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Gold Musgrave medals have been awarded to four cultural groups, which represent the "richness, vibrancy and dynamism" of Jamaican culture, by the Institute of Jamaica. The groups, the Rastafari Movement, the Accompong Maroons, St. Elizabeth; the Watt Town Revival Group, St. Ann; and the Port Morant Kumina Group, St. Thomas, were recognised for their accomplishments and sterling contributions to cultural...

Conversations flowed freely, hugs and kisses were exchanged, childhood friends rekindled old ties, and food and spirits were bountiful, as thousands gathered in Queen's, New York last weekend for the annual Trelawny reunion picnic. The buses and cars began rolling into the Anthony Wayne Recreation Area at 7:00 a.m., and by noon, the grounds of the tree-lined park near Bear...

Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has said that Government is moving ahead with the establishment of a national registration system, as an effective tool in the fight against crime. Under the system, which was announced by Prime Minister, Bruce Golding in 2008, a unique number will be assigned to every Jamaicans from birth, around which the national identification...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service Honourable Audley Shaw, on Thursday, May 28, 2009 called on the Caribbean Development Bank to play a leading role in securing the economic transformation of the Caribbean Region. Speaking at the 39th Annual Conference of the CDB in the Turks & Caicos Islands, Mr. Shaw said, "The global economic crisis does not only...

A team of United States army officers recently completed renovations to the Bull Bay All Age School in Western St. Thomas, the constituency of Energy and Mining Minister James Robertson. The team paved the school walkway, fixed the water system in the bathrooms, installed new toilets and painted sections of the school. They also refurbished the kitchen and installed a...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson, is appealing to young people to join the Preparedness and Emergency Response Corps (PERC). "We are looking for members from all the various clubs, the 4-H, the Key Club, the Student Council Union and the Environmental Club, among others, to come on board. It is an...

Head of the Department of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Dr. Wayne McLaughlin, has advocated greater use of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) evidence, to help solve crimes in the country. Making his presentation entitled, 'DNA: Solving Crimes the Scientific Way', at the Jamaica Young Scientists Forum (JYSF), held at Jamaica House on May 28,...

Group Managing Director of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Dr. Ruth Potopsingh, has called for more investment in renewable energy initiatives to address the effects of climate change. She pointed out that the use of conventional fuels, such as petroleum and coal, contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, which cause climate change and more focus must be placed on...

The Government of Jamaica's Emergency Response Initiative (ERI), aimed at enhancing the country's preparation and response capacity in disaster management, was officially launched yesterday (May 29) at the St. Mary High School. The programme, which is being executed at a cost of $90 million, through the Emergency Recovery Project, involves collaboration between the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management...

The Optimist Club of Mandeville will tomorrow (May 30) stage a gospel concert at the Manchester High School, to raise funds to carry out infrastructural improvement at the Top Hill All-Age School in the parish. President of the Club, Kaysi-Ann Spence, informed that the funds raised will be used to rehabilitate the bathrooms, improve water storage, conduct roof repairs, and...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Honourable Dr. Patrick Allen, has argued that the destiny of the nation and the quality of Jamaica's economic, social and spiritual future are integrally linked to the performance of the police force. "The choices we make today, how we treat the opportunities resting in our hands, will determine the quality of our economic, social and...

A Dairy Herd Recording Programme has been launched, which will better assist farmers to select the best milk-producing cattle in their herds and to boost milk production in Jamaica. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, who launched the programme yesterday (May 27) at the Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine, said that since 1978, there has been...