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Former Cabinet Minister and Deputy Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party, Neville Brice Lewis, who died on December 30 in Miami, Florida is to be accorded an official funeral by the Government. This announcement was made recently by the Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller. The official funeral service will be held at the Lacovia Anglican Church, Lacovia, St. Elizabeth on...

Former Cabinet Minister and Deputy Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party, Neville Brice Lewis, who died on December 30 in Miami, Florida is to be accorded an official funeral by the Government. This announcement was made recently by the Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller. The official funeral service will be held at the Lacovia Anglican Church, Lacovia, St. Elizabeth on...

Twelve officers, who have completed an intensive three-week training programme at the Police Academy at Twickenham Park in St. Catherine, have been added to the St. James Parish Council's municipal police force. The officers, who are soon to be sworn in as Special District Constables, were trained in behavourial subjects and procedures in relation to their roles and functions. These...

The mother of the first registered birth at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay on January 1, Dawnesha Bowell, was presented with a free birth certificate for her child by the Registrar General's Department (RGD) on the same day. This act forms part of a promise made by the Ministry of Health and the RGD to deliver one free...

The Government will be undertaking a feasibility study on roads between Harbour View, Kingston and Fair Prospect, Portland, to determine the best way to effect improvement works to the roadway. Minister of State for Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, told JIS News that the survey would be carried out by the National Works Agency (NWA) and was...

A Commonwealth funded three-month course for legislative drafters in the Caribbean will be held in Georgetown, Guyana, from January 15 to April 6. The training programme, which is funded by the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation, is designed for lawyers serving as legislative drafters and those interested in this field of law. It is being co-organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat...

Six Judges were sworn in today (Jan. 4) to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court by Governor-General His Excellency, the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall at a ceremony held at King's House. The judges are: Mahadev Dukharan, (judge of the Court of Appeal); Justice Martin Gayle (Puisne judge); Marva McDonald Bishop (Puisne judge); Christine McDonald, (Puisne judge); Bertram...

A public viewing and memorial service for late former Cabinet Minister and parliamentarian, Neville B. Lewis, will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday (Jan. 6) at the Van Orsdel Funeral Home, North Kendal in Miami. Mr. Lewis died in South Florida on Saturday (Dec. 30), after a prolonged illness. He was 75 years of age. The Government has announced...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands is reporting a revival of the beef industry, with prices trending upwards. Deputy Research Director in the Ministry, Jasmin Holness, told JIS News that the increase in the price for beef has boosted the earnings of farmers. "We now see an upturn. there is a revival in the dairy sector, prices have gone up...

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, has reported growth in domestic crop production for 2006.The Minister, who was addressing a recent press conference at his office in Kingston, said that the sector increased by 20.3 per cent from 284,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2005 to 342,000 tonnes in the corresponding period last year. He attributed the growth...

Twelve officers, who have completed an intensive three-week training programme at the Police Academy at Twickenham Park in St. Catherine, have been added to the St. James Parish Council's municipal police force. The officers, who are soon to be sworn in as Special District Constables, were trained in behavourial subjects and procedures in relation to their roles and functions. These...

The mother of the first registered birth at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay on January 1, Dawnesha Bowell, was presented with a free birth certificate for her child by the Registrar General's Department (RGD) on the same day. This act forms part of a promise made by the Ministry of Health and the RGD to deliver one free...