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A full slate of activities has been planned to mark Heritage Week in Clarendon, with the highlight being the staging of a 'Culture Yard' in the parish council's car park on October 14. The event, which is slated for a 6:00 p.m. start, will feature performances of traditional music and dance as well as a display of authentic Jamaican foods....

The Senate yesterday (Oct.7) deferred approval of the Companies' Rules Resolution 2005 to allow for further clarification of the provisions following concerns raised by Opposition Senators. Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator Burchell Whiteman, raised the motion seeking approval for the Bill, which recommends specific rules for the new Companies Act 2004. He explained that the rules...

A six member parliamentary delegation from the United Kingdom recently visited Curphy Home in Manchester to meet with veterans of World War II. Head of the Delegation, Joan Ryan told JIS News that it was a pleasure and privilege to be able to interact with the residents of the home. "We are actually on a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visit to...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) has reiterated that not having windstorm insurance for its transmission and distribution equipment was not due to negligence on the part of management, but because of the inability to locate insurance providers to cover such a policy. "We did hunt for the insurance. In fact, we have been hunting for that insurance from before...

The first batch of 33 trucks for the Jamaica Fire Brigade should arrive in the island by May of next year.

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has identified a number of communities in St. Andrew, St. Catherine, Clarendon and St. James where social improvement programmes will be implemented soon, under a new JSIF project known as the Inner City Basic Services for the Poor Project (ICBSP). Communities to benefit from the ICBSP programme in the four targeted parishes are Whitfield...

Most of the rehabilitation work on the Kingston Harbour has been completed under the US$500,000 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) two-year project with the remainder on track for completion next month. Project Coordinator at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Cowell Lyn informed JIS News that the rehabilitation programme is in the final stages of completion. "We are really into...

The Canadian chapter of the College of Arts, Science and Technology/University of Technology (CAST/UTech) Alumni Association, has presented scholarships valued at Cdn$3,500 to four students of Caribbean background, who are studying at tertiary institutions in Ontario. The four recipients - Giovanna Heron, Tameik Smith, Kayla Stephenson and Leighton Watson - were given their awards at a brunch held last Sunday...

Jamaica's Reggae Boyz arrived in London earlier today for Sunday's (Oct. 9) highly anticipated match against the Australian national team, to be held at the Fulham Football Club ground in Craven Cottage. The match is being billed as a clash between "everyone's favourite international team, the Reggae Boyz, and the Qantas Socceroos," and is receiving a lot of media coverage...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn is urging businesses, including those in the customer service industry, to begin working towards being ready for the competitive environment, which will accompany the emergence of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME). Speaking at a Jamaica Customer Service Association conference at the Knutsford Court...

Work to restore the Yallahs pipeline is far advanced and should be completed by the end of the month, said Water and Housing Minister, Donald Buchanan. It is costing the National Water Commission (NWC) approximately $150 million to repair the facility, which was extensively damaged during the passage of Hurricanes Dennis and Emily in July. The Yallahs pipeline is the...

Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Colin Bullock has said that Jamaica was meeting some of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which 189 countries of the United Nations have committed to achieving by 2015. Mr. Bullock, who was addressing the annual general meeting of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) held on October 5 at the Jamaica...