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The second annual Caribbean Showcase was held in Hyde Park, London on August 26, with a special tribute to Jamaica's late cultural icon Louise Bennett Coverley (Miss Lou). Broadcaster Fae Ellington, who attended the event, spoke of Miss Lou's impact in gaining acceptance for Jamaican patois and culture across the world. She said Miss Lou influenced the work of many...

The Rapid Response Unit will be trucking water to 50 schools in the corporate area, which are affected by shortage in supplies. Minister of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Robert Pickersgill, who made the announcement at a press conference held at his Maxfield Avenue offices in Kingston this morning (Aug. 30), said that "a decision has been taken to redeploy...

Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke, has encouraged parents to monitor their children more closely to ensure their safety and protection. "Parents, guardians and caregivers, need to ensure that they know where their children are at all times," she said, pointing to the numerous reports of children being abused by members of their community, and being influenced by their peers to visit...

Commissioner of the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC), William E. Kovacic, is slated to address participants at the seventh staging of the annual Shirley Playfair Lecture series on September 6. The event, which will be held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston commencing at 5:30 p.m., will explore the role of competition in regulated sectors. Mr. Kovacic, who...

Some 300 athletes are slated to participate in the National Senior Citizens Sports Day this Thursday (August 31), at the Mona Bowl, University of the West Indies. The event, which is now in its third year, is organised by the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) and its partners, to promote active ageing.In fact, the event is fast becoming a...

Cabinet has received the executive summary of the Sandals Whitehouse forensic audit, and has referred the report to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Information and Development Minister, Senator Colin Campbell, told journalists at the Aug. 28 post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, that the audit, in addition to the Contractor General's report on the matter, would be tabled in...

A total of 70 students from 34 schools across the island recently benefited from a leadership camp, which was held at the Runaway Bay HEART Training Institute in St. Ann. The annual camp, a project of the 'Change From Within' programme, is designed to prepare students to become effective leaders, while instilling in them, positive values and attitudes. Director of...

All 161 public schools in western Jamaica are set to open their doors, when the new school year begins in the first week of September. In addition to the existing early childhood, primary/all-age and high schools in Region 4, comprising St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland, five new institutions that have been under construction over the past 12 months are scheduled...

The official signing of the 2006/08 Heads of Agreement between the Government and the Nurses Association of Jamaica, was held today (August 29), at the offices of the Ministry of Finance and Planning in Kingston. As part of the agreement, the association has agreed to an increase of 19 per cent in year one and five per cent in year...

Jamaica is currently taking steps to establish a Regional Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Association, in conjunction with Trinidad and Tobago, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Environment, Devon Rowe, has announced. This initiative builds on several moves which the Government has taken through the National Ozone Unit in the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), to phase out...

The Urban Electricity Regularisation Programme (UERP), set up some three years ago, is fulfilling its mandate of addressing the problem of illegal electricity connection in inner-city areas in Kingston and helping residents to regularise supplies. Initially, the government's main priority was to ensure that citizens in rural communities had access to electricity through the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), but when...

Jamaicans residing in Atlanta, Georgia have been urged to take advantage of the various investment opportunities that are available in their homeland. The call came from Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Professor Gordon Shirley, when he delivered the keynote address at a town hall meeting attended by just over 200 Jamaicans, at the Hillside Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Georgia...