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Two Jamaican nationals are among persons elected to serve as Commissioners in Florida, following their successful bid in the mid-term elections last November.Dale Holness will serve as Broward County Commissioner in District 9, while Commissioner Alexandra Davis, a newcomer to politics, has earned a seat on the City Commission of Miramar.Prior to his new appointment, Mr. Holness served for six...

Owners of the 521 unregistered strata properties in Jamaica, 300 of which are located in Westport, Portmore, St. Catherine, have been notified that they are liable for prosecution, effective the end of January 2011, by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Commission of Strata Corporations (CSC), Mrs. Sandra Watson. "If they do not register, we will be forced to use...

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Effective Thursday, January 13, 2011, the National Works Agency (NWA) will be re- implementing major changes to the flow of traffic through the Bog Walk Gorge in St. Catherine.  The changes are being re-implemented in order to allow for the continuation of the pipe laying activities by the National Water Commission (NWC). Starting Thursday, the permanent traffic signals at the...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, on Wednesday January 5, officially opened the Martha Brae Bridge in Falmouth, Trelawny, which was built at a cost of approximately US$2 .1 million under the Government of Jamaica /R.A Murray Bridge Programme. The structure is one of 11 being constructed across the island under phase two of the initiative. In a...

The Jamaica Productivity Centre, in collaboration with the Hugh Lawson Shearer Trade Union Educational Institute, will launch the National Workplace Productivity Training Programme this month (January, 2011). Speaking at the Centre's breakfast session today (January 11), at the Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston, Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Andrew Gallimore explained that the programme...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, says there has been stability in the cement industry, and a reduction in market prices, since the introduction of the regime allowing the private sector to import up to 15 per cent of cement for the local market, free of the Common External Tariff (CET). "We have seen where there has...

Thousands of Jamaicans and visitors to the island descended on Accompong, St. Elizabeth on Thursday (January 6) for the annual Maroon Festival. The event marked the 273rd anniversary of the signing of the historic Peace Treaty between the Maroons and the British authorities, which ended more than 80 years of hostility between the two sides. The celebration got underway with...

KINGSTON — Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Andrew Gallimore, has expressed appreciation to the Japanese Government for assisting Jamaica, particularly with the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC). “We are so pleased and indebted to the Japanese government for sending Mr. (Makoto) Oyama to the JPC for two years to be with us. There are...

The Ministry of Education hails Dr. Leila Thomas and her contribution to literacy education and the library service in Jamaica.Dr. Thomas, who passed away at 88-years-old on Sunday, January 2, gave close to seventy years in professional and voluntary work to adult and literacy education and the library service.

KINGSTON — Prime Minister Bruce Golding has described the late Donald Buchanan, PNP Member of Parliament as a lifelong public servant, devoted to the people of St Elizabeth. Mr. Buchanan died   last night after a battle with colon cancer. "Mr. Buchanan was a stalwart of that brotherhood of legislators who caught the fire of public service from a very early...

National Security Minister, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, says the government will intensify its crime fighting measures in 2011, as part of efforts to see a continued reduction in crime and violence. President of the University of Technology (UTech), Professor Errol Morrison (centre), in discussion with Project Technical Lead, UTech, Dr. Cliff Riley (right), during the opening of UTech