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The Registrar General's Department (RGD) United States outreach heads to South Florida next week, to conduct on-site processing of applications for birth, death and marriage certificates for members of the Jamaican community. Staff of the RGD will facilitate Jamaicans at three locations from Monday (Nov. 19) to Tuesday (Nov.20) between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. On Monday,...

Chukka Caribbean Adventures is the winner of the 2007 World Travel Award for the Caribbean's leading nature tour and adventure excursion operator. John Byles, Co-Managing Director of Chukka Cove, told JIS News that the company is pleased with the award, which is voted on by travel agents around the world. "It's an endorsement by the travel professionals of our products...

Minister of Health and Environment, Rudyard Spencer, has urged senior medical officers and administrators of the island's public hospitals to be relentless in their demands for resources for the proper functioning of their hospitals. At a meeting with the senior health officers from across the island at the Terra Nova Hotel yesterday (Nov.14), Mr. Spencer told them that they are...

Some 200 high school students are expected to converge at the Stella Maris Church Hall on Shortwood Road on November 16, for the National Child Month Committee's (NCMC) annual Youth Forum. The students are from institutions across the island including Jose Marti Technical High, Ascot Comprehensive High, Kingston Technical, Jonathan Grant High, Campion College, Immaculate Conception, Ardenne High, and Holy...

The Dutch authorities have renewed a request to the Government for the necessary legal assistance to continue investigations into allegations of bribery by oil trading company Trafigura Beheer. Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, made the announcement in the House of Representatives on (Nov. 13). In November 2006, Mr. Golding, in his capacity as Leader of the Opposition, wrote to the National...

Minister of National Security, Derrick Smith, has said that the leadership of the security force rigorously and routinely audits the inventory of weapons issued to the police as well as firearms recovered during police operations or otherwise. The Minister was responding to questions raised by Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Ronald Thwaites, in the House of Representatives on (Nov.13)...

The Ministry of Health and Environment has stepped up its dengue education campaign to sensitize the public about prevention measures, including reducing mosquito breeding sites, and how to identify the symptoms of the disease. "Just last weekend the Ministry had an intervention in which several communities were visited and information shared and distributed to householders. Some parishes will continue their...

Minister of Health and Environment, Rudyard Spencer, has said that the Ministry has implemented a rat baiting and control project, to reduce the rat population and so interrupt the spread of leptospirosis. The project, which is being implemented in selected areas, is being supported by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The Health Minister, who was addressing a meeting of...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that greater use must be made of technology including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), to minimise the impact of natural and man-made disasters on the country. "If we in Jamaica, utilise technology more efficiently like GIS to determine where our vulnerable areas were or would likely be in the case of natural elements...

The new Boards of Directors for the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education Fund Limited (CHASE) and the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) approved by the Cabinet have been announced by the Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports. For CHASE which falls under the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, the Board members are:...

In the past two months since I have had the pleasure of serving as YOUR Minister of Tourism, there are many valuable lessons that I have learned, even after having been close to the portfolio for so many years. Perhaps the most significant one - and not one that is really new, but rather reinforced every day, is just how...

Cabinet has approved increases in pension payments to Government pensioners including widows/widowers and dependents, with effect from July 1, 2007. The move is in keeping with a Cabinet provision for annual increases to be paid to pensioners, to minimise the effect of a rise in the cost of living, said Minister of Finance and Public Service, Audley Shaw in the...