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Natalee Donaldson, a trained practical nurse, has ambitions of becoming a registered midwife. Sitting hopefully in the recruiting hall at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security's North Street office on October 19 with a number of her colleagues, who had reacted quickly to the call for practical nurses to take up jobs in Canada, she waited for her turn...

The Crystal Spring Sanitation project in St. Thomas has been given a financial boost with the contribution of $7.6 million by the National Housing Trust (NHT). NHT's contribution brings to $21.4 million, the amount available for the project, with the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) recently signing a $13.3 million financing agreement with the Prospect Benevolent Society in St. Thomas...

Jamaica is being considered a possible site for the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Underwater Cultural Heritage Regional Centre. Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, told JIS News that Jamaica is at the "top of the list" of countries to host the regional centre, which will serve the Caribbean and Latin America. Miss Grange,...

Former Prime Minister, P. J. Patterson, has called for the creation of a Diaspora Development Bond to provide the resources that the Caribbean region needs to fund its development initiatives. Mr. Patterson, who was delivering the fourth annual Caribbean Lecture organized by the Caribbean International Network (CIN) recently in New York, said that the region is "desperately in need of...

A large selection of Jamaican art will be on display in Miami this weekend, when some 35 artists will exhibit more than 100 pieces at the Out of the Blue Caf

As part of efforts to tackle the problem of violence in the society, the Council for Voluntary Social Services (CVSS) will host a forum titled: 'The Role of the Women in Breaking the Cycle of Gender-based Violence in the Jamaican Society'. The event, which will be held on November 15 at the Terra Nova Hotel starting at 8:30 a.m., is...

Several persons, whose houses were destroyed during the onslaught of Hurricane Dean, should start receiving assistance from the Government by as early as next week, under the Housing Reconstruction Programme. Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, who made this disclosure at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing on (Nov. 6) at Jamaica House, said the programme, which is expected...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. the Hon. Ronald Robinson departed the island yesterday afternoon (Monday) for Brussels where he will lead Jamaica's delegation to an African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) Ministerial meeting concerning the European Union (EU)/ACP Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations. Speaking before his departure from the Norman Manley International Airport, the...

The Trade (Scrap Metal) Regulations 2007, which will monitor and regulate the country's scrap metal trade, will be tabled in the House of Representatives today(Nov. 6). This was disclosed by Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Karl Samuda this morning (Nov. 5), at a meeting with stakeholders at the offices of Jamaica Trade and Invest on Trafalgar Road in Kingston. He...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Robert Montague, has announced that the Government will be spending more than $100 million on a major drain cleaning programme. Mr. Montague made this disclosure at the launch of Local Government Month at the Terra Nova Hotel on (Nov. 5). "I will be having discussions with the various mayors and...

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) will be spearheading a series of events in observance of National Science and Technology (S&T) Month, which is being observed throughout November under the theme: 'Science and Technology Driving Youth Development'. Acting Team Leader for the Popularization of Science and Technology at SRC, Doreen Dietrich, told JIS News that a month has been put aside...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is distributing food supplies, blankets and other comfort items to communities in St. Thomas which are inaccessible by vehicle following the recent heavy rains. Regional Coordinator of ODPEM's Eastern Region Sophia Mitchell told JIS News that food supplies were airlifted over the weekend to a number of communities, including Johnson Mountain,...