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Sports Minister Olivia Grange, tonight tagged Veronica Campbell-Brown, "the Matriarch of World Sprinting", after she successfully defended her 200 Metres Olympic title in Beijing, China. Jamaica's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 29th Olympiad, ran a personal best 21.74 seconds to repeat her feat of four years ago. Minister Grange said Veronica demonstrated to the world the reason she...

Several shelters across the island will be designated as priority shelters by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), to ensure the safety and protection of children in an emergency. Regional Coordinator at the ODPEM, Sophia Mitchell, made the announcement on Monday (August 18), at a community forum held at the Old Harbour Bay Primary School in St....

The Ministry of Water and Housing is in the process of taking over and refurbishing water systems, which were constructed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), with community involvement, but which are now non-functional. This was disclosed by Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, at a JIS Think Tank forum on Tuesday (August 19). "We are just...

The Government is to spend $219 million more on text books this year largely as a result of the addition of new titles. This additional amount represents an increase of 26 per cent over what was spent last year.The announcement was made by Deputy Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Salomie Evering. "This year we are spending approximately...

A massive relocation exercise is being planned by the St. Catherine Parish Council, for all commercial activity taking place at the Old Harbour Bay Fishing Village. This as the Council plans to reclaim the beach for the exclusive use of the area's fisher folk. Notice of the impending relocation came to light at a recent JIS town meeting, which was...

Cabinet has approved the award of contracts, valued at just over $1billion, to five book stores for the supply and distribution of secondary textbooks, and primary work and textbooks to institutions across the island. Minister of Transport and Works, and Chairman of Cabinet's Infrastructure Committee, Michael Henry, told journalists at Wednesday's (August 20) post-Cabinet briefing at Jamaica House, that five...

Cabinet has approved several contracts, amounting to over $1billion, for construction works at the Twickenham Park Housing Development in St. Catherine, the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre in St. Catherine, as well as the Caribbean Maritime Institute, the Norman Manley International Airport, and Queen's Warehouse in Kingston. Minister of Transport and Works, and Chairman of Cabinet's Infrastructure Committee, Michael Henry,...

Minister of National Security, Senator Colonel Trevor MacMillan, has lauded the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica's (AMCHAM) 'Grants Pen' concept, which brings together businesses and police stations in one location. Speaking at AMCHAM's Speaker's Forum Luncheon at the Hilton Kingston Hotel on Tuesday (Aug. 19), Senator MacMillan, noted that this innovation, led to the construction of a number of...

Plans are being made by the Ministry of Transport and Works, to relocate the administrative offices of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, from Twickenham Park in St. Catherine, to premises at Lyndhurst Road, in Kingston, which served as a bus depot. Responding to questions, portfolio Minister with responsibility for the state-run bus company, Michael Henry, told journalists at Wednesday's post-Cabinet...

Come next month, the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) will commence work to expand the generating capacity of the Wigton Windfarm in Manchester. The US$49.9-million project will add a further 18 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity to the existing 20.7 MW, to an overall capacity to 38.7 MW. The plan includes the addition of nine, 2-megawatt wind turbine generators from...

Education Minister, Andrew Holness has said that the Ministry of Education is endorsing the position that teachers have a right to search students to ensure that they are not carrying weapons. "We are going to be signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the police where the police will be assisting you in searching your school and your students. It cannot...

The historic staging of the annual general meeting of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisation (IFRRO), in Jamaica from October 28-31, 2008 was officially launched today (Aug. 21). Secretary General of the IFRRO Olav Stokkmo, who addressed a press briefing held at the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce today (Aug. 21), explained that the annual general meeting will...