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The annual National Leadership Prayer Breakfast 2006, will be held on January 19, under the theme 'Choose you this Day.' This event will be held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston and will once again be sponsored by Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS), which has sponsored the event for the last 20 years. The prayer breakfast was launched today...

Twelve years after the Local Government reform process was embarked on, the Ministry of Local Government, Community Development and Sport remains confident that it was a move in the right direction. Consultant on Local Government Reform in the Ministry, Keith Miller, told JIS News that the reform "has been established and is certainly supported by all the recent thinking in...

Professor Edward Robinson is the 2005 recipient of the prestigious National Medal for Science and Technology. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson presented the medal to Professor Robinson at an awards ceremony hosted by the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST) at Vale Royal on January 12. The National Medal for Science and Technology is a special honour bestowed by the...

Residents of Portland, who are eligible for assistance under the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) and have not yet registered under the programme, are being advised to do so now. Gloria Clarke, Parish Manager for the Portland office of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, informed that persons desirous of registering under the programme should do...

Members of the island's judiciary converged on the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston yesterday (Jan. 13), for a one-day training seminar on criminal case management conducted by experts from Britain. Organised by Chief Justice, Lensley Wolfe and Permanent Secretary in the Justice Ministry, Carol Palmer, the seminar is part of efforts to introduce case management in the criminal jurisdiction of...

Fishermen at the Old Harbour Bay Fishing Village in St. Catherine were on Wednesday (January 10) educated about the various types of hazards that could affect them and strategies to employ to minimize their impact. This was done at a safety exposition held at the fishing village, which was hosted jointly by the Old Harbour Zonal Committee, the St. Catherine...

Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas, has vowed to make crime reduction a priority for the police in western Jamaica this year, to ensure the safety of citizens and the business community in particular. The Commissioner, who was addressing a meeting of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce at the Sunset Beach Resort yesterday (Jan.12), said he was fully aware of...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, K.D. Knight has called on the Group of 77 and China (G-77/China) to push for the reform of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. "It is of particular importance that the strengthening of ECOSOC be given major attention and for the G-77/China to take a more forceful position in...

Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke, has said that with an increase in sugar cane production, Jamaica would reap benefits from ethanol production and diversification. Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture, Senator Anthony Johnson, agreed but lamented that unfortunately, people, particularly youngsters associated sugar cane with the old days of slavery and colonialism and not with "the real and actual science and technology...

Jamaica and Guadeloupe have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to facilitate the production and promotion of bamboo products. The signing was held yesterday (Jan.12) at the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) offices in New Kingston and the signatories were JAMPRO President, Pat Francis; Teddy Isimat-Mirin from the Guadeloupe-based Institute for Franco-Caribbean Cooperation; Paula Hurlock, Executive Director of the Dolphin Head...

A number of key government agencies are currently working together to devise a plan to assist the residents of Harmons, Manchester for whom the presence of rising waters in and around their community has become a fact of life since mid-2005. Currently, the South Manchester community is divided into three sections as a result of several huge bodies of water...

Director General for the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Dr. Barbara Carby has urged the business community to begin practising earthquake drills as part of its preparations for an earthquake. She also singled out business entities, which are participating in the upcoming New Kingston Earthquake Drill on June 7, to set up the appropriate structures and to...