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Many Jamaicans across the island can now contribute to the governance of their communities and parishes. This is possible through the Community Development Committees (CDCs), an entity facilitated and supported by the Social Development Commission (SDC). Director of Governance at the SDC, Richard Billings, tells JIS News that one of the main functions of the CDCs is to provide a...

To improve the literacy level among primary school students, the Education Transformation Team at the Ministry of Education and Youth will be launching an activity dubbed, Reading Pals, in January 2007. Elaine Cunningham, Curriculum Teaching and Workstream Lead of the Education Transformation Team, tells JIS News that the overall mandate of the programme is to improve the reading levels of...

Cabinet on (November 20), approved the award of contracts in the sum of $405.2 million for repair work to be done on 26 roads in 10 parishes, under the special flood damage rehabilitation programme for 2006/07. Addressing the weekly post Cabinet press-briefing at Jamaica House, Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan, said the works to be carried out included,...

Proceeds from this year's annual charity ball of the Children of Jamaica Outreach, Inc. (COJO), will go toward its Scholarship Fund, to benefit needy young persons in Jamaica as well as the United States. The gala event will be held on Saturday, December 2, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, LaGuardia Airport, Queens in New York. Minister of Housing, Transport, Water...

The maroon community of Moore Town in Portland will be hosting a special function on Sunday, November 26 to honour former Colonel C.L.G Harris, for his contribution to the development of the community and the advancement of education in the parish. In an interview with JIS News, Colonel Wallace Sterling, said the function was being planned by the Moore Town...

Eleven persons from Hart Hill in Portland were honoured by the Hart Hill Community Scouts Troop Committee, for their contribution to community development, during a special function held in that community on Sunday, November 19. Those honoured were Everald Anderson, Edna McKenzie, Herbert Aitken, Altimont Robinson, Clement Jackson, Maxine Senior, Kenneth Clarke, Benjamin Shirley, Zola Muir, Reginald Robinson and Clovis...

The National Child Month Committee (NCMC), will be hosting some 200 children today (November 22), at Wynter's Park in St. Catherine. The children selected are from the Glenhope Place of Safety, Early Stimulation Project, 3D Project and the Union Gardens and Trench Town Basic Schools. Chairperson for the Committee, Dr. Pauline Mullings, told JIS News that the trip was partly...

Persons in Eastern Westmoreland who have made outstanding contributions to the development of the community, will be recognized and awarded by the Sandals Whitehouse European Village and Spa, when it launches its 'Community role-model and outstanding citizens scheme', later this week. This first community leaders awards initiative by the hotel forms part of efforts to single out unsung heroes of...

Minister of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, Phillip Paulwell, has said that Jamaica was poised to be part of the new thrust for greater unity in the global science and technology community. "We are prepared to provide to the region what we have done in terms of our experiences. We pledge our full support and co-operation in this drive to...

Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. Keith Mitchell, has said that the region, which is in the infancy of a scientific revolution, must leverage science and technology in its strategy to become more globally competitive in the context of the Caribbean Single Market (CSM). "The existence of an information society presents an opportunity for social and economic transformation that leads to...

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips has said the Ministry would soon be embarking on Safe Communities Policy, which would involve collaboration between Government agencies, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), the police, and the community. The Safer Communities Policy is aimed at harmonizing the initiatives of the Ministry of National Security that focus on improving the safety of communities, and...

More than 14,000 residents in several districts in Central Westmoreland should have access to potable water soon, as the Venture River water supply and distribution project is nearing completion. This is one of six water supply projects being carried out across the island by the National Water Commission (NWC), in association with the Red Stripe Deageo Foundation, which made a...