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The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), is planning to close the Church Corner disposal site in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, and to use it as a transfer station. This was noted by the Regional Operations Manager at the NSWMA, David Bloomfield, while addressing community leaders at a Local Government Month symposium, held at the Morant Villas, in St. Thomas....

Mediator with the Disputes Resolution Foundation, Sharon Palmer, has said that restorative justice, once instituted, would go a far way in healing broken relationships, and reducing the high incidence of crime in Jamaica. In an interview with JIS News, Ms. Palmer said the series of consultations, which are taking place across the island, have provided substantive feedback, as persons have...

A plea has been issued for Jamaicans to pool their parenting skills in a bid to provide proper guidance for the nation's children. The call, came from Guidance Councillor at the Marlie Mount Primary and Infant School in St. Catherine, Calvin Harris, at a parenting forum put on by the Ministry of Education's Region Six in Old Harbour recently. "In...

State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government Reform, Robert Montague, has called on Councillors to discharge their statutory duties in a professional manner. Mr. Montague emphasised that this would earn the trust and confidence of the people they serve. He was speaking at the St. Ann Parish Council's Open Day, which was held...

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), will be using 'Disabilities Week' activities this year to generate awareness about and respect for the abilities of disabled persons. "This year, we are ensuring that persons with disabilities are highlighted as much as possible," said Acting Executive Director of the JCPD, Valerie Spence. "We want to showcase to Jamaica that persons...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service yesterday (Dec. 1), launched its HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy, joining the growing list of Government and private sector organisations that have taken a stand against HIV/AIDS discrimination in the workplace. The launch, held at the Ministry's National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston, was part of activities to mark World AIDS Day. A framework...

Some 250 residents of Hope Pastures and Vineyard Town, in Kingston, were presented with fruit trees on November 29, as part of the country's Food Security Programme. Launched as the Residential Fruit Tree Project, it aims to distribute approximately two million fruit trees to households, schools and public entities, free of cost, over the next three years. After symbolically planting...

The acclaimed University Singers, takes its outstanding repertoire of music to New York this month, with one performance at the Brooklyn College on Saturday, December 13, at 8:00 p.m. The group will open the holiday portion of the 2008-2009 season of the Brooklyn Centre for the Performing Arts (BCPA), with a performance titled 'Christmas in the Caribbean'. The concert is...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has called on teachers to exercise the highest standards of moral leadership in the classroom. The Minister, who was the guest speaker at the 2008 graduation exercise of the Bethlehem Moravian College held on November 29 at the college campus in St. Elizabeth, argued that poor moral leadership in the classroom is reflected in the...

Twenty-eight (28) young Jamaicans were on Sunday (Nov. 30) honoured for outstanding performance in various fields, at the Prime Minister's Youth Awards for Excellence, held at Emancipation Park in Kingston. Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, in congratulating the awardees and nominees, urged them to be proud of their accomplishments and to remain steadfast in their commitment...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has called for a full report from the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), on the contracts issued by the bus company and which are being queried by the Contractor General. The Prime Minister has directed the Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry to summon the Board of the JUTC, to meet and prepare the report....

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, says that despite the successes of the HIV/AIDS awareness campaign, the disease continues to be a major stress to Jamaica. Over the last 15-years, Jamaica has lost an average of 460-persons each year to HIV/AIDS and last year, 320 lives were lost. This Mr. Golding said, indicated that the country is moving in the right direction...