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The Immigration, Citizenship and Passport Services Division (ICPSD), is reporting that, to date, the agency has issued some 700,000 machine-readable passports. At a recent JIS 'Think Tank', Senior Director of the ICPSD, Carol Charlton pointed out that the process of phasing out the old passports has been going "pretty well". She added that there was an increase in the number...

Research completed by the HEART Trust/NTA into various sectors, has pointed to the need to improve the existing worker profile, to enable the country to continue to benefit from international investment and to compete effectively in regional and global markets. Manager of the Human Development Unit at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Steven Kerr, who was speaking at the...

Some 35 workers from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and its agencies in Western Jamaica were sensitised about the necessary guidelines governing tender procedures and the awarding of contracts, at a recent seminar in Montego Bay. This is to ensure that the process is fair and transparent and that at all times, there is value for money. The...

Distinguished Fellow at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, Edward Seaga, will present the Caribbean International Network (CIN) 2006 lecture at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 20, at the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem. Mr. Seaga will speak on the subject, 'The Folk Roots of Jamaican Cultural Identity'....

The 2007 Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival will be held in Montego Bay from January 25 to 27, and according to Air Jamaica's Senior Executive, George deMercado, this could be the best ever festival. Mr. deMercado hosted members of the international press last week in New York, to announce the event and the artistes who would be performing. Arturo...

Kimone Leon, a visual arts teacher and graduate of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, has been declared winner of the Census of Agriculture 2007 Logo Competition. The competition, which was judged recently, forms part of the preparatory process for the Census of Agriculture to be conducted in February 2007 by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica...

Approximately 20,250 tonnes of cement will be available for sale this week by the Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) and other stakeholders. This is the word from the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce (MITEC), in conjunction with the Incorporated Master Builders Association, the Hardware Merchants Association, and the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce. At a joint meeting at the...

The third in a series of Continuing Education Fairs, sponsored by the Jamaica Social Policy Evaluation Project (JASPEV), was held at Lynch Park in Buff Bay, Portland on Friday, September 22. The fair was organized in close collaboration with the HEART Trust/NTA, Ministry of Education and Youth, Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning, Citizens Security and Justice Project, Parenting Partners, National...

The Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) will be expanding on the number of courses offered by the former Jamaica Movement for the Advancement of Literacy (JAMAL), so as to reach its goal of reducing illiteracy among the adult population in Jamaica. JFLL Executive Director Elaine Ferguson, told JIS News that the courses will cover basic literacy and that training...

Principal of the St. Andrew Technical High School (STATHS), Curline Christie, has said that the formation of the alumni associations have helped to rekindle interest in the school located in Bumper Hall, Kingston. Mrs. Christie, who was addressing the 2nd anniversary banquet of the Northeast United States chapter of the STATHS Alumni Association in Queen's, New York on Saturday (Sept....

Health care services at the Fair Prospect Health Centre in Portland has been enhanced with the presentation of an automatic sterilizer to that facility by the 'Friends' of East Portland, a group of Portlanders residing in the United Kingdom. The sterilizer, which is valued at approximately $200,000, was handed over during a presentation function held at the clinic on Friday,...

The Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC) has embarked on a series of 'Bowling for Business' workshops across the island, to enlighten entrepreneurs in the craft, fashion and food sectors about how they can benefit from the various business opportunities that will arise as a result of Cricket World Cup 2007. To this end, a two-day workshop was held recently in...