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Thirteen community volunteers were honoured at a special ceremony, held at the Hazard Primary School in May Pen, Clarendon, last week, as part of the institution's National Heritage Week celebrations. The community volunteers were recognised for dedicating their time to improve classroom conditions at the school, particularly its Special Education Unit. The work of the country's seven National Heroes were...

Members of civil society and other stakeholders are being urged to join in the fight against hunger, by Head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), in Jamaica, Dr. Gillian Smith. Delivering the FAO's World Food Day message at Clarendon College on October 15, she said that world food production will have to be increased by 70 per...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jean Dixon, has cited the need for a multi-sectoral approach, incorporating agriculture, fisheries, forestry and health, to ensure that the population's food and nutritional requirements and needs are adequately met and secured. This, she contends, is vital if Jamaica is to effectively counter challenges which the country has faced over the past...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, has commended the staff of the Spanish Town Hospital for their "tremendous work" in seeing to the care of patients during and after the recent flood rains. He was speaking to JIS News on Thursday (Oct.14) after touring sections of the Spanish Town Hospital, which were affected by floodwater from the heavy rains associated...

The threat of rainfall could not keep away the huge crowd, which descended on the Seville Heritage Park grounds in St. Ann on Wednesday (Oct.13) for Heritage Expo 2010. Thousands of students and teachers from various schools across the island turned out to support the event, where they enjoyed cultural performances from Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) award-winning groups, while...

Minister of International Business and International Transportation in Barbados, Hon. George Hutson, has called on member countries of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) to demonstrate a more determined approach in dealing with issues confronting the shipping industry. "I would use this opportunity to urge that there be a more determined regional approach to issues confronting the cruise shipping sector, some...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is confident that the $51.7 million Montego Bay Conference Centre in Rose Hall, St. James will be completed in time to host Caribbean Market Place in January, 2011. Addressing a Press Conference at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, Thursday (October 14) after a tour of the Convention Centre, Mr. Bartlett...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Desmond McKenzie, assured angry downtown Kingston street vendors on Friday (October 15) that new facilities are being created by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) to accommodate their removal from the streets by the police. Mayor McKenzie gave the assurance during a meeting with a large group of vendors, representing thousands of downtown Kingston street...

The threat of rainfall could not keep away the huge crowd, which descended on the Seville Heritage Park grounds in St. Ann on Wednesday (Oct.13) for Heritage Expo 2010. Thousands of students and teachers from various schools across the island turned out to support the event, where they enjoyed cultural performances from Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) award-winning groups, while...

Minister of International Business and International Transportation in Barbados, Hon. George Hutson, has called on member countries of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) to demonstrate a more determined approach in dealing with issues confronting the shipping industry. "I would use this opportunity to urge that there be a more determined regional approach to issues confronting the cruise shipping sector, some...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is confident that the $51.7 million Montego Bay Conference Centre in Rose Hall, St. James will be completed in time to host Caribbean Market Place in January, 2011. Addressing a Press Conference at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, Thursday (October 14) after a tour of the Convention Centre, Mr. Bartlett...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Desmond McKenzie, assured angry downtown Kingston street vendors on Friday (October 15) that new facilities are being created by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) to accommodate their removal from the streets by the police. Mayor McKenzie gave the assurance during a meeting with a large group of vendors, representing thousands of downtown Kingston street...