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Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, says that although the Jamaican economy is faced with many challenges, the country is doing reasonably well in terms of tourism, as the latest figures for October show a 5% (five percent) increase in visitor arrivals, compared to the same period last year. Mr. Golding made this disclosure while speaking on his monthly call-in programme, "Jamaica...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has sought to once again give the assurance that the island's financial institutions are sound. He said that because of scrupulous supervision, Jamaica's banks are in a strong position and therefore do not have the kind of problems that have been erupting in the US or other parts of the world since mid- September. Speaking on...

Bromley Primary School in St. Mary, emerged winners of the annual parish school debate, sponsored by the Hugh Shearer Foundation, at the St. Mary Parish Church Hall in Port Maria on Thursday, October 22. The competition, which began in 2006, is held in a different parish each year with St. Thomas hosting the first, and Portland serving as the venue...

Senior Manager for Environmental Management in the Integrated, Planning and Environment Division, at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Paulette Kolbusch, has asserted that the introduction of the E10 fuel in Jamaica, is a step in the right direction for the country. "Introducing E10 into the Jamaican market for petroleum products is a step in the right direction. The...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Anthony Johnson, will pay a four-day official visit to Minnesota from October 30 to November 2. While in Minnesota, Ambassador Johnson will visit the University of Minnesota; Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare; College of St. Catherine, Hennepin County Medical Center; the Mayo Clinic and the Jamaican Splash fundraising event at the Mayo Civic Center, Rochester...

Although it has been tried, tested and proven overtime, that early detection of prostate cancer can save lives, this disease continues to claim the lives of numerous Jamaican men each year. The March 2008 edition of the West Indian Medical Journal, shows that between 1998 and 2002, there were 873 recorded cases of prostate cancer. Consultant urologist at the University...

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), has approved $817 million for projects and programmes geared at enhancing and developing Jamaica's tourism product. Speaking at a recent press briefing at the Ministry of Tourism's offices in New Kingston, Minister Edmund Bartlett, pointed out that funds have been allocated to improve and upgrade resorts and tourism centres throughout the island as a means...

The funeral service for Alton Ellis, the singer regarded as Jamaica's greatest proponent of Rocksteady music, will take place at the St. Andrew Scots Kirk United Church at 43A Duke Street in downtown Kingston on Monday 3rd November 2008, starting at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Ellis, who died on the night of October 10, in England where he resided, will be...

Senator Aundre Franklin, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Environment will lead a delegation to the Rotterdam Convention at the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy from October 30 - 31, 2008. The theme identified for the two day meeting is "Sound Chemicals Management: Relieving the Burden on Public Health." "Jamaica has an...

President of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association, Omar Azan, has welcomed the new US$10 million credit facility that has been secured by the Export Import Bank of Jamaica (EXIM Bank), to assist local importers of goods and raw materials from the United States. Reacting to the announcement in an interview with JIS News yesterday (Oct. 28), Mr. Azan noted that the...

Minister of Health, Rudyard Spencer, has expressed the view that to successfully reduce the demand for illicit drugs throughout the Caribbean, a region-wide public education programme, similar to the one being implemented for HIV/AIDS, must be carried out. Pointing out that the region cannot afford the social decadence that accompanies the peddling, use and abuse of drugs, the Health Minister...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has informed that the Consumer Affairs Commission and the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), will be monitoring selected retailers to ensure that the prices on the cheaper fertiliser blends, which arrived in the island last week, are kept at the agreed levels. "The intention is not to implement price control, we will however continue...