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The Road Maintenance Fund last week approved $120 million for the patching and rehabilitation of some 100,000 square meters of roads, which were damaged due to the heavy rains associated with Hurricanes Wilma and Beta. Since Hurricane Ivan last September, the Fund has given approval to road rehabilitation projects covering approximately 542,260 square meters of the road network island wide....

The Senate yesterday (Nov.11) resumed debate on the Criminal Justice (Administration) Act to provide greater protection for mentally challenged persons, who enter the penal system. Debate on the Act began last week and at the time, Attorney General and Justice Minister, Senator A.J. Nicholson, explained that the Bill and its companion legislation, the Legal Aid Amendment Act, were aimed at...

I extend a very warm welcome to everyone here today who have come from far and near to participate in this important event. Those of you from colder climes, I know, have more than one good reason to be here. Those of us who enjoy the year-round, salubrious climate of the Caribbean, are pleased to provide you not only with...

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) has outlined its plans to facilitate the development of Portland as a model resort area. Valued at $15 million, Phase one of the development project is expected to be completed by December 10, 2005 and will see some 400 persons gaining employment.The plans were discussed at a press conference held at the company's head...

Some 80 students from Montego Bay and Kingston have been interviewed for lucrative scholarships ranging from US$25,000 to US$39,000 to take up places at high schools in America. The interviews were conducted by admissions personnel from 35 private boarding schools in the United States (US) at the annual Versan Educational Services' US high schools fair, held from November 8 to...

Fourteen foot care assistants, who participated in the Diabetes Association of Jamaica's (DAJ) one-week training programme in June, will receive their certificates of competence and completion at a graduation ceremony slated for next week. The ceremony will be held as part of activities to observe Diabetes Week from November 14 to 19. The one-off programme was funded by the German...

Hundreds of Merl Grove High School alumni are expected to converge on the school grounds in Kingston during the week of November 13 to 19, for a grand programme of activities to mark the institution's 80th anniversary. Member of the organizing committee, Claudette Cameron-Stewart, told JIS News that a contingent of past students from around the world, including Canada, the...

A contract valued at just over $7 million has been signed between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Kiwanis Club of Junction, for the completion of the Buena Vista community centre in St. Elizabeth. The signing ceremony took place yesterday (Nov.10) at the Russells All-age School. The Buena Vista community centre was the national Labour Day project, and...

Executive Director of the Diabetes Association of Jamaica (DAJ) Outreach, Owen Bernard, has lamented the number of diabetics, who have lost their lower limbs due to complications stemming from the disease, and has called for action to correct the situation. Speaking to JIS News on the eve of Diabetes Week, which will be observed from November 14 to 19, Mr....

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has awarded a contract valued at some $9 million for the construction of a basic school in the Blackwood Gardens community in Clarendon. The contract signing for the project was held on November 9 at the Blackwood Gardens community centre.In his address at the ceremony, Keith Byfield, Acting Finance and Administration Manager at JSIF,...

Following the passage of a unanimous resolution of the House of Representatives on October 25th. 2005, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has appointed a six-member Forensic Audit Team with Mr. Donald Mullings, Civil Engineer, Managing Director M&M Ltd., and President of the Incorporated Master Builders Association of Jamaica as Chairman. The Team has been mandated to complete its findings within three...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has stated that the quest for sustainable economic growth that favours job creation, poverty reduction and the promotion of peace and stability in the Americas could only be achieved through a long-term commitment to cooperation and hemispheric partnership. He said that this hemispheric partnership must be one that facilitates better access to markets, increased capital flows...