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Florida-based Spirit Airlines has announced plans to provide non-stop service between Fort Lauderdale and Jamaica's two main airports beginning later this year. Speaking at a press conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on May 19, Spirit Airlines' Vice President of Sales and Distribution, Marc Cavaliere, revealed that Spirit's service to Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport would commence on December 15,...

The cleaning of the Simon Gully drain in the community of Enfield has been designated as this year's parish Labour Day project for St. Mary as preparation for Labour Day activities gathers momentum in that parish. In an interview with JIS News, Coordinator for the St. Mary Labour Day Committee, Jeanette Rose-Bryan said the parish project was one of 45...

It cost the May Pen Hospital some $8.6 million in 2004 to treat cases, which resulted from acts of violence for the year 2004, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Nadia Nunez-Howe has disclosed. Mrs. Howe was speaking on the topic 'Crime: It's Impact on Health and Socio Economic Development in the Parish of Clarendon' at a panel discussion...

Approximately 130 Labour Day projects have been registered with the Labour Day secretariats in the parishes of St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland. Checks made on Friday, (May 20) revealed that Westmoreland leads the way with 55 registered projects, St. James follows with 52 while Hanover has 30 projects planned. With the fever of volunteerism running high within these western parishes,...

The Ministry of Health has re-launched its Dietetic and Nutrition Internship programme. The fourth batch of interns were officially welcomed into the one year programme, at an orientation seminar, held at the Ministry's King Street Offices in Kingston today (May 20). The programme was last undertaken in 1998. Programme Co-ordinator, Deon Bent explained that the internship sought to enable interns...

Some 80 quarts or 160 pounds of sorrel seeds have been distributed to over 60 farmers from Eastern St. James for the St. James Parish Council/Adelphi Area Sorrel Project. The supplies were handed out to the farmers at the official launching of the project on May 18 in the Adelphi square. Valued at over $50,000, the items, which included machetes...

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on Tuesday (May 17), honoured Jamaican heroine, Mary Seacole when it named its Boardroom at Beckford Square in her honour. High Commissioner, Her Excellency Gail Mathurin who officially unveiled the plaque, said she was elated to see that Mary Seacole was finally receiving the international recognition she deserved. "As a Jamaican, I...

The National Council of Jamaicans and Supportive Organizations in Canada (NCJSOC) will be choosing a new president at its 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) set for May 22 in Toronto, Canada. The organization, an umbrella group for approximately 35 Jamaican associations across Canada, is led by Jamaican-born Olive Steele whose second term as President is coming to an end. A...

The Ministry of Health has re-launched its Dietetic and Nutrition Internship programme. The fourth batch of interns were officially welcomed into the one year programme, at an orientation seminar, held at the Ministry's King Street Offices in Kingston today (May 20). The programme was last undertaken in 1998. Programme Co-ordinator, Deon Bent explained that the internship sought to enable interns...

Some 80 quarts or 160 pounds of sorrel seeds have been distributed to over 60 farmers from Eastern St. James for the St. James Parish Council/Adelphi Area Sorrel Project. The supplies were handed out to the farmers at the official launching of the project on May 18 in the Adelphi square. Valued at over $50,000, the items, which included machetes...

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on Tuesday (May 17), honoured Jamaican heroine, Mary Seacole when it named its Boardroom at Beckford Square in her honour. High Commissioner, Her Excellency Gail Mathurin who officially unveiled the plaque, said she was elated to see that Mary Seacole was finally receiving the international recognition she deserved. "As a Jamaican, I...

The National Council of Jamaicans and Supportive Organizations in Canada (NCJSOC) will be choosing a new president at its 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) set for May 22 in Toronto, Canada. The organization, an umbrella group for approximately 35 Jamaican associations across Canada, is led by Jamaican-born Olive Steele whose second term as President is coming to an end. A...