en-ushttp://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/Latest news and information releases from Jamaica, Caribbean and the World from Jamaican related organisations.The Economic Diversification Programme for Banana Producing Parishes in eastern Jamaica, officially ended today, but the yields of the farmers are continuing and some are already making plans for expansion.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2122Thu, 16 May 2013 19:24:56 -0500Members of the Flow National Basketball League took time out of their busy schedule to give back and lend their support to the National Read across Jamaica Day.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2121Thu, 16 May 2013 19:18:58 -0500Food For The Poor (FFP) Jamaica today handed over a smart new home to the Steerfield Basic School in St. Ann, bringing an end to the school’s 12 years of being in sub-standard learning conditions.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2120Thu, 16 May 2013 19:11:53 -0500The Jamaican population (as part of the Caribbean population) is ageing rapidly, reflecting a worldwide phenomenon. The majority (71.7%) of our senior citizens own their own homes, and most report being financially independent.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2119Thu, 16 May 2013 19:06:22 -0500Officers from Financial Investigation Division of the Ministry of Finance and Planning assisted by officers from the Lottery Task Force within MOCA, on Wednesday 15 May 2013, raided an address in Hanover and conducted a search operation and subsequently arrested a female in connection with an on-going investigation concerning the obtaining of Money by Fraudulent means from an elderly person in Canada.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2118Thu, 16 May 2013 18:58:42 -0500The Government of Canada today announced the opening of two new visa application centers (VACs) in Kingston and Montego Bay to make the process of applying for a visa to enter Canada easier and more convenient.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2117Thu, 16 May 2013 18:51:50 -0500One of Track and Field’s intense rivalries is set to unfold on Thursday May 16 and Friday May 17 at the 30th staging of the 2013 JTA/Sagicor National Primary, All Age and Junior High Schools Athletic Championships at the National Stadium.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2116Wed, 15 May 2013 19:59:58 -0500After representation made in a telephone call on Monday to Gilardi by ACOM, a one month extension has been added to the time in which Claims against Olint for Remission funds will be entertained.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2115Wed, 15 May 2013 19:55:49 -0500The Jamaica Customs Agency warns members of the public against engaging persons who have claimed that they are able to facilitate the purchase of motor vehicles from the quarterly Motor Vehicle Auctions prior to the auction dates.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2114Tue, 14 May 2013 21:00:53 -0500Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) will be hosting the second in a series of Health and Wellness Fairs under the theme “Healthy Mind, Body, Spirit: Taking Care of the Total You” at Montego Bay Pier 1, on Thursday May 16, 2013 starting at 10:30 am.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2113Tue, 14 May 2013 20:57:41 -0500The 3rd annual Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF), an initiative of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment (MTII) and presented by invesTT, was launched today at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Port of Spain.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2112Tue, 14 May 2013 20:55:13 -0500Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) through its brand Lotto, announced its 12th year of partnership with Caymanas Track Limited (CTL), for the 17th annual running of the Lotto Classics for the Governor’s Cup, scheduled for May 25, 2013.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2111Tue, 14 May 2013 20:50:25 -0500Students from 50 schools who participated in the inaugural LASCO Releaf Environmental Awareness Programme (REAP) were recognized for their outstanding work at a special awards ceremony and luncheon held today (May 14, 2013) at the Knutsford Court Hotel, St Andrew.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2110Tue, 14 May 2013 20:46:45 -0500Reading for Wellness - Nestle Wellness School Fiesta.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2109Tue, 14 May 2013 20:43:47 -0500The Reggae Boyz have once again extended a helping hand to the Glenhope Nursery, this time with a donation of US$2000.00 from their match fee earned in the Jamaica vs. Costa Rica match played recently in that country.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2108Tue, 14 May 2013 20:39:10 -0500In celebration of Child’s month, The Kidz Village will be hosting a fundraising event called Kiddies Jamboree & Family Fun-day on May 25, 2013 at the Pembroke Hall High School, Ken Hill Drive, Kingston 20.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2107Fri, 10 May 2013 12:12:54 -0500The Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon Noel Arscott emphasized the need for Jamaica to accept the HYOGO framework in order to lessen the damage that is associated with natural disasters.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2106Wed, 08 May 2013 19:48:33 -0500It was ‘raining’ cash last Friday – May 3 at the Courts Constant Spring store when the retail furniture and appliance giant Courts Jamaica launched its new, electrifying and ‘cashy’ prize promotion dubbed ‘Courts Cash Attack…Grab it to Win it!’http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2105Wed, 08 May 2013 19:42:35 -0500The parish coronation shows in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition will continue this weekend with the crowning of Miss St. Ann, Miss St. Elizabeth and Miss Trelawny.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2103Wed, 08 May 2013 19:34:41 -0500As the Jamaica Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers (JACAP) continues to take urgent steps to deal with the vexed issue of non-compliance, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has issued its annual report naming Jamaica as one of the rogue countries which will remain on a Special 301 Watch List, and citing inadequate payment of public performance royalties as a reason for the country’s retention.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2102Wed, 08 May 2013 19:30:54 -0500Over 20 LIME employees added ‘Substitute Teacher’ to their job function when they took over classes at the Holy Trinity High School in Central Kingston on Wednesday, in honour of the nation’s teachers.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2101Wed, 08 May 2013 19:16:36 -0500JUSD welcomes the establishment of the IMF Programme Oversight Committee which will also be deeply involved in ensuring that investment and development projects for the country are fast-tracked to get the necessary economic growth as fast as possible.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2100Mon, 06 May 2013 23:18:42 -0500Bellevue Primary and Junior High School, and Muschett High School in Trelawny are set to benefit from upgrading and expansion by the Ministry of Education.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2099Mon, 06 May 2013 23:15:00 -0500The $362M winner from Barbados that hit the Super Lotto Jackpot in last Friday’s draw, purchased his ticket at Carlton Supermarket, Black Rock, St. Michael, Barbados.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2098Mon, 06 May 2013 23:10:35 -0500The Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) has expanded its reach to facilitate persons wishing to make reports outside of the corporate area.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2097Mon, 06 May 2013 23:04:37 -0500Exporters in the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) sector who are seeking to take advantage of Jamaica’s global trade arrangements benefited from expert advice at the third in the series of technical assistance sessionshttp://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2096Thu, 02 May 2013 15:50:57 -0500Latin American Buyer attendance at The Trade & Investment Convention is on the upswing for 2013, as Argentina, Brazil and the Dominican Republic have made commitments to bring delegations from leading businesses from their countries to conduct trade on the showroom floor.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2095Wed, 01 May 2013 19:15:01 -0500The Legacy of Marcus Garvey invites the public to VooDooDoll, a performance installation project, which will be presented by Dr. Gina Ulysse on May 9th in the Garvey Great Hall (76 King Street) commencing at 6:00 p.m.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2094Wed, 01 May 2013 19:03:56 -0500Celebrating 30 years of youth tourism in Jamaica, the Jamaica Organization of Youth and Student Tourist (JOYST) has cemented their place as pioneers in the Youth Tourism Industry.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2093Wed, 01 May 2013 18:59:32 -0500The Child Development Agency (CDA) has intervened in the case of the seven-year-old child who allegedly broke into the Ramble Primary School in St. Mary recently.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2092Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:25:15 -0500The Ministry of Finance and Planning wishes to reiterate that the one-off payments of $25,000 under the Heads of Agreement for 2012-2015 has been programmed into the Medium Term Economic Programme and the amounts will be paid to all full time employees who are permanent, temporary or on fixed term contracts in Central and Local Government and Public Bodies without exception over the period of the agreement.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2091Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:18:45 -0500Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), the national investment and export promotion agency, has been selected as joint winner of the United Nation Conference in Trade and Development (UNCTAD)...http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2090Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:40:52 -0500Generation 2000 (G2K), the young professional affiliate of the Jamaica Labour Party, is today calling on the Prime Minister to use her contribution to the Budget debate to focus on the issues of youth unemployment, growth and restoring credibility to the political landscape.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2089Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:42:33 -0500The “I Believe‟ Initiative, a programme of Governor-General the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has made good on a promise to assist the Spring Village Development Foundation with the construction of the „I Believe‟ Medical Centre.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2088Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:38:27 -0500As the month of April closes, JPS is reporting 18 arrests for the illegal abstraction of electricity in the parish of Manchester.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2087Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:33:08 -0500RBC Royal Bank recently donated $540,000, as part of its ongoing support of activities under the RBC Financial Literacy programme in partnership with Junior Achievement Jamaica, to educate hundreds of high school students in grades 9 and 10, about aspects of financial literacy.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2086Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:29:59 -0500Responding to media reports on Food For The Poor Housing Projects in Trelawny, the organization's Chairman Andrew Mahfood is today reassuring the public that FFP has for the last 30 years operated with utmost transparency and accountability in all its operations, including the construction and distribution of houses.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2085Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:19:02 -0500An exciting global initiative in Young Adult literature is coming to the Caribbean! The Burt Award for Caribbean Literature was launched on April 27 at the NGC Bocas Lit Fest in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2084Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:13:29 -0500“Don’t just get mad. Get moving!” This is the rallying cry of the Jamaica Civil Society Coalition’s (JCSC) new radio programme, Consider This, the latest strategy in their campaign for good governance.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2083Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:07:15 -0500Hundreds of shoppers visiting the Digicel Tropical Plaza store were excited to experience the highly anticipated Galaxy S4, which became available in Jamaica on Saturday, April 27 exclusively through Digicel.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2082Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:54:43 -0500The Ministry of Education would like to apologise, for the late crediting of funds to teachers accounts, the salary payments for April 2013.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2081Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:43:34 -0500The Ministry of Finance and Planning wishes to advise that the delayed payment of salaries to Teachers, Education Officers and the Police was due to problems experienced in the banking operation at a local bank and not the Central Treasury Management System (CTMS) as was reported in the media.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2080Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:37:49 -0500Deputy Leader and Opposition spokesman on Foreign affairs, foreign Trade and Investments, Senator Dr. Chris Tufton says Jamaica needs to conduct a comprehensive examination of the economic and social impact of its large and growing Diaspora community to inform the country's policy strategy on Diaspora affairs.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2079Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:34:39 -0500Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding persons that property tax payment for the financial year 2013-2014 is due on April 30, whether the payment is being made in full or the first installment.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2078Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:31:53 -0500UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486; Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL; Moscow Exchange: RUALR/RUALRS), the world’s largest aluminium producer, announces the start of modernisation of Alpart and Windalco (Ewarton and Kirkvine works) alumina refineries in Jamaica, which will include the full shift of steam production from fuel oil to gas as their main energy source.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2077Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:39:37 -0500Regarding the matter of the St James Parish Council contributing to the staging of Montego Bay Night Out, the Honorable Noel Arscott, Minister of Local Government and Community Development is in full support of Councils taking necessary steps to facilitate local economic development in their parishes.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2076Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:33:48 -0500The implementation of the Customs Administration Fees (on April 1, 2013) is a shift from an ad valorem based structure to a fixed fee method and involves complex changes to numerous computer systems.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2075Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:12:28 -0500During the last 10 years, speeding has been the major cause of fatal crashes in Jamaica, accounting for 22.76 per cent of fatal crashes and ranking as the fifth contributor to all crashes on the nation’s roads - representing 5.6 per cent of the causes of all crashes.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2074Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:58:07 -0500Hundreds of children across Kingston & St. Andrew are in for a fun-filled, humorous adventure as they learn to fish, go crab hunting, swim, make a kite, and eat mangoes with Amanda Simpson and the crew.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2073Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:52:17 -0500It has come to the attention of the Ministry of Education that some public schools at the primary level have been administering screening examinations to students before they can be considered for admission to school.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2072Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:46:39 -0500The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) wishes to assure the people of Jamaica that our media practitioners remain committed to the search for truth and the holding to account of public and private officials to good governance and transparency in the conduct of their affairs on behalf of the public.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2071Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:43:08 -0500The National Works Agency (NWA) has intensified efforts to complete several projects now underway in Portland valued at nearly 90 million dollars.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2070Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:35:25 -0500The National Water Commission wishes to advise that the Ferry Water Supply System located in St. Andrew has been shut down due to operational challenges.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2069Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:33:02 -0500Jamaica will be on show at one of the largest gatherings of executives in the global ICT/Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry at the Nearshore Nexus Conference 2013 on April 24th in New Jersey, USA.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2068Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:29:26 -0500The National Water Commission is advising that some of its customers in sections of Portland will experience disruptions in their water supply on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 and Thursday, April 25, 2013 between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm due to scheduled maintenance works that will be carried out by the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2067Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:24:36 -0500Generation 2000, the Young Professional Affiliate of the Jamaica Labour Party, today characterized the Minister of Finance's Proposal to authorize deductions for student loan repayments as a short-sighted solution to a much graver problem.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2066Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:21:08 -0500The United States Embassy's, Public Affairs Section invites applications from full time lecturers with Jamaica’s tertiary level institutions to be considered for scholarships under the 2014 Fulbright/LASPAU (Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities) Faculty Development Program.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2065Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:16:42 -0500UNICEF handed over a new vehicle to Eve for Life, an NGO that supports teenage mothers and young women living with HIV, to help expand their outreach in rural communities.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2064Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:12:34 -0500Jamaica will be on show at one of the largest gatherings of executives in the global ICT/Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry at the Nearshore Nexus Conference 2013 on April 24th in New Jersey, USA.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2063Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:48:04 -0500I-PLEDGE stands for 'I Promise to Lend Encouragement to Develop Growth in Education'. The programme was established by Grace `Kennedy Money Services through its brand Western Union.http://go-jamaica.com/pressrelease/item.php?id=2062Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:52:12 -0500