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Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies has said that greater harmonization among CARICOM member states in respect of their economic policies and financial regulatory systems, should "increase the rate at which we move towards the objective of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME)". Dr. Davies was delivering the keynote address at the second annual Caribbean Securities Regulators Conference,...

Activities to observe Local Government Month in St. Elizabeth began with three church services at different locations across the parish over the weekend. In the town of Black River, the venue was the St. Peter's Anglican Church, for Santa Cruz it was the St. Matthew's Anglican Church, and in Bull Savannah, it was the Church of God. Secretary/Manager of the...

As the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) celebrates 30 years of operation this year, plans are in place to expand its services in St. Catherine and extend it to Portland, following the approval of a budget from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture for the hiring of additional staff, among other things. At the ESP's special forum for parents of...

More police will be visible on the streets in the coming weeks, as their current 'desk jobs' will be filled by some 350 civilians. This was announced by Dr. Peter Phillips, Minister of National Security at yesterday's (November 7) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Dr. Phillips pointed out that these civilian posts would free up the police personnel to...

The Jamaica Cattle Breeders Society, in collaboration with the Jamaica Livestock Association, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC), will be staging the annual Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival on Thursday, November 10. This event, which is scheduled to take place on the grounds of the Minard Estates in Brown's Town, St. Ann, will be held...

The Junior Leaders League of the Jamaica 4-Clubs is being revived, with the aim of becoming a nursery for young leaders in the country. Founded in 1971 by Lenny Reid, a former Secretary General of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, the Junior Leaders League has been dormant for a number of years, but is once again seeking to take its rightful...

While Government is still assessing the impact of what has turned out to be a record-breaking hurricane season, officials at the Port Authority of Jamaica are reporting that the country's cruise shipping sector has remained relatively unscathed and seems on course to repeat the successes of past seasons. "It should be as good as last year...we are expecting between 1...

Jamaica's Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P. J. Patterson has called on Summit leaders to reduce the amount of money they spend on weapons that are endangering the lives of ordinary citizens and threatening social order. "We could find considerable funds for the development process if we were to reduce the trillions of dollars spent annually on weapons", Mr. Patterson...

I speak to you tonight, fully conscious of the fact that the issue of crime and violence is at the heart of your concern as you contemplate the future of our country. Every law abiding Jamaican would have been heartened by the success of our police in tracking down Jamaica's most wanted criminal. Unfortunately, he was killed in the process...

Users of the Ocho Rios Health Centre in St. Ann are benefiting from more aesthetic surroundings, thanks to the effort of the La Vision modelling agency. The models in the agency recently cleaned up the facilities as part of their training programme. Manager of the La Vision, Daniel Rose, told JIS News that the models are being trained to know...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, has urged member countries of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) and the entire Caribbean basin, to unite in the implementation of common counter measures against money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The Minister pointed out that these illegal activities could cripple and destabilize any economy."The scourge of high levels...

During 2005, a range of key initiatives have emerged from the Jamaican Diaspora movement in the United States, which have been directed at transforming secondary education in Jamaica. The new thrust, which is at the heart of the Jamaica Diaspora Foundation's Northeastern Region education sector's current activities, is predicated on the central theme of the Diaspora movement, which is to...