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Jamaica will host the Fifteenth International Bauxite and Alumina Seminar, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, in Montego Bay, St. James, from February 11 to 13. This high level meeting is considered a premier business event on the international mining agenda. Prime Minister Bruce Golding is expected to address the meeting, as well as the Minister of State in the Ministry...

Hundreds of persons attended this afternoon's official funeral service for the late Senator and former Member of Parliament, Ryan Peralto, at the Stella Maris Roman Catholic Church in Kingston. Among those paying tributes was Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, who spoke highly and fondly of Mr. Peralto, while stressing how important service to his country had been to his late...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has underscored the leadership role that Ryan Peralto (Snr) played in modernizing the country's electoral system so that fraud would become more difficult and the promise of a fair result ensured. The Prime Minister was delivering a tribute to his friend and colleague at the official funeral for Ryan Peralto (Snr) this afternoon, (Monday, February 9)...

Director of the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean, Dr. Ana Teresa Romero, has praised the Jamaican government for its commitment to reducing child labour. Speaking at Thursday's (February 5) launch and signing of the Ministry of Labour's child labour project, TACKLE, at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel, Dr. Romero said that the strengthening of institutional...

As Jamaica weathers the current economic challenges, key leaders must understand their role in working to overcome the difficulties that have been created, according to Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton. The minister, who was the keynote speaker at a Manchester Chamber of Commerce function at the Golf View Hotel, Mandeville, on Thursday(February 5), said that with sound policy direction...

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has confirmed a 3.4 per cent growth in visitor arrivals for January, compared with the same period last year. Mr. Bartlett pointed out that the 138, 000 tourists who visited the island during the month would be, "the largest number of visitors to have ever come to Jamaica in the month of January, in any...

"Nothing short of fabulous the way the West Indies played to go one-up in the Test in the series against the touring Englishmen at Sabina Park today." The words of the Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports. Speaking after the West Indies won the first Test match at Sabina Park this afternoon with a day...

'You have the right to an attorney' is a line that anyone who watches TV crime dramas, such as "Law and Order" would be familiar with. But, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner, wants Jamaicans to recognize it as more than just a line. He says that the Council provides two forms of Legal Aid, duty counsel...

Cabinet has approved a submission to set up a statutory body to focus on the development of a financial centre, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Don Wehby,has said. A board will be announced shortly and a special consultant appointed to fast-track the necessary legislation, Senator Wehby also stated. The announcement was one...

Jamaica's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has declared that the island presented an unparalleled location for investment. "Our breathtaking beauty, excellent infrastructure, strategic location at the centre of the Americas offers tremendous possibilities for European investors. Jamaica is not just for sun and sea, but is also an exciting destination for...

Members of the Health Promotion Team, in the Guidance and Counselling Unit, Ministry of Education, will host their second National Sexuality and Reproductive Health Expo, at the National Arena, in Kingston, on Wednesday, February 11. "The Ministry has once again partnered with some of our non- governmental organizations (NGOs), to host what we call a National Sexuality and Reproductive Health...

Reggae icon, the late Robert 'Bob' Marley, was remembered at a symposium, held at Sam Sharpe Square, in Montego Bay, St. James, on February 5, with hundreds of students, adults and teachers from across Western Jamaica participating. The event was staged by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), to celebrate the 64th anniversary of Mr. Marley's birth, under the theme:...