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Education Minister, Andrew Holness, is urging educators, who are yet to attain competence in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to do so, as this will serve to lessen the digital divide, and guide and improve the decision- making process within the sector. Speaking at the launch of the Jamaica School Administrative System (JSAS) 7.0) software, at the Drews Avenue Primary...

Two dairy farmers have expressed optimism that they will be able to restore their production to former levels, with the assistance of funds obtained under a concessionary loan facility for pasture and herd development. The facility falls under the recently launched dairy sub-sector revitalisation project. The two farmers, Ingram Wedderburn and Oral Rayson made the disclosure in an interview with...

A literacy project, which seeks to help thousands of students to learn to read at an appropriate level, was officially launched at the Parry Town Primary School in Ocho Rios in St. Ann on Thursday (Nov. 6). Dubbed 'SuperKids Empowerment Project,' the initiative is targeted at primary school students in four schools in St. Ann. It is being carried out...

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Mark Shields, has said that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), must improve its policing strategies and forge greater partnerships in the drive to dismantle criminal gangs in the country. "I think we'll be in a better position as we go into 2009, to tighten up our strategies around dismantling gangs. It is not just about...

Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has called on Jamaicans in the Diaspora to market the island's tourism sector. "You have two jobs now. You have to be our biggest marketers as far as tourism is concerned because we can't sell Jamaica like you. You also have to be the backbone of the market because we rely on you. You love Jamaica...

Minister of National Security, Senator Colonel Trevor MacMillan, has commended members of the Peace Management Initiative (PMI), for remaining steadfast in their commitment to work in troubled communities, despite the many challenges. "I must congratulate the Peace Management Initiative for your tough work. Despite the challenges, you continue to roll-out your operations in new communities, growing from 15 in 2001...

As part of the Local Government reform initiative, a revolving educational loan facility, valued at some $5 million, is being set up for staff of the Department of Local Government and Parish Councils. Minister of State, with responsibility for Local Government, Robert Montague, said yesterday (Nov. 6) that the loan facility "will assist staff to upgrade their qualifications for appointments...

The Jamaica Cancer Society, has benefitted from a donation of $21, 140, which represents part proceeds from the sale of the Jamaica Motorist Diary, published by Rex Printing and Stationery Company Limited. Managing Director of the company, Clifton Hylton, who handed over the funds during a luncheon on Wednesday (Nov.5) at the Terra Nova All Suites Hotel in Kingston, said...

Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings, has underscored the importance of project planning, implementation and management, noting that these principles were critical to the successful introduction and recent roll-out of the E10 project, which will provide more environmentally friendly fuel for the transport sector. The E10 fuel, a blend of 10 per cent ethanol from sugar cane and 90 per cent...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, will on Wednesday, November 19, hand out long service medals to civil servants who have worked in the public sector in their specific areas of expertise for twenty five years and over. The awarding of the long service medals to civil servants was introduced in 1988. Now in its 20th year, the Jamaica Civil Service Long...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has charged that the society has divested itself of the responsibility that is attached to bringing up children and transforming them into good worthwhile, productive citizens. "We have unburdened ourselves of so much of that responsibility because too many of us have come to the conclusion that school and everything it represents is the place you...

Cabinet has approved the award of contracts, valued at more than $120 million, by the National Water Commission (NWC), to effect improvement works on some of the agency's water and sewage treatment facilities. Addressing journalists at a post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, on November 5, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight...