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The Government of Jamaica and the European Commission on (Dec. 3) signed four financing agreements totaling 17.6 million euro (J$1.7 billion) through the 9th European Development Fund, to support four infrastructure and institutional strengthening projects. The funds represent the final disbursement of the first financial protocol, which was created under the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)/ European Union (EU) Cotonou...

Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding has challenged the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry to become the mobilisers of public support to an even greater extent than the organisation has been, so as to help the government maximise the resources it has to deal with crime. Mr. Golding told the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce at its 75th anniversary...

Managing Director at the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds has said that funding is available for viable tourism projects under the DBJ/Scotia Bank Loan Scheme. "Jamaica's tourism product is known worldwide and the new Minister of Tourism is hoping to receive in excess of 3 million visitors this coming year,"Mr. Reynolds said. He was speaking at the opening...

The Jamaica Exporters Association (JEA) has moved to protect the interests of micro, small, and medium producers of goods and services for export, through the development of intellectual property marks. The certification and collective marks, which were unveiled at the Alhambra Inn on Monday (December 3), are aimed at providing the entities with intellectual property protection in the global marketplace....

Farmers, who are registered with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), can access up to $5 million to undertake viable projects. Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds, speaking at the opening of 'Opportunities Jamaica 07' held recently at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, said that the agency has formed partnerships with Scotia...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding has called on young Jamaicans to strive for excellence, and not to settle for mediocrity, as with hard work, great achievements can be made. He was speaking at the Prime Minister's National Youth Awards and the Jamaican Youth in Concert at Emancipation Park on (Dec. 2), where 17 young persons were awarded for excellence...

An official Period of Mourning of three days for sports icon the Honourable Herbert McKenley, OM, has been declared and Condolence Books opened for him here in Jamaica and abroad. The Period of Mourning will start on Thursday, 6th December and end on the day of his funeral, Saturday, 8th December. In Jamaica, the Condolence Books will also be opened...

As efforts to eliminate the Pink Mealy Bug in Portland intensifies, the Ministry of Agriculture is distributing the lady bird beetle in the affected areas. Marina Young, Senior Plant Health Food Safety Specialist at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), told JIS News that the lady bird beetle was in addition to parasitoid wasps, which have been in distribution in...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has commended the Iberostar chain of hotels for choosing Jamaica to make "substantial" investments, which are expected to generate an additional 8,351 hotel rooms in the tourist industry at a cost of more than US$1 billion. "Iberostar has positioned itself among the leading tourism enterprises in the world. It operates 42 offices worldwide and almost 100...

The London home of pioneering Jamaican healer, Mary Seacole, has been marked with one of English Heritage's prestigious blue plaques. The plaque, which was unveiled on Thursday (Nov. 29) at a ceremony at the house at Soho Square in Westminster, describes Mrs. Seacole as a "heroine of the Crimean War". The house is in fact one of several places in...

Work being carried out to add a third lane on the Bogue Road in Montego Bay has been stopped temporarily, because of problems with underground pipes and cables in the designated path of the roadway. Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, said it will cost approximately $17 million to relocate the underground water pipes, fuel pipes and cables,...

In a show of renewed private sector/public sector co-operation and collaboration, the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) has given permission for its Executive Director, Sandra Glasgow, to head the Implementation Unit at Jamaica House. The unit has been put in place as a result of the National Planning Summit, which was held during the month of November. This was...