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Baroness Valerie Amos, Leader of the House of Lords, will chair a selection panel for an artist to design a memorial to Mary Seacole, the Jamaican Crimean War nurse, near the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London. The Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal, which appointed the selection panel, said advertisements would be published later this year asking artists for 'expressions...

Ground was broken on July 24 for the building of a modern Transportation Centre in Linstead, St. Catherine, at a projected cost of $25 million. The centre is expected to be completed in November, and will be a smaller version of the centre under construction at Half-Way-Tree in Kingston. Minister of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Robert Pickersgill who officially...

The summer holidays signal a break from school and studies for children, while for parents it means budgeting and calculating costs and needs for the new school term. For some parents, this means having to find thousands of dollars to spend on back-to-school shopping, a situation which is sometimes a burdensome task. To make this year's shopping experience less stressful...

The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), organizers of the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, has set a target of 100,000 patrons to attend the 55th staging of this year's show, up from the 80,000 target that was set last year. The highly anticipated event will be held over three days from August 4 to 6 at the Denbigh Showground in May...

The public health sector is expected to benefit from the services of more than 100 Cuban medical personnel, under renewal of the Cuba-Jamaica Technical Co-operation Agreement. Under the agreement, Jamaica will be provided with the services of various categories of medical personnel, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, medical technologists, cytotechnologists, nurses, nursing tutors, biomedical engineers and technicians, physiotherapists, clinical dieticians, and...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has spent $1 billion on its Textbook programme for the new academic year. This was disclosed at a back to school press briefing held at the Ministry's Heroes Circle offices yesterday (July 24). The Education Minister, Maxine Henry-Wilson noted that 700,000 workbooks and textbooks valued at $300,000,000 have been ordered for students in Grades...

For the start of the 2007/2008 academic year, more than 164,000 units of furniture have been delivered to schools across the island under contracts valued at more than $586 million. The items provided include classroom furniture for teachers and students, library tables and chairs, filing cabinets, storage cupboards, stools, and screen boards. Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry-Wilson noted...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has dedicated $1.5 billion to bring schools to a state of readiness for the start of the 2007/08 academic year. The Ministry will also be ensuring that there are adequate school spaces in the various schools across the island. This was disclosed by the Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry- Wilson, during a...

Authentic Jamaican and Caribbean foods attracted significant attention at the recent 53rd International Summer Fancy Food Show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Midtown Manhattan. The three day event (July 8-10), which showcased over 100 products from the Caribbean region and thousands more from around the world, was hailed as a step in the right direction by Jamaica's...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of National Security, Dr. Ann-Marie Barnes, has urged the United States Congress to review its legislation on deportees, with a view to more appropriately balancing the interests of the deporting country, the individual being deported, the best interests of children, and the long-term impact on receiving countries. In her testimony before the U.S. House...

The Ministry of Education and Youth will be spending some $1.1 billion on secondary school fees for the 2007/2008 academic year. This announcement was made by the Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry-Wilson at a press briefing to update the media on preparations for the new school year, which begins in September. The briefing was held on (July 24)...

Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica residing in Washington, D.C. will celebrate Jamaica's 45th year of Independence with several events, to be hosted by Jamaican Ambassador to the United States, Professor Gordon Shirley and the Jamaican embassy in Washington, D.C. The events will begin with a Jamaica Night at Zanzibar on the Waterfront, downtown Washington, D.C., featuring the Bare Essentials Band...