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Parents in and around the parish of Manchester on Wednesday (June 11) benefited from a workshop put on by the Mandeville division of the Mico Care Centre. The workshop was part of a regular forum by the Centre to improve the child rearing skills of parents and caregivers. Participants were exposed to expert views on behavior management, the role of...

An investigator's manual and a handbook, designed to improve crime detection and investigative capabilities, are being prepared for publication by the Serious and Organized Crime Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). According to Assistant Commissioner of Police, Les Green, the manual and handbook are 98 per cent ready for publication. "They will be published very shortly. I haven't got...

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has called on Jamaicans to combine their efforts to combat the plague of crime and violence. "We have to summon the will to act together, not compromisingly, but to act in a manner that is selfless, to rid this society of the single most debilitating disease that we have, the one thing that is standing...

Education Minister, Andrew Holness is underscoring the significant benefits which Jamaica can gain by virtue of more persons being bi-lingual. Speaking at the presentation of the annual Ruta Quetzal Scholarship at the Embassy of Spain in Kingston on June 11, Mr. Holness said that if more Jamaicans were able to master a second language, particularly Spanish, this would lead to...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Joseph Hibbert, has said that construction work is to begin on 11 bridges this calendar year, under the R.A. Murray Bridge Programme. These are located in Milk River, Black River, Bog Walk, Sevens, Johnson River, Martha Brae, Queens, Gordon Town, Waterloo, Angels, and Worthy Park. In addition, the programme has...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Joseph Hibbert, has said that a road maintenance master plan has been developed and is currently being reviewed by the Cabinet. "Once Cabinet's approval has been granted, the expenditure on our roads will ensure a gradual improvement to the entire network. In addition, there will be a general improvement to...

The historic Ward Theatre, situated downtown Kingston, is to be renovated, Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has announced. "The Ward Theatre is on stream for the refurbishing that it needs to bring it back to the glory days and beyond," Mr. Bartlett said during a post-Cabinet press briefing held at Jamaica House on June 11. He said that the California-based Paramount...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says government will seek to provide $5-million dollars to assist the Kingston YMCA to ensure that the organisation continues its work of rescuing people and transforming their lives. Mr. Golding was speaking at the 88th anniversary banquet of the Kingston YMCA last night (June 12) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel. He paid special tribute to the...

Jamaica Festival 2k8 was officially launched last night (June 12) by the Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Culture, with the words, "Jamaica Festival 2k8 will be like no other as we strive to re-energize the strength, vitality and indomitable spirit of our people." Miss Grange, whose portfolios also include Information, Youth and Sports said at the Festival launch ceremony...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding today (June 12) continued government's campaign to encourage Jamaicans to 'eat what we grow.and grow what we eat' when he paid a short visit to the St. Andrew Technical High School where he planted an ackee tree on the school grounds. As a part of the "effort to get back to the soil," Mr. Golding reminded...

Thirty-five educators were yesterday (June 11) honoured by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, for their distinguished contribution to education in Jamaica, when he presented them with the Prime Minister's Medal of Appreciation for service to education, at a ceremony held at the National Arena. The honorees included Mrs. Beulah Johnson of St. Joseph Teachers College, who has given 51 years of...

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has said that Jamaica has negotiated a number of flights into the island from emerging and existing markets, which will secure air travel for next year. "The fact is that whilst the rest of the region and arguably the world will be having trepidations about air travel for the next year, Jamaica's position has been...