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The Ministry of Labour and Social Security continued its social interventions in West Kingston, with a Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Day Information Fair, at the Tivoli Gardens community centre, on Wednesday (August 4). The initiative, announced by the Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, following the recent unrest in West Kingston, aims to facilitate social mobility...

All children on remand are to be housed in a specially created Juvenile Remand Centre on Metcalfe Street, Denham Town, Kingston, by Christmas. The Prime Minister, the Hon Bruce Golding, was given this assurance by officials of the Ministry of National Security during his tour of the location Wednesday afternoon (August 4). The facility, which is a former adult remand...

The new Cornwall Court sewerage disposal system, which has been designed to serve some 1,000 households across North West St. James, has been completed at a cost of $300 million, eight months ahead of schedule. Minister of Water and Housing and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, recently led a team from the Ministry on a...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding will pay an official visit to Bogota, Colombia, from August 6-9, to participate in a number of activities including the official swearing-in of the newly elected Colombian President Dr Juan Manuel Santos. PM Golding will have a busy first day, starting with a meeting with Jamaicans living in Colombia after which he will hold bilateral talks...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has emphasised that "private sector investments, earning foreign exchange, producing runaway wealth, creating jobs and creating prosperity in Jamaica must ultimately be the substitutes for borrowing." The Minister was speaking yesterday (August 3), at the signing of an agreement for the Government to receive a US$200 million loan from the...

Jamaica will host the Commonwealth Regional 'Conflict of Interest' Workshop from September 27 to 28. The two-day workshop, which will be held in Montego Bay, St. James, will provide public officials with tools to address potential conflicts of interest. They will also be invited to adopt a Code of Conduct. The need for this workshop was identified by Law Ministers...

Several persons in St. Elizabeth and Manchester have expressed appreciation for the work the Alpart Community Council has done to improve institutions in their communities. As they gathered at the Alpart Sports Club in Nain, St. Elizabeth, on Friday (July 30), for the Council's inaugural project ceremony, beneficiaries heaped praisess on the organization. "These people are visionaries, and the police...

Political Scientist and Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Rupert Lewis says Jamaica's stellar achievements in sports and culture continue to serve as notable examples of the country's success since its Independence from Britain in 1962. Professor Rupert Lewis Jamaica, on August 6, will celebrate its 48th year of Independence,...

Former Prime Minister, Hon. Edward Seaga will be the guest speaker at a Dinner/Dance, commemorating Jamaica's anniversary of Independence, to be held on Friday, August 6, at the Fort Lauderdale Hilton Hotel. Hosted by members of Jamaica United Relief Association (JURA), a South Florida non-profit community association, the event will begin at 7:00 p.m. with a Cultural Extravaganza and reception....

Hundreds of citizens from St. James came out to embrace and participate in the Emancipation celebrations at Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay on Saturday night (July 31). The celebrations were organised and produced by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), in association with the St. James Parish Council. It included demonstrations by marching bands, renditions from a number of gospel...

On Friday (August 6), at dusk, the Miami Tower, formerly the Bank of America Tower, at International Place, downtown in Miami, will illuminate in the black, green and gold colours of the Jamaican flag, in celebration of Jamaica's 48th anniversary of Independence. The Miami landmark will remain lit into Monday morning (August 9), as a tribute to the positive impact...

Minister of Health Minister, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, is urging the public to co-operate with Ministry's health workers involved in vector control and other activities associated with the elimination of Dengue Fever. Minister of Health, the Hon Rudyard Spencer, speaking at Tuesday's (August 3) press briefing on Dengue hosted by his Ministry at Jamaica House. He said that particularly important was...