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Having a child with a disability can be devastating for some parents, but for one mother, it is an experience she would never trade for anything in the world. Pauline Richards-Williams from Lincoln in Manchester, is a mother of two daughters and a son, Bencian Campbell, who was born on June 11, 1988 with Cornelia De Lange Syndrome, a genetic...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that neighborhood watch groups have been successful in reducing crime. Sergeant Basil Richards of the Community Relations Branch credited the successes to the cordial relationship between police and citizens. "Once there is a neighbourhood watch group in a community, you find that there is a particular relationship between the police and the citizens,"...

The Region has been receiving much international co-operation on security matters to host the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007, which is the world's third largest event, after the Olympics and FIFA World Cup Football. This is being co-ordinated through the International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG), established by the Region with assistance from the British government, which seconded two...

Some 70 graduands will receive Post Graduate Diplomas, Associate Degrees, Diplomas and Special Certificates of Achievement from the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), at its annual graduation ceremony to be held on Saturday, December 9. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the institute, Maria Jones, will be the guest...

Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, Dr. Simon Clarke, has called on teachers to help their students develop a sense of dignity, personal worth and respect for self and others, in order to rid the society of "lewdness, rudeness and crudeness." Dr. Clarke, who was addressing a recent graduation ceremony at the Sam Sharpe Teacher's College in Montego Bay,...

The Region has been receiving much international co-operation on security matters to host the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007, which is the world's third largest event, after the Olympics and FIFA World Cup Football. This is being co-ordinated through the International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG), established by the Region with assistance from the British government, which seconded two...

Some 70 graduands will receive Post Graduate Diplomas, Associate Degrees, Diplomas and Special Certificates of Achievement from the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), at its annual graduation ceremony to be held on Saturday, December 9. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the institute, Maria Jones, will be the guest...

Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, Dr. Simon Clarke, has called on teachers to help their students develop a sense of dignity, personal worth and respect for self and others, in order to rid the society of "lewdness, rudeness and crudeness." Dr. Clarke, who was addressing a recent graduation ceremony at the Sam Sharpe Teacher's College in Montego Bay,...

Communities in rural Jamaica are to benefit from $14 million in grant funding from the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) Foundation, to undertake projects that will spur community development. Giving details of the project at a public forum in Morant Bay, St. Thomas recently, JNBS Eastern Regional Manager, Elroy Flowers, informed that one million dollars would be allocated per parish...

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday (Dec. 6) honoured several volunteers from St. Mary, Portland, St. Ann and St. Thomas, for their assistance to the disabled communities in the four parishes. At an awards function held at the Casa Maria Hotel in Port Maria, plaques were presented to Sharmine Wilks of the 3D Project in Portland and...

More than 1,700 young people on Thursday (Dec. 7) graduated from the HEART Trust/ NTA's south-west region, with certification in some 35 skill areas. The graduates, from the Black River Vocational Training Centre, Ebony Park Academy, Enterprise Based Training, Mandeville Care Givers, and the Junction and Newport Vocational Training Centres, were presented with certificates in areas such as Business Administration,...

Communities in rural Jamaica are to benefit from $14 million in grant funding from the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) Foundation, to undertake projects that will spur community development. Giving details of the project at a public forum in Morant Bay, St. Thomas recently, JNBS Eastern Regional Manager, Elroy Flowers, informed that one million dollars would be allocated per parish...