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Jamaican textile artist, Bryan Duncan is among 11 winners chosen from 170 entries for the 2005 Commonwealth Art and Craft Awards. The awards are organised by the Commonwealth Foundation. The other winners are painter, Kabelo Modise (Botswana); sculptors Nutan Bala and Dhananjay Kumar, and printmaker/installation artist Dimple Shah (India); painter, Mary Ogembo (Kenya); installation artist, Marnie Slater (New Zealand); printmaker,...

With the 'hot' local and international market for Jamaican pepper, farmers are being encouraged to get into this very lucrative industry. Howard O'Hara, regional marketing specialist at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), notes that there is a ready local and overseas market for the produce, which is not being filled by Jamaican farmers. He tells JIS News that currently,...

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Adelle Brown, has warned that children who are not immunised, would not be allowed to enrol in school. Mrs. Brown told JIS News, that it was mandatory that children were immunized prior to being admitted into schools. "The main aim is to avoid the spread of communicable diseases and...

Fifteen students from troubled communities across the island have benefited from $150,000 in scholarships from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), to assist with their back-to-school expenses. The donation was made as part of the JCF's annual scholarship award programme. Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas, in his address at the presentation ceremony held at his Old Hope Road headquarters in Kingston...

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) continues its growth and rebuilding efforts, pursuing all avenues to advance training for its staff, as the Office seeks to provide the best service to the Jamaican people, facilitating faster disposal of cases, thereby maintaining confidence in the justice system. In a JIS News interview, Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions,...

Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) President, Audrey Hinchcliffe, while expressing disappointment at the delay in the signing of the Partnership for Progress, said that her organization was heartened by the fact that in another couple of months, there would be a return to the table for discussions. Mrs. Hinchcliffe, who was the guest speaker at the launch of 'Western Expo 2005'...

On September 5, some 35 young men will begin training to join the ranks of one of the most elite security forces in the country - the Port Security Corps. Speaking with JIS News, Lorri-Ann Nicholas, Human Resources Manager at the Port Security Corps disclosed that this batch of recruits would be the third set of recruits to be trained...

In trying to play its part in reducing violence in schools, the Westmoreland Health Department (WHD) has been carrying out a series of training seminars for teachers and students in selected schools across that parish. Eight students from the New Hope Primary and Junior High School, located in the Whitehouse area of the parish, were exposed to a four-day training...

The 11th staging of Western Expo is scheduled for October 7 to 9, at the Cruise Ship Terminal, Montego Freeport, St. James. A project of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the annual event is aimed at providing a platform for the showcasing of goods and services, and to promote the growth and development of trade and commerce...

Residents of Ocho Rios and surrounding communities in St. Ann, are to benefit from a series of disaster awareness sensitization sessions, organised by the Ocho Rios Zone Disaster Preparedness Committee. The meetings, which will begin on Wednesday (Sept. 7) in the community of Parry Town, are being held in collaboration with the Jamaica Information Service (JIS). Other targeted communities are...

Officials of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) along with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Member of Parliament for East Central St. Catherine, K.D. Knight yesterday (August 31) handed over two Nubian goats to farmers of Waterloo Villas in St. Catherine as part of a RADA training programme in husbandry and goat management. RADA Parish Agricultural Manager,...

Students, who participated in the National Youth Service's (NYS) inaugural Success Camp, have come away with some invaluable lessons, among them the importance of staying in school and resolving conflict without violence. And, with schools reopening within two weeks of the camp, which closes today (August 29), students should be better adjusted and better prepared to take on the challenges...