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State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Delano Franklyn, has joined the many groups and persons in commending the security forces for the efficient and professional manner in which their members handled the events, which unfolded recently in the Canterbury area of Montego Bay. With the security forces being challenged in Canterbury for several hours by...

Teachers and students of Aeolus Valley All-age School in St. Thomas on Thursday (October 16) participated in a concert and exhibition as part of the school's heritage celebrations. The event dubbed, "Jamaica Day", was held on the school's ground and featured musical pieces, dance, and national songs, performed by students and cultural groups in the parish. An item, titled, "Serious...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Delano Franklyn has raised concerns about Jamaica's inability to match its imports with exports of goods and services. He pointed out that it was the service sector that had made the island's merchandise trade performance bearable. "In 2002 our trade deficit was US$2.5 billion, in short, we sold US$1.1 billion in exports...

With the informal sector now accounting for an estimated 40 per cent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Ministry of Finance and Planning is seeking to put in place a number of strategies to pull that sector into the tax net. In a lecture, which was organised by the Students Association of Economics at the University of the...

The life and time of the late reggae ambassador, Peter Tosh will be celebrated next week (Oct 19-26) in South Florida. Organized by Jamaica Awareness, a South Florida-based non profit organization and King of Kings Production in Jamaica, the week of activities will highlight the works of this great artiste who was killed in 1987 in Kingston. Titled, 'Peter Tosh...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, K.D. Knight, has encouraged Jamaicans in the Diaspora to "become true stakeholders in Jamaica's economic and social development", while also examining ways to make even greater contributions to the country's growth and economic progress. Mr. Knight's comments came during a meeting on Wednesday (Oct. 15) with the leadership and members of several...

Commanding Officer of the St. James Division, Supt. Newton Amos, has praised the National Intelligence Bureau of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for gleaning valuable information that might have saved the lives of members of the JCF who went on an operation in Canterbury, St. James on Wednesday (October 15). Commissioner of Police, Francis Forbes quoted Superintendent Amos as saying:...

The Government has reported that for the first time since it started awarding contracts to supply textbooks to primary schools, the books were delivered early. Responding to questions posed by Opposition Senator, Bruce Golding in the Senate on Friday, October 17, Leader of Government Business, Senator Burchell Whiteman said the majority of the books were delivered before the specified time...

On the heels of the amended education resolution in which the Government and Opposition reached consensus, on Tuesday, October 14, Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson has said that a draft plan of action that incorporates several aspects of the resolution would be made public by December. Minister Henry-Wilson made the announcement at a press briefing hosted at...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has announced his intention to donate family property, which he owns in his home community of Dias in Hanover for the construction of an education institution for residents of the area. The Prime Minister has also invited the newly created Hanover Homecoming Foundation to work with him to develop the plans for the educational facility. Mr....

Conservator in the 65-year-old Forestry Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Marilyn Headley, has said Jamaican forests, although fairly young, were highly disturbed. She noted that the forests were being affected by the cutting down of trees for bauxite production, agriculture and infrastructure development. Additionally, she said hurricanes have also caused some damage to the forests. She was speaking at...

Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman, has said that the Government was committed to building a sustainable broadcasting and telecommunications industry that operated in full respect of international copyright laws. He was speaking at the second in a series of intellectual property rights lectures hosted by the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) to look at the copyright related aspects of...