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Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sports, Portia Simpson Miller has said that western Jamaica, particularly Montego Bay, would not be able to sustain the development and growth now taking place in that part of the country, unless ways are found to bridge the gap between those who have and those in need. "Unless we find a way to...

The 2005 Jamaica Information Service (JIS)/Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) Heritage Debate Competition got underway in Montego Bay yesterday (Oct. 5) with Cornwall College scoring a victory over hot rivals Mount Alvernia High School. The contest, which was held at the Cornwall College auditorium, saw the teams debating the moot: 'Be it resolved that National Hero Norman Manley was more...

Students, who have been suspended from school for a maximum of 10 days without notification of any subsequent action or decision taken by the school authorities during that period, cannot be further punished for the same offence. This is the word from Dorrett Campbell, Director of Communications in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture. Miss Campbell told JIS News...

Residents of western Jamaica will benefit from a public education forum to be hosted by the Legal Aid Council, this Saturday (October 8), at the Montego Bay Civic Centre, in Sam Sharpe Square. Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Attorney-at-law, Glen Cruikshank, told JIS News that the response to the legal aid facility has been overwhelming for some time....

An exhibition featuring the works of three Jamaican born photographers opened last week at the Museum of London. Titled, 'Roots to Reckoning', the exhibition features the works of photographers Armet Francis, Charlie Phillips and Neil Kenlock. More than 100 images reflecting the energy that have shaped the lives of London's black communities since World War II, are on show. The...

Forensic Technology W.A.I. Inc. of Canada has been awarded a contract valued US$1.9 million to supply an Integrated Ballistic Information System (IBIS) for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman, who made the announcement at Monday's (Oct. 3) post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, explained that the system would assist and support the Firearms Licencing...

Chairman of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Wesley Hughes has said that the Fund has made a significant contribution to the lives of ordinary Jamaicans, improving the standard of living of the poor. Dr. Hughes, who was speaking at the company's annual general meeting yesterday (Oct. 5), said over a nine-year period, JSIF has approved more than 777...

Outgoing Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Jamaica, Dr. Vincent Lawrence has said that major improvements were envisioned for the national airline towards the end of the financial year, although the airline recorded a loss of US$79 million for the first eight months of the year. "Our costs are now more in line with our revenues and...

Jamaica's Solicitor General, Michael Hylton, Q.C., has been elected Chairman of the Committee of Experts for the enforcement mechanism of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption. The Inter-American Convention Against Corruption was the first international treaty against corruption and was signed by almost 30 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. The Committee of Experts was set up...

Prime Minister, P.J. Patterson has lauded the city of Montego Bay for making "considerable contribution" to the growth and development of the tourism industry in Jamaica, since it was granted city status some 25 years ago. In his message read by Councillor Gerard Mitchell of the St. James Parish Council, at a civic ceremony held at Sam Sharpe Square in...

The CARICOM Community Council of Ministers has urged regional governments to give priority to investing in national statistical information systems in order to enable an appropriate level of resources to undertake the collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of statistics to support the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). It has also endorsed the need to invest resources in statistics on...

The supremacy and the role of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) as the official data gathering agency of the state, needs to be made expressly clear through, among other things, legislative changes, which will ensure that public and private sector agencies understand that they have a duty to cooperate and provide information to the Institute. This was expressed by...