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The Government is moving swiftly to establish the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission to ensure proper systems are in place for drug testing the country's athletes. When fully constituted, the Commission will be responsible for the National Doping Control Testing Programme, involving in-competition and out-of-competition testing of athletes. Member of the interim Jamaica Anti-Doping Committee Dr Herb Elliot, told members of the...

Operators of the Half-Way-Tree Transportation Centre will be providing 24-hour security at the centre for the full protection of commuters and other users of the facility. "We will be very strong on security," declared Victor Green, Manager of the centre. Mr. Green, who was speaking at a JIS News Think Tank held on (Jan. 3), said the security service will...

Social Scientist, Nadyia Figueroa, has called on the media to play a more vital role in efforts to reduce violence in the society. She was addressing a forum organized by the Violence Prevention Alliance under the theme: 'Violence and its impact on our Children - The influence of the media,' which was held on (Jan. 3) at the Knutsford Court...

As the January 12 opening date for the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre approaches, commuters are being urged to purchase the Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) smart cards. "We intend to give some incentives for purchase and incentives for use and re-use of smart cards," said Lenworth Simms, Marketing and Sales Manager at the JUTC. Mr. Simms, who was speaking at a...

The Organisation for International Development (OID), a New York-based Jamaican Diaspora group, will stage its annual medical mission to Jamaica from January 20 to 28, to offer free health services to needy persons in communities across the island. The outreach activities will get underway with a health fair in the maroon community of Accompong, St. Elizabeth on January 20, where...

Nineteen-year-old Jamaican student, Tamika Peart is looking to the New Year with bright, new eyes, thanks to the support for her family, Canadian eye doctors and some kind Jamaicans living in Toronto. Tamika, who suffered from Kerataconus, a deformity of the cornea that causes severe vision defect leading to blindness, received two corneal transplants at the Toronto Eye Surgery Centre...

Jamaica Trade & Invest (JTI), the government's trade and investment promotion agency, is targeting a number of key sectors as it pursues initiatives aimed at strengthening Jamaica's competitive advantage in the global marketplace, as well as enhancing the country's position for foreign and local investments. President of JTI, Robert Gregory, tells JIS News that the organization's vision for Jamaica is...

The story of noted international chemist, Professor Bertram Fraser-Reid, could aptly be called 'the power of a book', as it tells of a young man, whose love for reading and interest in chemistry, led him to purchase a book, which changed the course of his life and placed him on a path that would lead to groundbreaking discoveries in the...

One of the first art exhibitions to focus exclusively on the visual culture of slavery and emancipation in Jamaica, ended at the Yale University Centre for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut, last weekend. Displayed for the first time, the works focused on life on the Jamaican sugar plantations, slavery and the Jamaican landscape from the start of the British...

Minister of National Security, Derrick Smith, has said that Jamaicans can expect a constant and gradual improvement in security in the New Year. "It's not going to happen suddenly, but with the new Commissioner in office, with a new commitment, with the joint task force now fully in operation, we expect a gradual improvement for 2008," he stated. The Minister...

The West Indies cricket team have been hailed by the Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, as pulling off an astounding victory against South Africa in the first test at St. Georges Park last Saturday. In a telephone conversation with new West Indies test Captain Christopher Gayle this afternoon, Minister Grange told him that his...

The beginning of a new year brings with it renewed hope and recharged expectations. As individuals, we reflect on how well we did last year and where we did not do so well. We focus our minds on what we must do to make this a better year than last year. For a nation it is no different. 2007 was...