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Manager of the opening ceremony for the ICC Cricket World Cup, Martin Lewis, has lauded the efforts of the 2,000 cast and crew, who were working around the clock to put the final touches on the March 11 ceremony, which will kick off the largest sporting spectacle in the region. "The effort that is required to go in far outweighs...

Thirty new ambulances have arrived in the island, 24 of which have already been distributed to health facilities across the country. The acquisition of the emergency vehicles is part of preparations being made by the Ministry of Health for the staging of the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007. Director of Emergency, Disaster Management, and Special Services in the Ministry,...

The Social Service and Home Economics Department of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is currently involved in the production of a number of by-products of locally grown tamarind. In an interview with JIS News Acting Manager of Social Service and Home Economics at RADA, Beverly Darby-Collins, said the idea for developing tamarind-based products emerged from the thrust to diversify...

The final meeting of the Medical Health and Anti-Doping Directorate for the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 will take place from February 21 to 22 in Trinidad and Tobago. Chair of the Directorate, Dr. Marion Bullock Ducasse told JIS News that the group would be focusing on all plans relating to hosting the event as well as ensuring that...

Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller has said that the region's trade negotiations would be guided by the imperative of securing fundamental development objectives and concessions for small vulnerable economies, rather than the need to complete the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) before the United States Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) expires. Mrs. Simpson Miller made the statement while speaking on the status...

Persons who wish to conduct business in the vicinity of Sabina Park on match days during the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 are being urged to do so after the start of matches at 9:30 a.m. "What we are asking the business people to say to their clients is come after 10:00 a.m. and they will be allowed to...

The opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, which will take place on March 11at the Trelawny Multipurpose Stadium, has been extended by approximately one hour. Initially the ceremony was set to commence at 6:00 p.m. and end at 8:00 p.m. However, these plans have been adjusted in order to accommodate all the elements required to stage a...

The deadline for entering the Better Environments for Social Transformation (BEST) Community Competition has been extended by one week to Friday, February 23. Chairman of the National Steering Committee for the competition, Jacqueline daCosta, told JIS News that, "We have decided that we would extend the date by a week to facilitate those who need help in getting their forms...

More than 200 rare artefacts from the historic city of Port Royal went on display yesterday (Feb. 15) at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida in downtown Miami. This is the first time that the artefacts, which were recovered from the city, much of which sank in a devastating earthquake in 1692, are being displayed in the United States. The...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wesley Hughes, has said that the 2.7 per cent growth in the economy for the October to December quarter had occurred against a background of economic stability, including a continued downward trend in inflation, which was at 0.3 per cent for the period, and the relative stability in the exchange...

Chain of Hope Jamaica, a charity aimed at providing assistance to create a self-sustained paediatric cardiac programme on the island, was launched recently in London. Heart surgeon Dr. Roger Irvine, who volunteers his skills each week to treat children suffering from holes in the heart and other congenital problems, will head the local group, which was set up by the...

Some 40 students from the Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale were recently introduced to the techniques of Caribbean dance, at a workshop conducted by Barry Moncrieffe, artistic director of the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC). The workshop, held at the school, comprised two hour-long sessions, which afforded the students of the school's Performing Arts Center the chance to learn,...