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Executive Director of the Jamaica Productivity Centre, Dr. Charles Douglas, has said that Jamaica must reverse the decline in labour productivity to achieve sustained regional and international competitiveness. "When you look at labour activity and output per worker per hour, what you find is that there has been some slippage as far as Jamaica is concerned relative to some of...

Peter Webley, publisher of the South Florida monthly newspaper, Caribbean Today, has been a recipient of the Caribbean Peer Awards Lifetime Achievement Award for 2006. Mr. Webley is among four awardees, all Caribbean nationals, being honoured for their sterling contribution to the growth and on-going development of Caribbean media in the areas of sales, marketing and advertising. The other awardees...

Sixteen of the island's artists were given the opportunity to showcase their work to potential buyers yesterday (Aug. 31) at an exhibition mounted at the Montego Bay Civic Centre in Sam Sharpe Square. The one-day exhibition was organized by JAMPRO as part of its 'Linkages' programme, through which it tries to increase the competitiveness of local firms and businesses, with...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has appointed the Chairman and members of the Police (Civilian Oversight) Authority, with effect from August 21, 2006. A release from King's House states that the Most Reverend Bishop Charles Dufour, has been appointed Chairman. The other members are: Dr. George Phillip, Oliver Clarke, Gladstone Lewars, and Rudolph Hamilton. The Authority...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Honourable Professor Kenneth O. Hall announced today (September 1), that Burchell Whiteman, has joined the team in his office. A release from King's House informs that Mr. Whiteman, who recently retired from the Government after 17 years as Minister of Education and subsequently, Minister of Information, brings to the Office of the Governor-General vast knowledge...

Minister of State for National Security, Dr. Donald Rhodd, has said that the government was placing increased focus on community safety and security initiatives as part of the process to fight crime. He noted that the move represented a paradigm shift in policy from crime management to crime prevention, and to place communities at the heart of crime fighting, by...

The government will be placing increased focus on intelligence as part of its crime fighting strategy and over the next few months, will be making significant investments in applying the most up-to-date technologies to the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) intelligence-gathering arsenal. Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips, made the disclosure while addressing a press conference at his Oxford Road...

Member of the National Task Force on Education Reform, Dr. Dennis Minott, has emphasised the need for Jamaica to use education as the tool for the social and economic changes necessary to enable it to successfully confront the challenges of the 21st Century. Addressing the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Port Antonio on August 29, Dr. Minott said...

As of October 2, replacing a lost or stolen driver's licence will become easier, with the implementation of new measures to streamline the process and reduce turnaround time. Efficiency and Productivity Consultant at the Cabinet Office, Stanley Gordon, told JIS News that following numerous complaints by users of the system, a review of the process was done and a list...

More than $87 million has been earmarked to conduct a comprehensive review of the island's justice system to include the development of plans for the transformation of the Justice Ministry and its related institutions. Of the total, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will be contributing $59.35 million (CDN$1 million), with $28 million to come from the Jamaican government. Permanent...

Thirty students from across the island were today (August 31), awarded the Commissioner of Police annual Back to School scholarships, to assist with their back to school expenses. Every year the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) awards scholarships valued at $10,000 and $15,000 to financially challenged students who have excelled in the Grade Six Achievement Test (G-SAT) as well as to...

Air Jamaica is to increase flights to St. Lucia and Barbados, effective January 11, 2007. This has been announced by George deMercado, Senior Executive of Air Jamaica, who told JIS News that the airline would boost its non-stop schedule from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York to Hewanorra International Airport in St. Lucia from three to four...