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Residents in St. Thomas are gearing up to participate in the third annual Paul Bogle Parish Jamboree, in honour of the National Hero. The event will be held at the Paul Bogle High School in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, on Monday, October 17, starting at 10:00 a.m. The function is being organised by the St. Thomas Association of Community Development...

Unique Jamaica, a local tour operator and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) are pooling their resources for the benefit of the country's tourism sector. Less than a month after the world premier of the full length travel feature on the island's hot spots and attractions, the two companies have teamed up to present a vacation package inspired in part by...

The inaugural staging of the Best of Jamaica Food Festival will take place over the Heroes weekend on Sunday, October 16, at the Kaiser Sports Club in Discovery Bay, St. Ann. This festival has been described as a one-of-a-kind event in the Caribbean that seeks to combine many of the island's other major food festivals under one umbrella, and will...

Jamaican, Noel C. Spencer has picked up a key endorsement ahead of the November 8 general elections in New York State and elsewhere across the United States. Mr. Spencer, a Democratic candidate for a seat in the Orange County Legislature in Upstate New York, has received the endorsement from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York. The nod from Senator...

Handcart operators in the parish of Trelawny, are being encouraged to join the recently formed Trelawny Handcart Association, to reap the benefits from being a part of an organized group. Vice President of the organization, Charles Williams, told JIS News that the association has brought about positive changes in its members in that they have become more united as a...

'Read Jamaica', a series celebrating the rich literary heritage of Jamaica, will have its official launch at the Jamaican Consulate in New York City on Friday, October 21. The series, a collaboration of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) in New York, the Consulate General of Jamaica, and a New York company, Date With A Book (DWAB), aim to introduce new...

By January 2006, qualified citizens of all 13-member states of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) will be able to work in any member country without seeking work permits. Speaking with JIS News, Head of the CSME Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Robert Miller said that currently, "some member states have removed all restrictions...

Group Energy Manager of the Caribbean Cement Company Limited, Earl Barrett has expressed concern at the improper management of used tyres, which have presented a very visible disposal problem, resulting in the government having to spend a significant amount of money to collect, store and manage the waste. Mr. Barrett cited the recent fire at the Riverton City Landfill in...

Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman has said that wage discussions held yesterday (October 10), between Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and representatives from the Police Federation were, "fruitful and positive". Mr. Whiteman, who was speaking to journalists on October 10 at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said the Prime Minister met with the representatives after negotiations with the...

Minister of Health, John Junor has commended the National Health Fund(NHF) for the role it is playing to reduce the burden of health care in the country. Giving the main address at the official opening of a new pharmacy and out-patient department at the Port Antonio Hospital on October 6, Mr. Junor said the NHF had not only been assisting...

The delivery of health care at the Port Antonio Hospital is expected to improve considerably with the construction of a new pharmacy and the refurbishing of the out-patient department. Both facilities were officially declared open at a function held at the hospital on Thursday, October 6. The work which was funded by the National Health Fund (NHF) at a cost...

Governor General Sir Howard Cooke is urging all Jamaicans to support the programme and activities planned for the observance of Mental Health Day and to a wider extent Mental Health month. Sir Howard was addressing mental health officials today (Oct. 11) as he read the proclamation officially declaring October 11 World Mental Health Day. "World Mental Health Day is an...