spearheaded locally by the Jamaica Automobile Association and Jamaica National Building Society. Mr. Golding said...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has charged HEART/NTA with the responsibility of equipping students with training that will prepare them for the real world of work and employment. He said that under the government's education transformation programme, where the school leaving age will be extended from 16 to 18 years, HEART/NTA will have the greatest responsibility, as they will have to...

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett has outlined major local and international initiatives that will be pursued to boost the growth of the tourism sector and the economy. Speaking at Wednesday's (February 20) first annual Tourism Outlook seminar for stakeholders in the industry at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, Minister Bartlett noted that the industry would be strategically targeting new and emerging...

Some US$1.8 billion, or 93 per cent of Jamaica's export earnings, was spent by the government to import 30.8 million barrels of petroleum products in 2006. According to Director of Energy, Economic and Planning Unit at the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications, Yvonne Barrett-Edwards over the period 1995 to 2006, there was a "constant increase" in the consumption of...

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Michael Stern has underscored the importance of high quality service being provided by accredited medical laboratories to key sectors of the economy. Speaking at the closing and awards ceremony for the Laboratory Accreditation Technical Assistance Programme at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston on Friday (February 22), Mr. Stern said...

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett has outlined major local and international initiatives that will be pursued to boost the growth of the tourism sector and the economy. Speaking at Wednesday's (February 20) first annual Tourism Outlook seminar for stakeholders in the industry at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, Minister Bartlett noted that the industry would be strategically targeting new and emerging...