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The Holland High School in Trelawny, built at a cost of approximately $230 million, was officially opened on May 20 by Education, Youth and Culture Minister, Maxine Henry Wilson. Constructed by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) under the $3.5 billion Northwestern Schools Programme, the school has a capacity to accommodate 1,350 students. The institution, which has been open to students...

The Jamaican entry in this year's Chelsea Flower Show in London has received the Silver Gilt Flora award. This award is the highest in the Silver Gilt category, which is the second highest award at Chelsea. Team leader, Gladys Hakansson told JIS news that the seven-member team from the Jamaica Horticultural Society were delighted with the performance this year. "We...

Caribbean Food Delights, a Jamaican-owned company based in New York, will start franchising its restaurants under the JerkQzine name this summer.Founder and Chief Executive Officer Vincent Hosang, told an audience of prospective owner/operators at the Rye Town Hilton Hotel in New York last week, that the product line would offer customers "a vacation from ordinary food". "I am very excited...

Over 60 residents of Western St. Thomas turned out yesterday (May 23) to lend their assistance to the rehabilitation of the Llandewey community centre, which was the parish project for National Labour Day 2005. Activities began at about 9:00 a.m., with workmen from the Llandewey Community Development Committee and the Social Development Commission (SDC) replacing the aluminium sheets on the...

Garvey Maceo High School in Clarendon is to benefit from several development projects valued at $7.5 million, to be funded by the Sports Development Foundation, National Commercial Bank (NCB), Digicel and Jamalco. This was announced by Principal, David Brown at the school's 25th anniversary banquet, held on May 21 at the Hotel Versalles in May Pen. "At this time, the...

The planting of over 600 trees in over 15 parish council divisions and the refurbishing of the hurricane-ravaged Devon community centre took centre stage yesterday (May 23) as the citizens of Manchester came out to work on Labour Day. Deputy Mayor for Mandeville, Sally Porteous told JIS News that the original plan was to plant all 600 trees in Mandeville...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Culture, Dr. Donald Rhodd, has said that government was committed to investing in education for the country's long-term sustainability. Noting the significant returns from devoting resources to the sector, he said it would improve human capital, ensure enhanced productivity and increase the country's competitiveness. "The transformation of the Jamaican society depends largely on the...

The Jamaican entry in this year's Chelsea Flower Show in London has received the Silver Gilt Flora award. This award is the highest in the Silver Gilt category, which is the second highest award at Chelsea. Team leader, Gladys Hakansson told JIS news that the seven-member team from the Jamaica Horticultural Society were delighted with the performance this year. "We...

Caribbean Food Delights, a Jamaican-owned company based in New York, will start franchising its restaurants under the JerkQzine name this summer.Founder and Chief Executive Officer Vincent Hosang, told an audience of prospective owner/operators at the Rye Town Hilton Hotel in New York last week, that the product line would offer customers "a vacation from ordinary food". "I am very excited...

Over 60 residents of Western St. Thomas turned out yesterday (May 23) to lend their assistance to the rehabilitation of the Llandewey community centre, which was the parish project for National Labour Day 2005. Activities began at about 9:00 a.m., with workmen from the Llandewey Community Development Committee and the Social Development Commission (SDC) replacing the aluminium sheets on the...

Garvey Maceo High School in Clarendon is to benefit from several development projects valued at $7.5 million, to be funded by the Sports Development Foundation, National Commercial Bank (NCB), Digicel and Jamalco. This was announced by Principal, David Brown at the school's 25th anniversary banquet, held on May 21 at the Hotel Versalles in May Pen. "At this time, the...

The planting of over 600 trees in over 15 parish council divisions and the refurbishing of the hurricane-ravaged Devon community centre took centre stage yesterday (May 23) as the citizens of Manchester came out to work on Labour Day. Deputy Mayor for Mandeville, Sally Porteous told JIS News that the original plan was to plant all 600 trees in Mandeville...