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Anthropologist and Lecturer at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Allison Berry, is seeking to dispel the myth that Revivalism is a form of witchcraft, noting that the teaching of the faith argues against devil worship and all things evil. In fact, she said, the majority of Revivalists are Christians. "There are people who will do...

Jamaicans can benefit tremendously from exporting roots and tubers, according to General Manager of Marketech, a subsidiary of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Roslyn Fisher. She pointed out that a lot of the roots that Jamaicans have been using over the years have proven to have medical benefits, and that the SRC is assisting in having them developed and marketed....

Education Minister, Andrew Holness, has said that the Government of Jamaica is firmly committed to the provision of inclusive education, embracing the view that children who learn together, also learn to live together and help foster a cohesive society. "The Government is fully seized of the need to provide child-friendly schools and, in everything we are doing, we have taken...

The Police Public Complaints Authority (PPCA), has established a contact point at 39 Main Street, Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth. Making the disclosure at the recent monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Parish Council, Acting Director of Complaints and Investigations, Cleon Roberts, said the office is opened every second Thursday, from 10:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m. "It is there to serve,...

Education Minister, Andrew Holness, has said that schools, which are major agents of socialisation, could be used to break the cycle of violence and crime surrounding the country, by being transformed into violence-free zones. He was speaking at the opening of a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)-sponsored workshop yesterday (Feb. 16), at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios,...

The co-operative movement has kept Jamaica's economy going, and even through turbulent times, it has remained firm in providing credit to small enterprises, said Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Michael Stern. He was addressing a church service on Sunday (Feb. 15), at the Spring Ground Missionary Church in Manchester, to celebrative the 50th anniversary...

Production has started on a BBC television adaptation of the best selling and multi award winning novel, 'Small Island', by British author of Jamaican heritage, Andrea Levy. The novel, which traces the lives of a Jamaican couple and their families and friends from the 1940s in Jamaica, to migration to Britain after the second World War, touches on the themes...

Jamaica Day will be celebrated this Friday, February 20, Director of Culture in Education Programme at the Ministry of Education (MOE), Amina Blackwood Meeks, has confirmed. Mrs. Blackwood Meeks made the disclosure during an interview with JIS News on Monday (February 16). "Jamaica Day focusses on developing pride in country, and responsible citizenship and locating the students within the history...

Minister of State for Local Government, Robert Montague, has said that there is a need to eliminate illiteracy from the parish, if it is to realise its potential for economic and social development. Giving the main address at the Annual General Meeting of the St. Mary Parish Development Committee (PDC), at the Port Maria Civic Centre, Thursday (February 12), Mr....

State Minister in the Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications, Laurence Broderick, has proposed the rationalisation of the mining sector, to allow for legitimisation of those operations, which have not been formalised. "We have to help people to legitimise themselves. We are not just here policing.it is the role of Government to facilitate, not just to make legislation," he explained. The...

The Ministry of Justice will spend approximately $15 million this year, on pilot projects supporting the implementation of the Weekend Duty Counsel programme, as part of the Legal Aid system. Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, told the Senate on Friday that the Legal Aid Council has started to implement the programme, to strengthen access and increase...

Their Majesties, King Juan Carlos 1 and Queen Sofia of Spain, were given a red carpet welcome, today(February 17), when they arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston, for a two-day State visit. On their arrival, they were met by Their Excellencies, the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall and Lady Hall, and the Spanish Ambassador, Jesus Silva....