Atlanta J'can Association gets the city's highest award
ATLANTA, Georgia: THE ATLANTA Jamaican Association has received the Phoenix Award, the highest recognition that is given by Atlanta, in recognition of Jamaica's 43rd Independence anniversary.

Tourism plan for Hellshire Beach
ORGANISERS OF the upcoming Seprod-Hellshire Fishermen Regatta and Seafood Festival 2005, say that the Hellshire Beach at Half Moon Bay in St. Catherine has been a liability to the tourist industry for many years ...

More Smart Card locations open
PUBLIC SECTOR workers will, until the end of this week, be able to access prepaid 'Smart Cards' for discounted bus fare rates at three point of sale locations. Those locations are the Ministry of Water and Housing at Dominica Drive, New Kingston...

Group calls for Gov't to restart recycling project
A GROUP OF non-governmental and community-based organisations has submitted a petition to the Government, calling for the urgent implementation of an effective recycling programme for the country.

Trafficking of Japanese migrants in Black River
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth: THE FISHING boat 'Amber Rae', which is suspected of trafficking in persons, has been seized by the Black River coastguard pending the outcome of their investigations.

Jamaicans abroad donate to police scholarship programme
THE JAMAICAN community in South Florida, United States, has donated $100,000 to the Ministry of National Security's scholarship programme for children of police officers. Consul-General in Miami, Ricardo Allicock, officially handed over the cheque...