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Ground was broken on Thursday (April 22) at the Dalvey Primary School in St. Thomas for the construction of a new sanitary facility to provide toilets and wash basins for over 200 children. The project is to be managed by the executive of the Dalvey Community Development Association, the principal of the school and the school Board. Construction work on...

Four high schools in St. Catherine were presented with cheques totalling $100,000 by the St. Catherine Cooperative Credit Union to assist students participating in the Penn Relays in the United States. The presentation was made on Wednesday (April 21) at a Cocktail function held by the St. Catherine Cooperative Credit Union at its Portmore Pines office in Greater Portmore. The...

Leader of the Opposition, Edward Seaga is proposing that the Government adopt a fixed exchange rate macro-economic policy to stabilise the economy, which he claims will have a domino effect of low interest rates and low inflation. The Opposition Leader made the proposal on Thursday (April 22) while making his contribution to the 2004/05 Budget Debate at Gordon House. In...

A new album, 'Two Culture Clash', which combines the best of Jamaican music ranging from dance hall to classic reggae sounds with electronic dance music that is popular in clubs across the world, was launched recently in London at the Jamaican High Commission. The album pairs some of Jamaica's top musicians, vocalists and Dancehall stars with top electronic music producers...

Although there is good reason to be upbeat about Jamaica's tourism performance, the country cannot afford to become complacent and should, at this point in the industry's development, build on the extraordinary strength of "brand Jamaica" and the appeal of the island's culture in satisfying the demands of the modern traveller. Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba made this...

The Ministry of Industry and Tourism will be meeting with the private sector, other ministries and agencies, and labour organizations, to explore areas of social and infrastructural improvement and assistance to persons who are employed in hotels, attractions and other tourism enterprises. In her budget presentation in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (April 21), Minister of Industry and Tourism,...

Legislation is well advanced to establish the legal framework for the charging and use of the tourism enhancement fee and the establishment of an interim advisory committee, which will ultimately become a Board of Directors for the Tourism Enhancement Fund, which will manage the implementation of the Tourism Master Plan. Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba divulged this on...

Education, Youth and Culture Minister, Maxine Henry-Wilson has said that the Cabinet Office has recommended some 20 agencies to be consolidated to bring about greater efficiency in the public sector. According to the Minister there were significant overlaps in the mandates of some agencies and as such some would have to be collapsed or made redundant. Addressing a JIS Think...

A new car park, with 39 car spaces, has been officially opened in St. Ann's Bay, St. Ann, at a cost of some $2 million. The facility, the first of its type in the parish, being operated by the St. Ann Parish Council, comprises a ticket office and sanitary conveniences, that will facilitate the users, who will find it more...

There has been an increase in the number of complaints and queries about credit cards, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has reported. Director of Research, Information and Communication at the CAC, Raymond Pryce told JIS News that the increase in the number of calls to the CAC reflected the growth in electronic transactions in Jamaica. "As credit cards become more...

Suggesting that Jamaica would be in a precarious position if it participated in the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), Opposition Leader, Edward Seaga is cautioning the government not to proceed on that journey. "Jamaica's participation in the proposed extension of CARICOM to create the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) would expose the vulnerability of the economy to even...

The Ministry of Industry and Tourism will be meeting with the private sector, other ministries and agencies, and labour organizations, to explore areas of social and infrastructural improvement and assistance to persons who are employed in hotels, attractions and other tourism enterprises. In her budget presentation in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (April 21), Minister of Industry and Tourism,...