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The Clarendon Police will be hosting a one-week summer camp for youth from troubled communities, in an effort to improve relations with citizens and to offer guidance to the youngsters. The camp, which will target young people age seven to 15 years, will be held from August 8 to 15 at the May Pen Police Station between the hours of...

Father Richard Holung of the Missionaries of the Poor, has appealed to Jamaicans abroad to "surrender your lives to service to your country". Father Holung, who was delivering the sermon at the service of thanksgiving at the First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale recently, to mark Jamaica's Emancipation and Independence, reminded the audience that, "you were born not by accident...

The government should in two weeks, receive a detailed report on the conditions, which led to the collapse of a section of the hotel being constructed in Runaway Bay, St. Ann by the Pinero Group. The incident resulted in the death of one worker and injuries to several others. Officials from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be providing a shuttle bus service for special guests attending the funeral of Jamaican cultural icon Louise Bennett Coverley (Miss Lou). Miss Lou, who died on July 26 at the age 86, has been accord an official funeral service, which will be held at the Coke Methodist Church at East Parade, downtown Kingston...

The remains of Eric Coverley, distinguished actor and impresario, will be re-interred at National Heroes Park on Sunday August 6, in a spot reserved for cultural icons. Close family and friends and government officials are expected to attend the service, which will begin at 4:00 pm. Officiating ministers will be Rev. Ruth Anne Goldson and Rev. Dr. Claude Cadogan of...

A number of streets downtown Kingston will be closed to vehicular traffic on Wednesday (August 9) to facilitate the church service and interment of late Jamaican cultural icon Louise Bennett Coverley (Miss Lou). Except for VIP parking, which will be allowed at the Ward Theatre at North Parade and at the intersection of East Queen Street and East Parade, no...

Jamaicans at home and abroad . In the 44 years since Jamaica achieved its independence, successive governments and the people of this country have been striving steadily to fulfill the mission articulated in this year's celebration theme, "Together With Dedication.We Build Our Nation." Building on the freedoms of emancipation, our founding fathers secured the right to self-government, which is one...

My fellow Jamaicans, as we pause to celebrate forty-four years of political independence, let us give thanks to the Creator for the blessings we have received and the valuable lessons we have learned along the way. Let us give thanks for the founding fathers and mothers of our nation, who were driven by the deep conviction that Jamaicans had both...

As I prepared my thoughts for this Independence message, I reflected on the messages that were delivered by our two great founding fathers, the Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante and the Right Excellent Norman Washington Manley on the day we gained independence in 1962. This is what Sir Alexander said: "Independence means the opportunity for us to frame our own...

'Tenky. Miss Lou', a concert in honour of the late Jamaican folklorist the Hon. Louise Bennett Coverley, will be held on Tuesday August 8 at the National Arena. The two and a half hour tribute, which will begin at 7:00 pm, will feature performances in music, song and dance to celebrate the life and work of the First Lady of...

Thousands packed the Revivaltime Tabernacle in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday, August 3, to pay their final respects to Jamaica's cultural icon, the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou). The church, which seats over 2,000, was packed to capacity, with speaker after speaker regaling Miss Lou's accomplishments and contribution to Jamaica and its people. The more than three-hour service, which brought laughter...

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