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Six persons have been elected to serve on the Northeast United States Diaspora Advisory Board. The electees include Kenneth Guscott, Jamaica's Honorary Consul to Massachusetts, representing Massachusetts; Ambassador Curtis Ward, representing Maryland and Washington, D.C.; Councilwoman Elsa Foster Dublin, representing New Jersey; Shirley Irons, representing New York; Andrew Lawrence, representing Connecticut; and Donna Hugh Bailey, representing Pennsylvania and Delaware. The...

A team of 40 medical practitioners, nurses and other volunteers will arrive in Montego Bay on Sunday, October 8, to conduct the 13th annual Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee health mission to that city. The delegation will be led by Jamaica's Honorary Consul to Atlanta and Chairman of the Atlanta branch of the Committee, Vin Martin, and Dr. Karyn Cumberbatch,...

Despite the inclement weather, hundreds of cricket fans turned out at the new Trelawny multi-purpose stadium on Saturday, September 30, to see a Jamaica select team beat a US Invitational XI by 36 runs, winning the Air Jamaica Cup. The match was played at the new stadium to see how ready the facilities are for Cricket World Cup 2007. Captain...

Come January, all existing land titles will be available at the National Land Agency (NLA)'s eLandjamaica website, and according to the agency's Director of Business Development and Technology, Sherlock Glenister, all systems are in place to facilitate the process. Divulging details of the website's improved changes in a recent interview with JIS News, Mr. Glenister says that a company has...

Executive Director of Jamaica Cricket 2007, Robert Bryan, as assured nationals abroad that the Trelawny Stadium and Sabina Park would be completed in time for the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup. Mr. Bryan, who was addressing the Northeast United States Diaspora Conference at the Plaza Hotel in Washington D.C, recently, said that work on the Trelawny Stadium would be finished...

A number of community leaders in Yallahs, St. Thomas were recently presented with cellular phones, as part of a wireless communication network being set up by Digicel in collaboration with the Yallahs Development Area Committee (YDAC). National Sales Manager of Digicel, Michelle Watkis, presented the communication package at the YDAC's quarterly meeting held at the Eleven Miles Community Development Centre...

The government will shortly be disbursing the first set of cheques to financial institutions, to enable individuals and companies to begin applying for loans under the newly established $1billion revolving loan fund. State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris, made this disclosure at Friday's (Sept. 29) sitting of the Upper House. The revolving credit...

Minister of State for Labour and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris, has implored senior citizens to take advantage of benefits under the NIGold Health Plan. The State Minister, who was speaking in the Senate yesterday (Sept. 29), said that although some 88,000 seniors were accessing the facility, there were "over 40,000 pensioners, who have not registered for the facility." The...

Beneficiaries under the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) are to be provided with cash cards, which will enable them to more readily access their funds. Minister of State for Labour and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris, who made the announcement in the Senate yesterday (Sept. 29), said that the cash cards were being introduced on a pilot...

The Jamaica Cancer Society and Jamaica Reach to Recovery will be observing Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), under the theme: 'Every Woman Counts - Mother, Daughter, Sisters, Friends. The Circle of Caring Never Ends'. For the month, the two groups will be holding several activities, to better educate the public about breast cancer. Some of the major activities include a...

Approximately 37,000 tonnes of imported cement is expected in the island this month. Of that amount, ARC Systems is to receive 27,000 tonnes, while Caribbean Cement Company Limited is to get 10,000 tonnes of bulk cement from a Columbian shipment, which is expected on October 5. This is the information from the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce (MITEC),...

Thirty-seven women in Northwest Clarendon have received supplies to start their own chicken ventures, under a Ministry of Agriculture and Land-funded income generating project. The supplies, which include 50 chickens and five bags of feed each, were handed out at a ceremony held on Friday (Sept. 29) at the Spaulding United Church Hall. Member of Parliament for the constituency, Richard...