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Jamaica's Consul General to New York, Dr. Basil K. Bryan has praised the Jamaicans, who immigrated to United States at the turn of the 20th Century, noting that they have helped to shape the culture of that country. The Consul General, was speaking at the birthday party for Jamaican-born Iris Stewart, at the offices of the Jamaican Consulate in Manhattan...

Jamaican born Earl Robinson, was recently honoured by the Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council (CYEC), for 30 years of outstanding service to the organisation.Founded in 1974, CYEC is dedicated to promoting and supporting youth development through two-way exchange between young people in the UK and Commonwealth nations. Mr. Robinson first got involved in the programme in 1974 when he assisted with...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has re-opened a Branch Office in Mandeville, Manchester. The official opening ceremony took place today (December 10) at 2b Caledonia Road in the town. Andre Hylton, Board member of the CAC and Chairman of the proceedings told JIS News that the office would be opened two days each week. "There is a great need for...

Representatives from government ministries, trade union and employers' organisations from 12 Caribbean countries, including Jamaica, are presently participating in a conciliation and mediation-training workshop at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel. The six-day event, which is a joint venture between the International Labour Organisation (ILO)'s sub-regional office for the Caribbean and the Ministry of Labour Social and Social Security, is geared at...

Public Defender, Howard Hamilton, is encouraging members of the public to take wards of the state into their homes this Christmas season. "Encouraging children of the family home to get involved in bringing some Christmas cheer to these children is important," he pointed out, while noting that if persons were unable to take in a child, they could visit the...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is to provide $7.4 million for the construction of a basic school in the Woodhall community of Clarendon.The contract signing and ground-breaking ceremony was held at the St. Luke's Anglican Church in May Pen on December 8. Speaking at the ceremony, Grace Ann Miller, Human Resource Manager at JSIF said that funding for the...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will be hosting its Access to Information 'Open Day' this Friday, December 10, and the public is invited to view or request documents that fall within the parameters of the Access to Information Act. Scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. at the Ministry's North Street Office in Kingston, the 'Open Day' will involve...

Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman, has said that success would not be achieved overnight with the Possibility Programme, and called on stakeholders to exercise patience with the project. "We all have high expectations for this programme, but we must not expect the associated problems to disappear overnight and therefore we must plead for patience, understanding and hard work," Minister...

With the region moving toward a single market economy, Jamaica will need to strengthen its monitoring and surveillance system to prevent food bourne diseases, which can be transported through the transfer of goods from one country to the next, said Dr. Ernest Pate, Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) representative to Jamaica. Dr. Pate, who was addressing a conference...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies tabled the First Supplementary estimates for the financial year 2004/05 in the House of Representatives on December 7, increasing the budget by $3.394 billion, up from $328.15 billion to $331.55 billion. The recurrent sum has been increased by $2.487 billion and the capital by $1.378 billion. The figures reveal that some $300...

The Labour and Social Security Ministry is reporting that to date, some 21,000 beneficiaries have received cheques under the government's recovery programme for persons whose houses were damaged by Hurricane Ivan in September. This group is the first of the 150,000 households assessed and approved for the benefits amounting to some $191.9 million. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace...

On Saturday, December 11, some 75 persons will be recognized for completing their courses of study ranging from Government Accounting to the Fundamentals of School Management, at the annual graduation exercise of the Management Institute for National Development (MIND). Special guest speaker at the event will be Pro Vice Chancellor and Chair at the University of the West Indies (UWI),...