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Jamaica will, later this year, be the featured destination in a popular food and lifestyle magazine owned by world famous celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver. The editor of Jamie Magazine, Andy Harris, world renowned photographer, David Loftus, and writer, Kevin Gould, spent just over a week in Jamaica on a "foodie" road trip across the island. Jamaica Tourist Board District Sales...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen has emphasised that in seeking to transform the society, Jamaicans must ensure that the young people are not neglected. "We must engage and involve them in our undertakings. In addition to adding a fresh perspective and relevance, they are the key to the continuity of our existence," he pointed out. Speaking...

Childhood friends rekindled old ties, conversations flowed freely, and food and spirits were bountiful, as thousands gathered at the Anthony Wayne Park in Bear Mountain, Rockland County, New York, on Sunday, May 31, for the 29th annual Friends of Trelawny Association (FOTA) reunion picnic. The buses and cars began rolling into the Anthony Wayne Recreation Area at 6:00 a.m., and...

Jamaica's Ambassador-designate to the United States, Her Excellency, Audrey Marks, has commended the Gleaner Company for its continued support of the Spelling Bee Competition and the sponsorship of Jamaica's entry in the Scripps National Spelling Bee Competition, now underway in Washington, D.C. In welcoming Jamaica's Spelling Bee participant in the competition, Owayne Rodney, and his coach, Primrose Swaby, at the...

The late Clovis John Brooks is remembered in Toronto, Canada, for his passion and dedication to humanity and children in particular. As a community stalwart, he founded the John Brooks Community Foundation and Scholarship Fund in 1981, to recognise academic excellence in high school students of African descent. When Mr. Brooks died in 2008 at the age of 84, it...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is spearheading the development of a programme to support the transformation of vulnerable communities. Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, speaking in the House of Representatives this week, informed that the PIOJ has prepared a broad framework, which "is being further developed and refined as a matter of urgency." "It is a cross-cutting, multi-agency approach....

The Road Safety Unit (RSU) is reporting a 30% reduction in road fatalities since the start of the year. The Unit has reported that to date, there have been 112 fatalities, 49 less than the 161 fatalities recorded over the same period last year. There has also been a 26 percent decline in fatal crashes, down from 142 to 106...

Nadine Scott can be easily characterized as a stalwart educator, who from an early age, set her eyes on the teaching profession and never looked back. Currently a principal at the Excelsior Community College in Kingston, she has made the rounds at every level of the teaching profession. On Monday, May 10, she was among 40 educators, who were awarded...

The Development Assistance Centre (DAC), which has been set up at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), to reduce the turnaround time for the processing of building applications, should be fully operational by mid-June. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, informed that the core staff has already been identified. He said that although...

The House of Representatives has begun debating the report from the Joint Select Committee of Parliament on the six anti-crime Bills, for which the Government has been seeking approval since 2008. The Bills are: an Act to amend the Bail Act; an Act to further amend the Firearms Act; an Act to amend the Offences Against the Person Act; an...

Jamaicans residing in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, have been assured that relations between Jamaica and the United States of America (USA), have not been damaged by the recent series of events involving an extradition request by the US Government. Addressing a town hall meeting at the St. Gabriel's Church Hall in Brooklyn, New York,...

The Directors of a Jamaican owned company in Birmingham, United Kingdom, have donated