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The Registrar General's Department (RGD) has embarked on a programme called the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) initiative, with the services of that department being taken to rural and remote communities across the island, with a view to ensuring the proper registration of the children. This programme targets students who have recently sat or are preparing to sit the GSAT,...

The St. Ann Labour Day Parish Committee has so far identified a total of 99 projects."Forty nine projects have been registered, with an additional 50 drain cleaning projects being organized through the St. Ann Parish Council," St. Ann Parish Disaster Co-ordinator, Alvin Clarke told JIS News. He is appealing to the residents of the parish to support the work plans...

A total of 15,000 students at the primary level have been targeted by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture to participate in the 2005 Summer Literacy Programme. "It is going to be an enhanced Summer Literacy Programme, in that there will be a parent education component. Parents will be given guidelines in child rearing practices and we are hoping...

Claribell Scarlett of Dumfries in St. James, is a very proud and strong centenarian. Displaying agility and sharpness of memory at her 100th birthday celebration put on by her close family and friends on Saturday, May 14 at the Dumfries Community Centre, Mrs. Scarlett seems determined to add many more years to her milestone. She was easily mistaken for one...

A project seeking to start young black British Boys on a path to careers in medicine and research science was officially launched last week in London. 'Generating Genius', which starts this summer, will see 10 black British boys participating in a four-week summer programme at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus in Jamaica. Ten Jamaican boys will...

Claribell Scarlett of Dumfries in St. James, is a very proud and strong centenarian. Displaying agility and sharpness of memory at her 100th birthday celebration put on by her close family and friends on Saturday, May 14 at the Dumfries Community Centre, Mrs. Scarlett seems determined to add many more years to her milestone. She was easily mistaken for one...

A project seeking to start young black British Boys on a path to careers in medicine and research science was officially launched last week in London. 'Generating Genius', which starts this summer, will see 10 black British boys participating in a four-week summer programme at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus in Jamaica. Ten Jamaican boys will...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Brazilian Minister of External Affairs Celso Amorim, have discussed how Jamaica could benefit from assistance in developing ethanol as an alternative source of energy. Mr. Patterson said ethanol, as a renewable source of energy, had acquired even greater significance with the projected changes to the sugar protocol with Europe. The Prime Minister said that with...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Brazilian Minister of External Affairs Celso Amorim, have discussed how Jamaica could benefit from assistance in developing ethanol as an alternative source of energy. Mr. Patterson said ethanol, as a renewable source of energy, had acquired even greater significance with the projected changes to the sugar protocol with Europe. The Prime Minister said that with...

The 386 students of the Bogue Hill All-Age School in St. James, can now renew their quest to master the world of Information Technology, as the Library at that institution is once again equipped with a State of the Art computer system. The computer system was a gift from the Optimist Club of Rose Hall, of which the President, Ms....

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) was able to recover in excess of over $16 million for aggrieved consumers during the financial year just ended. Most of the refunds were from the automobile sector, where of the 2,329 complaints lodged for the period, 265 related to faulty motor vehicles, leading to $12 million being refunded to consumers. This is a vast...

Managing Director of the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA), Ernest Smith, has said that wireless technology has hastened the movement towards providing universal access to information and communication technology in Jamaica. Mr. Smith was speaking against the background of the celebration of World Telecommunications Day on May 17 under theme: 'Creating an Equitable Information Society - Time for Action'. He said...