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The Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby, has said that the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC), has contributed much to the preservation and enhancement of Jamaican culture. Representing the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Honourable Olivia Grange MP at a cultural concert in Emancipation Park in Kingston put on by the...

More than 250 workers displaced by the decline of the banana industry now have new career options, after completing the HEART Trust/ NTA Banana Sector Retraining Project. The project, funded by the European Union (EU), targeted communities in St. Catherine, St. Mary, St. Thomas, St. James, Portland and Clarendon. It gave some of the workers skills for transitioning to different...

The Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) has presented Prime Minister Award for Excellence (Agriculture) youth recipient and Jamaica 4-H Clubs Boy of the Year, Kevaugh Bonner, with a pair of rabbits and a cheque for $13,000.00 to boost his rabbit hutch. The presentation was made on Wednesday (December 9) at the Manchester Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Conference...

The May Pen Infirmary in Clarendon was presented with a solar water heater and 15 bedside lockers by the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, St. Gabriel's Anglican Church Chapter, on Sunday (December 13). May Pen Businessman, Pat Lawrence explained that The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is a charitable organisation within the Anglican Church that has adopted the Infirmary. The water heater...

Bustamante High School, Lionel Town, Clarendon has honoured 22 persons for long service to the institution. They were honoured on Wednesday (December 16) at a ceremony at the Juici Patties Banquet Hall, Clarendon Park, Clarendon, as part of the school's 40th Anniversary celebrations. The honourees served the school for between 15 and 37 years, in various areas including academics, administration...

Seven employees of the Shady Grove Basic School, located at 217 Old Hope Road, in Kingston, have been honoured for giving 10 and more years of service to the institution. Included in the group is Principal, Mrs. Myrtle Wellington, who has been at the helm of the school since its inception 35 years ago. Following the Christmas and Awards Luncheon,...

The sport of table tennis has received a boost in South Manchester, with the handing over of five tennis boards to two high schools and a community in the area, by Member of Parliament, Michael Peart. Cross Keys and Winston Jones High Schools have been given two boards each, while the Farm Community Club has received one. At a handing...

The Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have brokered an agreement on key elements of a US$1.3 billion Standby Loan Arrangement (SBA) for budgetary support for the economy, Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has announced. Funding is being sought by the administration in light of declines in revenue and foreign exchange earnings, due to the global...

The total cost of debt servicing (interest and amortization) during 2009/10 is 103% of the Government's total revenue and grants, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Hon. Audley Shaw, told the House of Representatives, Thursday (December 17). "It is a prescription for persistent poverty and social and economic chaos. We cannot continue to live in a fool's paradise...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, on Wednesday (December 16), signed letters of intent with six Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) for the management of the island's fish sanctuaries. The NGOs are: Bluefield's Bay Fishermen's Friendly Society; Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation; Montego Bay Marine Park Trust; Negril Environment Protection Trust; Sandals Foundation; and the Nature Conservancy. Under the...

The Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby, has given an outline of the Government's strategy to improve the youth sector. Speaking at the Christmas Luncheon and Graduation Exercise for the Possibility Programme this afternoon, Senator Newby said the Government was putting youth at the centre of the country's development strategy. Senator Newby said,...

In its bid to continually create promotional opportunities for micro, small and medium size enterprises (MSMEs) in Jamaica, the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), will be staging its annual Kumba Mi Yabba Christmas fair at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Hope Road. The fair, now in its ninth year, will be staged from December 18 to 20, and will...