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Government Senator, Professor Trevor Munroe has suggested that discrimination against persons with disabilities or health reasons should be made unconstitutional. Speaking in the Senate on January 26, Senator Munroe said this would provide a legal foundation for other statutes, including the proposed legislation dealing with occupational health and safety or the Labour Relations and Industrial Disputes Act. "I agree that...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has said that the growth of the country's economy remains positive for 2007 despite a number of fiscal challenges experienced in 2006. "When you take into consideration the challenge of high oil prices and the challenge of settling with the unions, I think 2006 was a good year and I also think...

Government Senator, Professor Trevor Munroe has suggested that discrimination against persons with disabilities or health reasons should be made unconstitutional. Speaking in the Senate on January 26, Senator Munroe said this would provide a legal foundation for other statutes, including the proposed legislation dealing with occupational health and safety or the Labour Relations and Industrial Disputes Act. "I agree that...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has said there was need for more diplomatic intervention and co-operation among countries, in order to achieve international peace and security. "I think we all agree that there still remains too much conflict, too much poverty and too much instability, tension and uncertainty in the international community. For 2007, we would...

Minister of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Robert Pickersgill, has said that phase five of the Kingston Container Terminal expansion project was entering its final stages and preliminary plans were already in place for the next expansion phase. "The Port Authority (of Jamaica) will be pursuing the preliminary plans for the development of the next expansion phase of our transshipment...

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Foundation is inviting applications for its 2007 scholarships, which is available to Caribbean nationals pursuing study in tourism and hospitality, within and outside of the region. Awards of up to US$15,000 are being offered for study at the masters or post graduate level, while grants of up to US$2,500 will be offered to persons studying...

Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Burchell Whiteman, has said that the commemoration of the bicentennial anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic trade in Africans, must serve to inspire the descendants to greater levels of achievement and excellence. "The commemoration must have as an objective, the leaving of a legacy, which makes a difference to our lives here...

Residents of Martha Hall and surrounding communities in St. Mary are to benefit from an improved water supply system. The improvement was carried out by the National Water Commission (NWC) at a cost of $5 million, and included the laying of new pipelines, the installation of a new pump and the electrification of the pump house serving the system. Work...

State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, Senator Kern Spencer, yesterday (January 25), presented 10 new computers to the Siloah Primary School in St. Elizabeth. Making the presentation, Senator Spencer noted that he was quite happy to have secured the "gift" for the students and teachers of the school. "The children are the future, so it...

The Coffee Industry Board (CIB) is aiming to reduce the decline in coffee production, with the goal of increasing production to maximum levels. Dennis Bryan, Regional Officer at the CIB, told JIS News that coffee production has declined by 10 per cent, due primarily to the prevalence of the Anthracnose (called burnside), the Hemileia Vastatrix (coffee leaf rust) and the...

Approximately 300 residents from Springfield and surrounding areas in South St. James on Thursday (Jan. 25) benefited from free health checks at a health fair held on the grounds of the Springfield Primary School. The event was staged by the Organization for International Development (OID), a charitable group based in New York, United States, which is chaired by Jamaican dental...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has said there was need for more diplomatic intervention and co-operation among countries, in order to achieve international peace and security. "I think we all agree that there still remains too much conflict, too much poverty and too much instability, tension and uncertainty in the international community. For 2007, we would...