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Hundreds of young people from western Jamaica recently benefited from a basketball clinic hosted by reigning National Basketball Association (NBA) champions, Miami Heat. The clinic, held at the Montego Bay Community College, was part of the team's 'Shoot for the Stars' book and basketball outreach programme, which is aimed at teaching the fundamentals of the game to young people, while...

Fifteen residents of the county of Middlesex have been presented with Governor-General's awards in recognition of their contribution to the development of their parishes. The Governor-General's Achievement Awards was presented to five persons, who have emerged from humble beginnings to assume leadership roles in their communities, while 10 young people received the Governor-General's Youth Awards for Excellence, in recognition of...

Minister of Local Government and Environment, Dean Peart has pointed out that the automatic weather stations at Morant Point in St. Thomas and at Pedro Banks have been re-equipped to provide weather data via satellite. "We will also install a number of early warning systems to provide information for drought and flood analysis in real time, putting the Meteorological Service...

Kellisha Maylor, a 17-year old student of Clarendon College, has been crowned Miss Clarendon Police Youth Club 2006. Kellisha, a treasurer for the Race Track Police Youth Club, which she represented, won the title from a field of seven contestants at the coronation show held on July 28 at the St. Gabriel's Anglican Church Hall in May Pen. She was...

The Ministry of Local Government and Environment will be aggressively pursuing a Property Tax Compliance Programme. This project, which has its foundation in voluntary compliance, is to be implemented using a three-pronged approach. According to the Ministry's Performance Report for 2005/06, which was tabled in the House last week by the Minister, Dean Peart, the three-pronged approach would include a...

Internationally renowned bass baritone, Sir Willard White, will be the featured performer at this year's service of praise and thanksgiving in London, to mark the island's 44th anniversary of Independence. The service, organised by the Jamaican High Commission, will be held at St. Martin in the Fields in Trafalgar Square on Saturday, August 5, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Rose...

A book of condolence for the late Jamaican folklorist and cultural icon, Louise Bennett Coverley (Miss Lou), will be opened next week at the Jamaican High Commission in London. The book will be opened on Tuesday, August 8 and Wednesday, August 9 and persons can sign between the hours of 10: 00 a.m. to 4: 00 p.m. Meanwhile, there will...

As Jamaicans in South Florida continue to mourn the loss of the late Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), a condolence book will be opened to the public at the Consulate General of Jamaica in Miami tomorrow (August 1). Jamaica's Consul-General to the Southeast USA, Ricardo Allicock, in sharing the loss, described Miss Lou as being larger than life, noting that...

A delegation comprising Minister of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Robert Pickersgill; Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture, Dr. Wykeham McNeill, and Member of Parliament for Central St. Catherine, Olivia Grange, will join the hundreds of mourners in Toronto, Canada, who are expected to pay their last respects to Jamaica's Ambassador of Culture, the Hon....

Approximately 20,000 tonnes of cement from the Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) will be available this week. 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 Ministry today (July 31), the...

The National Water Commission (NWC) has received some $19 million in grant funding to undertake an Institutional Strengthening Project, which is aimed at improving its capacity to supply water, especially to rural communities. The project, which will be undertaken over a 20-month period beginning this week and ending in February 2008, is being funded by the European Union (EU). Speaking...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has allotted more than $890 million for the purchase of academic textbooks to be used in the 2006/2007 academic year. In an interview with JIS News, Chief Education Officer in the Ministry, Adelle Brown said $315.7 million would be used to purchase primary level books, while $576 million is to be used to purchase...