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President of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA), Trevor Barnes, is urging petrol stations to put in place the necessary facilities and systems to transition to the E10 (ethanol blended fuel). This he says in the long run, will be to their advantage. "The service stations that will not be ready for November 1, they should encourage their marketing companies...

President of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA),Trevor Barnes, has said the Petcom Portmore petrol station is ready to introduce E10 (ethanol blended fuel), on November 1. "In order to be ready, we had to ensure that the tanks were cleaned and free of all debris and water. We also ensured that the seals were in working order and that...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, will be back live on radio tonight to answer your calls and to address your concerns, when his popular radio talk show 'Jamaica House Live', returns to the airwaves. The programme did not air last month as Prime Minister Golding was away attending a number of high-level meetings in New York and Washington in the United...

Three Jamaican-owned companies were recognised by the United States (US) Department of Commerce's Minority Business Enterprise Centre, at the closing of the annual MEDWeek Business Matchmaker Conference, on October 24, at the Signature Grand in Davie, Florida. The companies were among Florida's top eight performing minority businesses and innovators, and included Zap Courier Services, FA & M West Indian and...

Jamaicans were treated to a day of fun and seafood, at the fourth staging of the Old Harbour Bay 'Fish and Bammy Festival', held at the Jamaica Public Service Sports Club, on October 26. The event, which saw over 3,000 patrons in attendance, was organised by a committee, comprising residents of Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine. Chief Organiser of the...

Scores of children across Jamaica will benefit this Christmas from a toy drive being spearheaded by Chairman of the Jamaica Early Childhood Development Foundation (JECDF), Lorna Golding, wife of Prime Minister, Bruce Golding. This effort is seen as one facet of a broad plan of social transformation, which will pay close attention to early childhood education. Mrs. Golding outlined a...

In a few years, Jamaica can attract and retain Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) of US$2 billion a year and enjoy growth rates of over five per cent, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Don Wehby, has said. Addressing the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Round Table, at the Hilton Hotel in Kingston on October...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade, launched Fire Safety Awareness Week, at a church service held at the New Testament Church of God in Rhoden's Pen, Old Harbour, St. Catherine, on Sunday (Oct. 26). Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Larry Williams, in a message read by Assistant Superintendent, Owen Thomas said, "Each year in October, Fire Safety Awareness Week celebrations represent...

Community Mental Health Care, is more effective and cheaper to provide than institutional care, but in order to have a successful system, all the critical institutional services, must be available at the community level. In addition, there is an urgent need for specialised branches of psychiatric services, including forensic psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and child and adolescent disaster psychiatry, Senior Medical...

Minister of Health and Environment, Rudyard Spencer, yesterday (Oct. 27) announced that Vice President of Management and Information Systems, at the National Health Fund (NHF), Hugh Lawson, will act as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of the agency until a new CEO is hired. This follows the recent termination of the services of Rae Barrett as CEO of the Fund. The...

The Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications, has launched a three- month consultation process, to finalise Jamaica's first national minerals policy, and establish the framework for management and development of the local mining industry. Minister, Derrick Smith, said the draft document "sets out a comprehensive and unified approach to developing the country's minerals industry ensuring that the Jamaican people are the...

The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) and the Government officially signed off on a wage and fringe benefits package yesterday (October 27). The 2008 to 2010 agreement, stipulates that teachers' salaries will be increased to 80 per cent of the existing private sector market and that they will be paid retroactively in three payments from December to June 2009. Addressing the...