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An award will be presented to a non-governmental organization (NGO) that has made sterling contributions to youth development, at the annual Prime Minister's Youth Awards 2010, scheduled for Sunday, November 28. The deadline for the submission of applications for the "Organization Service Award," is October 1. Nomination forms can be collected at the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), 16A...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, is reporting a significant improvement in the standard of certification being attained by students sitting the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC)/Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, each year. Addressing the monthly meeting of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, on September 24, the Minister said the number of students sitting...

Chairman of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority's (RADA) Parish Advisory Board for St. Andrew, Gassan Azan, says that the organisation has been working to assist the farmers to boost their productivity levels. "Over the years, we have increased the extension officers in the parish... so that the farmers themselves will benefit more from the visitation of the extension officers. We...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) held an outreach activity in Florida on September 24 and 25, at the invitation of the Jamaican Consulate General. The event was entitled 'Diaspora Outreach Programme 2010', and was held at the University Area Community Development Center at 14013 North 22nd Street in Tampa. Jamaicans in the Diaspora in Florida were able to access their...

A total of 65 students from inner city communities in Kingston and St. Andrew have benefited from scholarships totaling $1.3 million under the Jamaica Bankers' Association (JBA)/Area Four Police Civic Education Scholarship Fund. The presentations were made at an awards ceremony held on Thursday (September 23) at the Police Officers' Club on Hope Road. Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, congratulated...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding on (Sept 27) told the United Nations General Assembly that developing countries must help themselves towards sustainable development. "We must recognize that there is a lot that we can and must do for ourselves. Each of us must adopt and pursue with fixity of purpose the appropriate economic and social policies and good governance practices. We...

A technical centre developed by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), was officially opened by International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) President, Joseph Sepp Blatter, at the Bowl of Excellence, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, St. Andrew, on (September 27). The technical centre is expected to boost the JFF's football development programme for all male and female age groups...

The internationally acclaimed Jamaican piano player, Orrett Rhoden, is set to delight residents in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, when he performs at the John F. Kennedy Center's Terrace Theatre, on Friday, October 8. The performance will feature selections from Mendelssohn, Granados, Beethoven and Chopin. Scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., the function is being hosted by the New York-based...

A new Enrichment Room established at a cost of $6.1million and designed as a reading and mathematics resource centre to boost students' learning at the New Hope Primary and Junior High School, Whitehouse, Westmoreland was officially opened Thursday (September 23). The facility, which was set up through the joint efforts of the Ministry of Education and the Digicel Foundation, is...

Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major General Stewart Saunders, says that the Defence Board's approval of the transformation process of the Strategic Defence Review is one of the major achievements of his 3-year tenure as head of the force. He said the transformation has allowed the force to refocus its business model, as it moves...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says a new loan scheme will be made available to pig farmers, to boost the pork industry. The Minister, who was addressing the Annual General Meeting of the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association (JPFA) on Thursday (September 23) at the Golf View Hotel, Mandeville, said the loan, part of the Financial Access for...

A number of roads in St. Mary will be rehabilitated under Government's largest ever road improvement initiative, the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP). The St. Mary leg of the programme was launched Wednesday (September 22) in Eden Park, Jacks River, St. Mary. The extensive road repair project is being funded by the Governments of Jamaica and China, at a cost...