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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A. J. Nicholson, addresses today
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A. J. Nicholson, addresses today's (Jan.8) sitting of the Senate. He was providing an update on the recently concluded Conference of the Parties (COP) 21, which took place in Paris, France, in December, 2015.

Foreign Minister Says Outcome of Climate Conference in Paris was Positive for Region

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator  the Hon. A. J. Nicholson, says the outcome of the recent Conference of the Parties (COP) 21, held in  Paris, France, was a "positive one for Jamaica, for Caricom and for Small...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), acknowledges the warm welcome she received, at the official opening of the Meliá Braco Village in Trelawny on Thursday (January 7). At left is General Manager of the hotel, Dimitris Kosvogiannis.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), acknowledges the warm welcome she received, at the official opening of the Meliá Braco Village in Trelawny on Thursday (January 7). At left is General Manager of the hotel, Dimitris Kosvogiannis.

Opening of Meliá Braco a Signal of Confidence in Jamaica – PM
Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner.
Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner.

Police, Justices of The Peace to be Trained in Legal Issues
Students of Ardenne High School and their teachers show off the Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence they won at the National Performing Arts Excellence award ceremony, held at the Institute of Jamaica Lecture Theatre, recently. Coordinated by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, the award ceremony sees the Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence presented to the school or group that has earned the highest level of achievement in the National Festival of the Performing Arts Competition, which covers the areas: Dance, Drama, Music, Speech and Traditional Folk Forms. Ardenne High School took home the coveted award for the fourth year in a row.
Students of Ardenne High School and their teachers show off the Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence they won at the National Performing Arts Excellence award ceremony, held at the Institute of Jamaica Lecture Theatre, recently. Coordinated by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, the award ceremony sees the Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence presented to the school or group that has earned the highest level of achievement in the National Festival of the Performing Arts Competition, which covers the areas: Dance, Drama, Music, Speech and Traditional Folk Forms. Ardenne High School took home the coveted award for the fourth year in a row.

JCDC Encourages Persons to Enter Speech and Literary Arts Competition
Chief Justice of Jamaica, The Hon. Mrs. Zaila McCalla (centre), inspects the guard formed by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), during the ceremonial opening of the Hilary Session of the Home Circuit Court on January 7, at the Supreme Court, downtown Kingston.
Chief Justice of Jamaica, The Hon. Mrs. Zaila McCalla (centre), inspects the guard formed by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), during the ceremonial opening of the Hilary Session of the Home Circuit Court on January 7, at the Supreme Court, downtown Kingston.

Chief Justice Announces Measure to Ease Backlog of Cases

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CSJP Provides Lifeline for Mechanical Engineer

Searching for a job can oftentimes be a tedious undertaking.  However, the one offered to 28-year-old mechanical engineer, Aundre Weller, through the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP), has become a lifeline. Employed to the recently opened Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in New Kingston since October last year, Mr. Weller, a 2012 graduate of the University of Technology, serves the...
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Political Ombudsman Reminds Jamaicans of Conduct during Elections

Political Ombudsman, Hon. Donna Parchment Brown, is reminding Jamaicans that elections are occasions to be positive, with set principles that must be adhered to by the electorate. Mrs. Parchment Brown said that to ensure that this is achieved, the two major political parties have signed an agreement and declaration on political conduct. Delivering the keynote address at the opening ceremony...
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LabourNational Security

Check Legitimacy of Overseas Employment Agencies

Director of Manpower Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Andrea Miller-Stennett, is imploring members of the public to contact the Ministry to verify the legitimacy of agencies offering jobs overseas, in order to guard against employment scams. “We have situations out there where persons are being scammed. Persons are coming to them promising jobs overseas... and we...
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Justice

Amended Evidence Law Reducing Delays in the Courts

The Evidence Amendment Act, passed in May last year, has already been serving to reduce delays in the administration of justice through the country’s legal system. This is according to Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla, who in an address at the swearing-in of  Puisne Judges at King’s House on January  5, said she expects all participants in the system to...
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Political Ombudsman, Hon. Donna Parchment Brown, addresses the opening ceremony for the annual Accompong Maroon celebrations on January 6, in Accompong Town, St. Elizabeth.
CommunityCulture

Accompong Maroons Hailed for Retaining African Traditions

Political Ombudsman, Hon. Donna Parchment Brown, has hailed the Accompong Town Maroons of St. Elizabeth for retaining and upholding the African heritage and passing it on to their children and grandchildren. “Among the several Maroon settlements in Jamaica, Accompong remains the largest … and one of the few places in Jamaica where African heritage in its purest state can be...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, speaking at the annual Dispatch of Farm Workers to Canada ceremony on Tuesday, January 5, at the Overseas Employment Services Centre on East Street, Kingston.
LabourNational Security

Labour Ministry Seeking to Expand SAWP

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says  the Ministry is seeking to expand the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP), in an effort to provide more overseas employment opportunities for Jamaicans under the Canadian Overseas Employment Programme. The SAWP  recruits agricultural workers to work in Canada to meet the short term demand of manual labour during...
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Culture

New Categories for JCDC Performing Arts Competition

New categories have been introduced in the annual Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Festival of the Performing Arts Competition, for which entries are now being accepted. The categories are in the areas of drama and music. Interested persons have until January 15 to make their submissions. Drama Development Specialist of the JCDC, Dwayne Brown, told JIS News that improvisation has...
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