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Thirty eight students from across the island have been awarded for their good saving habits by the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), through its School Savers Programme. The programme seeks to encourage students to save and to develop thrift among young persons. The recipients are from basic, preparatory, primary and high schools. They were presented with their awards at a...

Approximately 100 students of the Montego Bay Community College's Development and Outreach Department, graduated on July 12 after completing 12 weeks of training in a variety of competencies, aimed at empowering them for employment. The first graduation exercise of the outreach programme took place at the college campus in Montego Bay, with graduates, who are mainly from the Bogue Hill,...

As efforts continue to help hurricane affected persons in Portland, supplies are being distributed to victims in the Rio Grande Valley area of the parish. Supplies being distributed include foodstuff, beds, sheets, towels and blankets, and is being carried out by the welfare sub-committee of the Portland Disaster Committee. The Rio Grande Valley community was among the areas worst hit...

Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Johnathan Bartley has said that a plan has been formulated to seek to solve the problem of flooding in the Wakefield division. The area, he said, had always experienced flooding as a result of heavy rains and road surface water that entered the area from the direction of the parish of St. James and flowed into...

Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Johnathan Bartley has said that a plan has been formulated to seek to solve the problem of flooding in the Wakefield division. The area, he said, had always experienced flooding as a result of heavy rains and road surface water that entered the area from the direction of the parish of St. James and flowed into...

A new National Farm Queen will be crowned on day one of the 53rd staging of the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, which is scheduled to take place from July 30 to August 1 in May Pen, Clarendon. Coordinator of the farm queen competition, Janet Pullen told JIS News that the show was in its second year of a re-branding...

There was no severe damage to the road infrastructure in western Jamaica from the passing of Hurricane Dennis on July 7. Community Relations Officer with the National Works Agency (NWA) in western Jamaica, Stephen Shaw told JIS News that this was achieved through continuous road maintenance by the agency in that part of the island. He said that except for...

The Government will not be making any hasty announcements of the total financial allocation to be made for hurricane relief and reconstruction efforts, until the extent of the damage is ascertained, and a proper financial assessment is reached. Responding to a call from Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Audley Shaw, that the government should immediately implement an emergency fund in light...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has emphasized that there is need for the development of "a policy that has teeth, that will allow for forced removal of persons from selected areas where disasters are threatening". Speaking on the passage of Hurricane Dennis in the House of Representatives on July 12, Mr. Patterson said these measures were taken in other places, such...

The Cabinet Office has given approval for emergency work of up to $4 million to be undertaken by the National Works Agency (NWA) on roads damaged by Hurricane Dennis. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson made the announcement in the House of Representatives on July 12, as he spoke of restoration efforts in the aftermath of the hurricane. For these emergency works,...

Minister of Development, Dr. Paul Robertson has said that JAMPRO would be seeking to attract some $13.3 billion in investment for the 2005/06 fiscal year, in addition to creating some 7,000 jobs. The Development Minister, who was making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on Tuesday (July 12), said that this was an improvement over the...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Horace Dalley has called on employers within the private and public sectors to share the national vision of incorporating more disabled persons in the general workforce. "It is only through constant dialogue that we can discuss the integration of disabled persons in the workforce," Minister Dalley said. He was speaking at the launch of...