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Woman District Constable (DC), Mazilyn Miller Prince, of the Portmore Police Station in St. Catherine was on Tuesday (October 26) named District Constable of the Year. The DC, who topped a field of 17 finalists from across the island, walked away with the coveted Minister's trophy plus a cash incentive at the inaugural award ceremony held at the Knutsford Court...

A team from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is currently in the country assessing the repairs to be done to the Sandy Gully, which was damaged during the heavy rain associated with Tropical Storm Nicole. Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, who was speaking at the post Cabinet press briefing held on (October 27) at the Office of...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunication and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has said that the Jamaica Rent A-Car industry forms an integral part of the island's tourism product. "To this end the industry not only contributes to improving the tourism product, but to national development through employment and well needed revenue," he said during the Jamaica Rent-A-Car Association Limited...

Minster of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, is urging local manufacturers to take advantage of non-traditional areas, where they can fill the need for goods and services. Speaking at the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association's (JMA) 42nd annual awards banquet at the Wyndham New Kingston Hotel on Wednesday (October 27), Mr. Samuda, who was deputising for Prime Minister Bruce Golding,...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, is assuring parents that the new registration system, with the accompanying questionnaire, is not a ploy by the government to pry into the lives of citizens, but a genuine strategy to improve data collection and student satisfaction in the education system. "I want to state categorically that the purpose of the Ministry of Education is...

Jamaica came out a big winner in the 2010 World Travel Awards, copping some 18 major awards in the travel and tourism categories. At the gala ceremony held at the swanky Sandals Whitehouse European Village and Spa in Westmoreland on Friday (October 22), Jamaica took home honours for being Caribbean Leading Destination; Caribbean Leading Cruise Destination Excursion; Caribbean Leading Airport...

Some US$20 million is to be injected into the Students Loan Bureau (SLB), through a loan from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The House of Representatives on (October 26) passed a resolution for a Government guarantee for the loan, which will help provide affordable and adequate financing for students from poor households to complete tertiary level programmes in approved local...

Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), Brian Wynter is to sign a contract for his tenure as head of the central bank with the Government within a few days, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw has disclosed. Mr. Shaw was responding to questions put forward by Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Dr. Omar Davies, in the...

Members of the House of Representatives, on October 26, paid tribute to the late Prime Minister of Barbados, David Thompson, who died early Saturday morning (October 23), at the age of 48. Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding said Mr. Thompson had brought a sharp, incisive perspective to the discussions of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Mr. Golding noted that Mr....

Youth month activities will be celebrated in November and December this year, under the theme: Jamaican Youth: Organising, Integrating and Participating for Development. The activities, organised by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture through the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), will get underway on Monday, November 1, with a launch at Campion College, Hope Road, Kingston, starting at...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Marc Panton, launched a $10 million USAID financed small grants programme, in Braco, Trelawny on Wednesday, October 27. The programme is aimed at assisting farmers to boost production in selected crops, which should also boost their income. Seventeen Farmer's groups, involving 400 individual farmers in six parishes, are to...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has lauded Public Health Inspectors for their 'tremendous contributions' to national development in the areas of public and environmental health. "I would like to salute you all for your contributions to the health of citizens across Jamaica, and for being part of the bedrock of the Ministry of Health, protecting and maintaining health through...