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The Ministry of Health will be increasing its drive to promote more screenings for cervical cancer during the month of September. Under the Cervical Cancer Programme, which was initially launched in April (Cancer Month), the Ministry has been targeting women in the age group 25 to 54 years, who have never had a pap smear, the test used to screen...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson has said that the society was demanding more and better from the education system, and that Jamaicans at home and abroad shared a conviction that education was the driver for both personal and national development. She also argued that the majority of persons had recognized that the educational product, "our people", would...

The concept of an Ombudsman has taken root as governments across the Caribbean seek to deal with the challenges inherent in the protection of the rights of their citizens. Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator A. J. Nicholson, made this observation while addressing the Third Regional General Conference of the Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA), being held at Breezes Hotel,...

Students of Crescent Primary School in St. Catherine, their teachers and parents wait anxiously for Labour Day (May 24), when the school will receive road safety improvements, aimed at making the students' journey to and from school a lot safer. On that day, the school, which is the site of the National Labour Day Project, will benefit from a number...

Mr. Speaker, I rise to make my contribution to the 2004/05 Sectoral Debate in a mood of great confidence in our future as a people, faith in our policies and programmes and pride in our accomplishments as an administration working in the spirit of joined-up government and partnership with the private sector. I must say thanks to the great team...

Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew, Councillor Desmond McKenzie, has re-affirmed the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation's (KSAC) intention to clamp down on the operators of illegal garages in the Corporate Area, commencing in Patrick City as of Thursday, May 27.He said the KSAC would be collaborating with the National Solid Waste Management Authority, which would be providing manpower and...

The Pensions Reform (Superannuation Funds and Retirement Schemes) Act 2004 was passed in the House of Representatives yesterday (May 11), with 48 amendments, and has been sent to the Senate for debate. Fitz Jackson, State Minister for Finance and Planning with responsibility for pensions, said the legislative side of the Bill should be completed within the next couple of weeks,...

The Government is moving to amend the Road Traffic Act Regulations to allow for persons who are hearing impaired to apply for a driver's licence. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley made the announcement at the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Ministerial Conference on Disability on Wednesday (May 12) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. "The issue...

The British Government has given an undertaking to provide direct financial support to the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) for the development of a prospectus for a Regional Tourism Investment Fund. President of the CHA, Simon Suarez, made the announcement on Monday(May 10) while addressing the 8th annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Montego...

The Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS) has received US$50,000 (J$3 million) from the Alcoa Foundation to assist with the implementation of the 'Social Ventures for Income Generation by Non-Governmental Organizations Project'. The donation was handed over yesterday (May 11) at the official launch of the project, which is aimed at assisting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to increase their ability to...

One hundred grade 10 and 11 students from selected high schools in western Jamaica are to benefit from the $4 million Western Belt Work Study Education Programme, which is designed to provide an opportunity for students from economically challenged background to earn while they learn. The programme, which was launched last week at the Montego Bay Civic Centre, is the...

One hundred grade 10 and 11 students from selected high schools in western Jamaica are to benefit from the $4 million Western Belt Work Study Education Programme, which is designed to provide an opportunity for students from economically challenged background to earn while they learn. The programme, which was launched last week at the Montego Bay Civic Centre, is the...