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The three-year economic and technical cooperation agreement between the governments of Jamaica and the People's Republic of China, has redounded to the benefit of residents of the Sligoville in St. Catherine, said Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman. The cooperation arrangement was initiated in 2003 and is estimated to value US$7.2 million in grant funding and US$2.5 million of loan funding,...

Equipment and supplies valued at $87,000 (US$1,345) were handed over to the Chapelton Hospital in Clarendon on March 3 by Tisa Chambers, a Jamaican living in the United States. Miss Chambers benefited from the services of the hospital during a visit to the parish in October last year. The equipment included nebuliser units, baby scale, digital thermometers, suction machine, blood...

The development of community tourism in Trelawny as well as the parish's staging of the ICC 2007 World Cup Cricket tournament, will top agenda items at the 25th annual Friends of Trelawny Association (FOTA) reunion weekend in New York City, New York, from May 26 to 28. The event, which will be held over the United States Memorial Day holiday...

Cabinet has approved a request from the Port Authority of Jamaica to purchase three properties in Titchfield Hill, Port Antonio from the Commissioner of Lands at an estimated cost of $4 million. Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman, who made the disclosure to journalists at yesterday's (March 6) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, explained that the properties, located at 37...

The Clarendon 4-H Clubs will be hosting their Achievement Day on Wednesday, March 15 at the Knox Community College, Foga Road Campus in May Pen.Parish Development Officer, Frances Nash-Robinson told JIS News that several competitive and entertaining events have been organized. "We are hosting our Achievement Day under the theme, 'Creating Wealth through Youth Development', and we really want to...

Jamaica joins with the rest of the world in observing International Women's Day. We have the good fortune of doing so at a time of great historical importance in our country. As we prepare for the ascendancy of the first woman to head the government and lead a major political party, we are reminded of the old Chinese Proverb, "Women...

Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet Assamba has reiterated the government's commitment to leverage the staging of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 to produce enterprise and business success for the country's entrepreneurs. She was speaking at the first in a series of sensitization sessions geared at generating awareness of the business opportunities to arise out of the event,...

The government's bridge building programme continues to have a positive impact on the economies of communities across the island. Transport and Works Minister, Robert Pickersgill, who toured the site of Banbury bridge project in Linstead, St. Catherine on March 3, informed that the overpass, which is being constructed at a cost of $40 million, would be a catalyst for development...

Prime Minister P. J. Patterson has written to the Governor General requesting that he temporarily assign Dr. Wykeham McNeill to oversee the Ministry of Industry and Tourism until the life of the present Cabinet expires. His assignment becomes necessary as the present Minister, Hon Aloun Assamba, will be undergoing surgery and will need six weeks to recuperate.

The British Government today (March 7) implemented a new points-based system for potential workers, which it said will enable the administration to control migration more effectively, tackle abuse and identify the most talented workers. A release from the United Kingdom (UK) Home Office said the points based system is a central part of the Government's five-year strategy for asylum and...

Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke, is encouraging children and responsible adults to play their part in reporting incidents of child abuse. Mrs. Clarke, who was paying her first visit to an educational institution since her appointment in January, told students at the Morant Bay Primary School in St.Thomas today (March 7), that the 2004 Child Care and Protection Act formed a...

Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman has disclosed that Cabinet has given its approval for the implementation of a regional medical waste collection and treatment system. Addressing journalists at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House yesterday (March 6), Minister Whiteman said the waste treatment and collection system is expected to cost some $400 million, and would be implemented...