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Interest in the Bed and Breakfast Home Stay (BBHS) programme is gaining momentum, as more persons are beginning to take advantage of the opportunities to be derived from the ICC Cricket World Cup, next year. This is good news, according to Patricia Patterson, Co-ordinator for the BBHS programme at the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), who told JIS News that...

United Way of Jamaica has granted $2 million to the Salvation Army for the refurbishing and equipping of its multi-purpose centre in Port Antonio, which was extensively damaged during Hurricane Ivan in 2004.Among the equipment to be provided are refrigerators, stoves and computers. The facility, which is located on the compound once operated by the Jamaica Railway Corporation, provides a...

The Dental Auxiliary School is seeking to expand its programme offerings to include training in the fields of Dental Maintenance Engineering and Dental Surgery. Director of the institution, Dr. Theo Jones, said that school was in the process of developing a curricular for the Dental Surgeon programme with the aim of "submitting the curricular to the University Council of Jamaica...

The Sam Sharpe Teachers' College in Granville, St. James, has received a laptop computer and two projectors valued at approximately $150,000.00, from the Past Students Association. Chapters of the association in New York and Miami spearheaded the drive to purchase the equipment, and this forms part of the objective of giving back to the institution for the further educational growth...

Seven Jamaican authors will be among 15 Caribbean writers who will participate in the 23rd annual Miami International Book Fair, beginning on Sunday, November 12, at the Miami Dade College campus, in downtown Miami. For several years, Jamaican authors have been participating in the annual one-week literary street fair, featuring nearly 400 international authors. Among the Jamaican authors making presentations...

Jamaica's Ambassador-at-Large and West Indies cricket legend, Courtney Walsh, has urged Jamaicans in the United Kingdom to support the West Indies cricket team during next year's ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC), noting that their backing would determine the fortunes of the region's players. "The West Indies team will be hosted in Jamaica and they need the support from day one....

Professor of Sport, Event and Tourism Management at The George Washington University School of Business, Dr. Lisa Delpy Neirotti, has called on the region to use the staging of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup for the promotion of tourism in the region. Dr. Neirotti, who was addressing the inaugural meeting of the institution's Leadership Council on the university campus...

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is reporting that earnings from visitor arrivals and visitor spending have surpassed projections for the first three quarters of the year. Preliminary estimates from the agency have revealed that gross foreign exchange earnings have reached US$1.4 billion for the period January to September 2006. According to the agency, this is a difference of 24.6 per...

Fifteen persons are slated to undergo Bed and Breakfast Home Stay (BBHS) Hospitality training at the Treasure Beach Hotel from November 10 to 11. Patricia Patterson, Co-ordinator for the Bed and Breakfast Home Stay Programme at the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), told JIS News that the participants would receive 12 hours of training, with sessions beginning from 10:00 a.m....

Some 60 drivers at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be selected to receive specialised training in order to transport visitors during the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) next year. According to Gwyneth Davidson, Marketing and Public Relations Manager at the JUTC, a committee is currently perusing the applications and employment records from approximately 150 drivers, from which 60...

Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan, has charged Jamaicans to extend greater responsibility and care in order to defeat chronic homelessness, which affected some 800 to 1,500 persons. "All societies contend with this problem. The difference lies in how we respond," the Minister said, noting that, "what is needed is a combined force of parental, family and societal responsibility,...

Head of the International Institute for Social, Political and Economic Change, Dr. Jaslin Salmon, has challenged Councillors of the St. Catherine Parish Council to give even greater assistance to the poor, in the drive to further reduce the level of poverty in the parish. Dr. Salmon said that available data had revealed that there has been a gradual reduction in...