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Approximately 24,000 tonnes of cement will be made available this week.Some 16,000 tonnes will be produced by the Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL), while the additional 8,000 tonnes will be imported from Cuba. This is the word from the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce (MITEC), in conjunction with the Incorporated Master Builders Association, the Hardware Merchants Association, and...

A sum of $25 million has been earmarked for phase two of an extensive facelift of the National Heroes Park, which is scheduled to begin in mid-September. This project is part of the Ministry of Local Government and Environment's thrust to "create the opulent look which a park of that magnitude should have," Lorna Perkins, Director of Urban and Regional...

The Ministry of Education and Youth's Spanish curriculum pilot programme will be extended to grades three and six this academic year, while 50 additional institutions will be included in the programme. Winston Forrest, Acting Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Core Curriculum Unit, told JIS News that some $4 million would be spent in the effort. "For this academic year,...

Deliberations on the Proceeds of Crime Bill will resume in the Houses of Parliament in September, with the aim of passing the legislation by the end of year, said Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips. Dr. Phillips, who was speaking to journalists at his Oxford Road offices in Kingston recently, informed that the Bill was before a Joint Select...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Derrick Kellier, is urging more needy Jamaicans to register with the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), the government's main social assistance programme. Persons in need can receive health care benefits and needed assistance with schools fees and other financial support through this programme. Speaking yesterday (August 25), at the Cambridge High...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has allocated $15 million to the Inner City Programme for the new academic year, which begins in September. Deputy Chief Education Officer at the Ministry, Jasper Lawrence, told JIS News that the money would be spent to provide in service training for guidance counsellors, teachers and principals and to assist in providing any additional...

The training and certification of a nation's workforce is necessary in order for it to compete in the global world. Hence, the HEART Trust /National Training Agency (HEART Trust/ NTA), is facilitating access to training, competence assessment and certification to all working age Jamaicans. "Our main function and role is to prepare the Jamaican workforce to compete in a globalized...

The Ministry of Health's 'Teens are Terrific' Summer Camp is taking teenagers to a whole new level. This is the view widely expressed by teenagers and youth programme Co-ordinators from the six inner-city communities in the Corporate Area, who participated in this year's one-week event. "We are especially proud of our young men," says Director, Health Promotion and Education in...

Manchester and St. Elizabeth are preparing for any possible fall out, particularly flooding, that might occur with the passage of Hurricane Ernesto to the north east of the country later today. As part of the preparations, Emergency Operation Centres are now up and running at two locations in Mandeville, at the chambers of the Manchester Parish Council and over in...

State Minister in the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Richard Azan, has said that flood mitigation work in the Nightingale Grove community near Old Harbour in St. Catherine, would begin immediately using technical personnel within the Ministry. This, the State Minister said, would result in significant savings in the cost of the project. The Nightingale Grove area is...

JHNT Updates Blenheim Residents About Project to Representatives of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) met with residents of Blenheim and surrounding communities in Hanover on Thursday, (Aug. 24), to provide them with details of the $2.1 million project to reconstruct the birth home of National Hero, Sir Alexander Bustamante. The house, which is a national heritage site, was destroyed...

The National Meteorological Service has advised the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) that a hurricane watch is ineffect for Jamaica as Tropical Storm Ernesto has developed into a Categorary 1 hurricane as it approaches the East Coast of Jamaica. This means that hurricane Ernesto could begin to pose a significant threat to persons on the Eastern and...