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A major development forum is to take place early next year to bring together local, regional and international investors, financers and public sector entities in a showcase of development projects in tourism, port facilities, water, housing and energy. The Prime Minister told Development Council members that it was essential to have such a forum so that stakeholders could be part...

Consul General to New York, Dr. Basil Bryan has been cited by United States Congressman Major R. Owens for his dedication and service to the Jamaican community overseas. The citation, framed in a proclamation, was presented to Dr. Bryan by Ruby Harrisingh, a member of the board of directors of the Caribbean American Programme for Empowerment (CAPE), at a public...

Cabinet will consider a comprehensive redevelopment plan for Spanish Town and for the area to be declared a redevelopment area. The Prime Minister requested that the proposal for government financing for the redevelopment plan be prepared before year-end for the consideration of Cabinet early next year. Funding is not expected to come from the Consolidated Fund but from various entities...

Students from three Corporate Area schools received certificates of recognition from Prime Minister P.J. Patterson for their outstanding performance in the international My Community Our Earth Competition (MyCoe). The presentation took place this morning (December 13, 2005) at Jamaica House. For the second consecutive year, Wolmer's Girls' placed first. In the competition last year they shared the first place with...

The much-awaited National Security Strategy will be tabled as a Ministry Paper in Parliament in January 2006. Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman, informed at a post Cabinet press meeting at Jamaica House yesterday (Dec 12), that Cabinet had approved the tabling of the document, which was geared towards the total security of the nation. "This security strategy is not...

Caribbean Business Opportunity Service (CBOS), web-based portal designed to provide companies with the tools to compete for business opportunities resulting from the staging of major projects and events in the region, was launched today (Dec.13). A partnership between Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) and headline sponsor Cable and Wireless Jamaica, the online service, which matches buyers and suppliers, features business opportunity...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke has said there was a definite need for the nation to turn to God to lead the way in the fight against crime and violence, and to bless the land with justice, peace and unity. He also exhorted the people to ask God to heal the country from the scourge of...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Dr. Donald Rhodd has called on the local media to develop partnerships with the Government to advance education for all Jamaicans. Dr. Rhodd, who was speaking yesterday (December 12) at a seminar hosted by the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC), and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...

The Jamaican ground Iguana found in the Hellshire Hills of St Catherine, has placed the island on an Atlas of the world's extinction hot spots, prepared by the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE). A report released from the Alliance said scientists who promote global conservation drew up the Atlas, which shows at least one species is in imminent danger of...

The old Goodyear Tyre Factory in White Horses, St. Thomas is to be converted into a call centre operation, through funding from the charity group, Upliftment Jamaica. "They intend to establish a call centre facility and over time, hundreds of residents of the parish will be employed here after being trained," said Commerce, Science and Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell.He was...

American civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton has challenged the more privileged Jamaicans to reach out to the less fortunate in the society. Rev. Sharpton, who was delivering the keynote address at the 5th annual Upliftment Jamaica awards and fundraising gala held on December 10 at White Horses, St. Thomas, chastised those in the society who "go through life without...

The Garvey Maceo High School in Clarendon has won the second annual peer counselling competition organized by the Peace in Life Counselling Centre, a non-government organization, which is supported by the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ). The competition, which was held at the Hotel Versalles in May Pen on Friday (Dec. 9) saw Garvey Maceo emerging victorious after competing with...