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Eight teachers at the Brown's Town Primary School in St. Ann have been recognized for a total of 228 years of service in the field of education. They are Lois Harrison, Jean Smith, Patricia Brown, Sybel Johnson, Doreen Dixon, Donna Hamilton, Merlene Walker and Anthony Davidson, who have each served for 34, 31, 30, 29, 28, 26, 25 and 25...

Some 400 teachers in North West St. Catherine were honoured on Saturday (May 8), at an awards banquet held at Dinthill Technical High School in the parish. The brainchild of the Member of Parliament for North West St. Catherine, Robert Pickersgill, the function was the highlight of activities in the area to mark Teachers' Week. Two of the awardees, Beryl...

Education, Youth and Culture Minister, Maxine Henry Wilson, has lauded the contribution of the Japanese to the education system, especially the work of youth volunteers who visit the island annually to take part in the Japanese equivalent of the peace corps programme. There are 30 young people from Japan now in the country as part of the programme. Minister Henry...

Statistics from the Collections and Accounts Unit of the Jamaica Customs Department have revealed that 995 refund applications were processed for the financial period dating April 2003 to March of this year. Unit Manager Karen Fredericks said 832 of the refunds were for cases where persons were required to "do over entry forms" where imported goods were wrongly classified, duties...

There has been an enthusiastic response from Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK) to the Jamaica Diaspora Conference set for June 16 and 17 in Kingston. Many have described the conference as a good move and expressed the hope that is was the first of several similar meetings. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson first announced the conference last August when he...

Education, Youth and Culture Minister, Maxine Henry Wilson, has lauded the contribution of the Japanese to the education system, especially the work of youth volunteers who visit the island annually to take part in the Japanese equivalent of the peace corps programme. There are 30 young people from Japan now in the country as part of the programme. Minister Henry...

Statistics from the Collections and Accounts Unit of the Jamaica Customs Department have revealed that 995 refund applications were processed for the financial period dating April 2003 to March of this year. Unit Manager Karen Fredericks said 832 of the refunds were for cases where persons were required to "do over entry forms" where imported goods were wrongly classified, duties...

There has been an enthusiastic response from Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK) to the Jamaica Diaspora Conference set for June 16 and 17 in Kingston. Many have described the conference as a good move and expressed the hope that is was the first of several similar meetings. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson first announced the conference last August when he...

Some 300 students and teachers from the First Step, Rose Heights and Albion Lane basic schools in St. James have benefited from furniture and equipment provided by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) at a cost of $300,000. The money is part of a $20 million allocation to the JCF by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) fund to...

Minnie Clarke, former Mayor of May Pen and Uriel Denton, retired councillor of the Ritchies Division in Clarendon, have been honoured for outstanding contribution to the parish. At a function hosted by the northwest Clarendon community at the Spaulding United Church recently, Portia Simpson Miller, Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sports, said that the two honourees have had...

Some 300 students and teachers from the First Step, Rose Heights and Albion Lane basic schools in St. James have benefited from furniture and equipment provided by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) at a cost of $300,000. The money is part of a $20 million allocation to the JCF by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) fund to...

Minnie Clarke, former Mayor of May Pen and Uriel Denton, retired councillor of the Ritchies Division in Clarendon, have been honoured for outstanding contribution to the parish. At a function hosted by the northwest Clarendon community at the Spaulding United Church recently, Portia Simpson Miller, Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sports, said that the two honourees have had...