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Some 700 Jamaican nationals residing overseas are expected to attend the third Biennial Jamaican Diaspora Conference, which is slated for June 16 and 17 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Ronald Robinson, speaking at a JIS Think Tank today (April 9), said the event, which will...

The Department of Correctional Services is undertaking an island-wide recruitment drive as the Department seeks to satisfy the need for at least 200 more correctional officers. "We are hoping that all persons, who believe they have the necessary requisites will attend these recruitment centres," said Aileen Wolfe-Stephens, Deputy Commissioner with responsibility for Human Resource Management and Community Services. According to...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sport, Olivia Grange, has called on Jamaicans to adopt or foster children, who are in children's homes. She was speaking at the official launch of Child Month 2008 at the Institute of Jamaica on East Street in Kingston on April 8. "There is nothing basically wrong with the children's homes but we [government] believe...

The Northern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (NCHIP) will receive $2.87 million this fiscal year to, among other things, continue monitoring road construction works for segment 2a and 3, and revise the operation and procedure manual for monitoring of road work. The objectives of the project are: to establish an environmental monitoring unit for highway construction projects that will monitor the...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports Hon. Olivia Grange is to report to the Cabinet following meetings with the principals of radio station NewsTalk 93 FM. The meetings held on Tuesday afternoon at the Ministry's Corporate Offices, were related to the recommendation made by the Broadcasting Commission for the suspension of the broadcast licence of the radio station. Minister...

More than 30 Jamaican female entertainers will come together for a 7-hour MEDIATHON to raise J$10 million dollars towards the building of shelters for battered women. The Sisters to Sisters concert will take place on Sunday, April 13 from 1.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. and will be broadcast live over the internet so that Jamaicans overseas can participate. Some of...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sport, Olivia Grange, has said that there is a need to restore the presence of uniformed groups in schools. "Jamaica has suffered from a fall off in the influence of uniformed groups for children over the last decade," she remarked at the official launch of Child Month 2008 at the Institute of Jamaica on...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said only the people of Jamaica can decide if the country should enter into a unified political structure with the rest of the region. His comments were made yesterday (Tuesday, Apr. 8) during a courtesy call at Jamaica House by H.E. Stuart Jack, Governor of the Cayman Islands. In responding to a question from Governor Jack...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has noted that while Government has been emphasizing the importance of ensuring that students are able to read and write before they are allowed to sit the GSAT examine, efforts must also be made to identify whether students are facing deficiencies which could be preventing them from learning to read and write properly. He said it...

Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Carlton Davis, outlined a number of steps, which has been taken over the years to facilitate good governance in the country, noting that every citizen has a role to play in this regard. Speaking at the Electoral Commission of Jamaica's long service awards at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel yesterday (April 8), he said that Jamaica has a...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sport, Olivia Grange, has said that there is a need to restore the presence of uniformed groups in schools. "Jamaica has suffered from a fall off in the influence of uniformed groups for children over the last decade," she remarked at the official launch of Child Month 2008 at the Institute of Jamaica on...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said only the people of Jamaica can decide if the country should enter into a unified political structure with the rest of the region. His comments were made yesterday (Tuesday, Apr. 8) during a courtesy call at Jamaica House by H.E. Stuart Jack, Governor of the Cayman Islands. In responding to a question from Governor Jack...