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KINGSTON — Acting Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Hugo Prado, has attributed severe health challenges occurring in some countries, to weak and ineffective information support systems. However, he said that some countries may be unable to implement effective systems, because they are too poor to afford it. Speaking at the opening of a...

MANDEVILLE — Beneficiaries of the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) in St. Elizabeth are lauding the initiative for making them proud land owners. The Government programme helps Jamaicans obtain certificates of title for property they occupy. "Nothing has brought me greater satisfaction to date than to receive the title for my father, who died in 1962," said Glasceta Honeyghan...

WASHINGTON — Jamaicans in Atlanta, Georgia, will mark Jamaica's 49th year of Independence with a wide range of activities from July 30 to August 6. Jamaica's Honorary Consul to Atlanta and patron of the eight-day celebration, Vin Martin, said the activities run the gamut "from the religious, to the literary, to the creative and of course, the parties". "Our culture...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be offering transportation service to and from the Denbigh agricultural show, which gets underway on Saturday, July 30. The cost is $995 per person per day over the three days of the event, which concludes on Monday, August 1. The buses will leave Half-Way Tree Transport Centre, Portmore Mall and the...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, is seeking to facilitate youth entrepreneurship as an avenue through which young people can achieve sustainable livelihoods by developing and operating their own businesses. Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry, Senator Warren Newby, informed that this will be done through a national youth entrepreneurship strategy being developed. "This strategy seeks to create...

KINGSTON — President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Sancia Bennett-Templer, has said that Jamaica's prospects for increased Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) are positive. She noted that while Jamaica, like most Small Island Developing States (SIDS), has been adversely affected by the global financial crisis, which has reduced FDIs flows, there has been a resurgence of interest in a number of...

KINGSTON — A number of dignitaries from the region are expected in the island for the 59th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural & Industrial Show, which will be held this weekend at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon. Deputy Premier and Minister for District Administration, Works, Lands and Agriculture in the Cayman Island, Hon. Juliana O'Connor-Connolly; President of the Cayman Island...

KINGSTON — The FINSAC Commission of Enquiry had a premature adjournment Wednesday morning (July 27), after the Commissioners refused to grant former Century National Bank (CNB) head, Don Crawford, more time for examination by his attorney. Mr. Crawford, who appeared via video from Atlanta, Georgia and his attorney, Anthony Levy, insisted that when he first appeared before the Commission on...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says that the shutdown of the scrap metal industry is in the best interest of the country at this time. Mr. Vaz said the Government stands by its decision, as the industry was "doing more harm than good …the fact of the matter is that we...

KINGSTON — Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says although the Government has worked hard to set the stage for the expansion of the manufacturing sector, there are still issues which it has to play a role in adjusting. "It's a challenge because manufacturing, over the years, has not benefited from a macroeconomic environment conducive to...

KINGSTON — First Vice President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and Chairman of the Denbigh Planning Committee, Senator Norman Grant, says the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show is one of the largest exhibition of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. "When you critically analyze the extent to which it has built up over the last nine years, it...

LONDON — High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Anthony Johnson, was the Diplomatic representative at the service celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James version of the Bible, at Southwark Cathedral in London on July 24. The Cathedral has a special link with this anniversary, because Bishop Lancelot Andrews, who oversaw the translation of the King James version...