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Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn yesterday (June 27), told delegates attending the High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York City, that urgent action was necessary to generate the level and quality of resources in the remaining time frame to meet...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson will be the guest of honour at Jamaica's 43rd Anniversary of Independence Ball at the New York Hilton & Towers Hotel in New York City on Saturday, August 13. Chairman of the Jamaica Independence Anniversary Ball Committee, Consul General, Dr. Basil K. Bryan told JIS News that the presence of the Prime Minister would provide a...

The Government of Jamaica has signed a J$4.95 million contract with Caribbean Electric Company Limited for the establishment of a Youth Information Centre (YIC), in St James. The contract forms part of the government's move to implement the flagship youth development programme, Operation Phoenix, which was launched by Prime Minister, P.J. Patterson in July 2003. The signing took place yesterday...

The library at the Seymour Almon Basic School in St. Catherine has been refurbished at a cost of approximately $250,000. The project, which was financed by the Kiwanis Club of the First City, in collaboration with the school's Parent Teacher's Association and the Pentecostal Assembly Bethel Chapel, involved painting of the building, the installation of new flooring and the provision...

Despite the heavy rainfall, scores of persons turned out on Friday (June 24) to support the Jamaica 4-H Clubs main fundraising event, which was held at its headquarters on Old Hope Road. The event, dubbed 'Jamaica Nite', was a combination of Jamaican foods, music and dance. For only $500 patrons enjoyed a variety of foods, such as ackee and saltfish,...

Contracts totalling $27.2 million were signed today (June 28), under the European Union Stabex Parochial and Farm Access Road Programme for the rehabilitation of farm roads in the eastern parishes of St. Mary and Portland. The roads to be rehabilitated are Bonny Gate to Crescent in St Mary and Mumble Road South/Toms Hope and Tramway to Sandy River in Portland....

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) is currently automating its trademark registration process, in an effort to make it easier for JIPO's staff and clients to record business trademarks. A trademark is any sign that distinguishes the goods or services of one undertaking, such as a business entity or company, from another. The sign must be distinctive and capable of...

The anxiety surrounding the prospect of placement in a secondary school has now subsided for children who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) in March. Last month, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture announced passes for the 2005/06 school term, which begins in September. The Trench Town and Rollington Town Fire Stations played an integral part in helping...

Provisional figures for the month of April showed that revenue projections were surpassed by over half a billion dollars to be recorded at $12.56 billion.The government had budgeted to collect $12.02 billion for the first month of the new fiscal year, but was successful in securing some $540 million more than was projected. Newly appointed Financial Secretary in the Ministry...

The level of congestion experienced at the Port of Kingston last November, should not recur this year, based on a number of measures being implemented by the Port Authority. Dr. Ian Blair, Senior Vice President of Operations and Development at the Port Authority of Jamaica, informed JIS News, that in addition to the acquisition of additional yard space, due to...

Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke has charged cane farmers to seek to increase production to counter the effects of the 39 per cent cut in the price of sugar proposed by the European Union. The Minister, who was speaking at a meeting of the Mid-Island Cane Farmers Association in Four Paths, Clarendon recently, told the farmers that despite several attempts...

The increase in violence among children has prompted the launch of the Ministry of Health's newest programme, 'Raising Children to Resist Violence', which seeks to increase awareness and change behavioural patterns among parents and children. "We have noted the vulnerability of our children to violence and the only way to effectively correct this, we have observed, is to change behaviour...