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Irwine Clare, Head of the New York-based Caribbean Immigrant Services (CIS), has urged Caribbean nationals in the United States to seek to become citizens of the country. Mr. Clare issued the challenge during his address at the Caribbean American Organisation of Youth Development's fundraiser, which was held in the Bronx on the weekend. Pointing to what he described as the...

Six Jamaicans of Chinese heritage are among eight persons who will receive the inaugural Hakka Achievement Award during a two-day Conference on the Hakka Chinese culture and heritage to take place in Toronto, Canada on December 30 and 31. The Award, which celebrates the Hakka value "of giving equal importance to manual labour and scholarly endeavours", will be handed out...

It is often said that talk is cheap. However by demolishing social and political barriers, through meaningful dialogue, several inner-city communities have demonstrated that talk can in fact be quite invaluable. Under the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Civic Dialogue for Democratic Governance Project in Jamaica, citizens have realized that meaningful dialogue can change whole communities, resolve conflicts and identify...

Dr. Vincent Lawrence, chairman of the Urban Development Corporation, will lead a nine-member board, which has been appointed by the government, to lead the restructuring of national airline, Air Jamaica, over the next six months. Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, who named the members of the board at a press conference held at his National Heroes Circle office...

The Office of the National Reconstruction (ONR) is helping Jamaican farmers, who suffered devastating losses during Hurricane Ivan, to sow seeds of growth, by providing them with the necessary tools and supplies to begin the replanting process. Agricultural Consultant at the ONR, Neville Condappa, tells JIS News that since October, farmers have been receiving vouchers to purchase fertiliser, seeds, and...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke has appointed Professor the Hon. Errol Miller, O.J., C.D., Mrs. Dorothy Pine-McLarty; and Dr. Herbert Thompson as Selected Members of the Electoral Advisory Committee, with effect from December 19. A release from King's House today (December 23) said that this has been done in accordance with Paragraph 1 (1) (b) of...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, today announced a major restructuring of the operations of national carrier Air Jamaica, which will involve the appointment of an interim board to oversee operations until June 2005. Dr. Davies, who made the announcement at a press conference held at his National Heroes Circle office in Kingston, said the decision comes in the...

Outgoing Air Jamaica Chairman, Gordon "Butch Stewart" has expressed his support for government's decision to assume temporary control of the national carrier and to restructure its operations to return the airline to viability. Speaking at a press conference at the Ministry's National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston today (Thursday Dec. 23), Mr. Stewart commended the administration for the manner in...

The Government of Jamaica has assumed full responsibility for the management and operation of the national airline, Air Jamaica, with immediate effect, with the objective of making the airline a fiscally sound entity in the near future. Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies made the announcement today (December 23) at a press conference, held at the Ministry's Heroes' Circle...

Minimum wage earners can expect more in their pay packets come February 1, 2005, as government has agreed to an 11.5 per cent increase in the national minimum wage. Horace Dalley, Minister of Labour and Social Security, made the announcement while addressing the annual end of year luncheon for the board of directors and staff of the National Insurance Scheme...

With just four months since the implementation of the Safe Schools Programme, designed to stem violence in institutions of learning, the initiative has been receiving high marks from the parents, principals and students and the police who have been placed in the institutions as School Resource Officers (SRO). "It has been going well so far", says Deputy Superintendent (DSP) Norman...

The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has reported that businesspersons have saved as much as 70 per cent as a result of the amnesty that is now offered by that agency. This was revealed by Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the ORC, Shellie Leon, in an interview with JIS News. The positive response to the amnesty has also...