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Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill.

Lighting of Elegant Corridor Going Well

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, said work on the installation of energy-saving street lights along Montego Bay’s “elegant corridor” is proceeding well and the project should be completed by the middle of this year. The eight-month...

Senior Director in the Children’s Affairs Division of the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Grace-Ann McFarlane (right), presents prize and certificate to winner in the 9 - 13 age category, Annalise Virtue (left) of Glenmuir High School, for the Child Development Agency’s (CDA) 10th Anniversary Poster Competition, at the awards ceremony, held on February 5 at the Jamaica Library Service on Tom Redcam Drive, in Kingston.

CDA Hosts Awards Ceremony for Children

Project Manager, Jamaica National (JN) Foundation's Social Enterprise Boost Initiative (SEBI), Jennifer Sharrier, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Social Enterprise Summit to be Staged in Kingston

Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr Morais Guy (2nd right), getting acquainted with a map of the Hatfield area, during his tour of informal settlements in Central Westmoreland on January 15 and 16. Others (from left) are: Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing Regional Manager in Savanna-la-mar, Sherene Newman; Member of Parliament for Central Westmoreland, Dwayne Vaz; Director of Lands in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Vincent Haldane; and Sales Collection Officer, Everton Lynch.

Informal Settlements in Westmoreland to be Regularised

As part of its mandate for the 2014/15 administrative year, the Kiwanis Club of Providence in Montego Bay presented a cheque for $250,000 to the Jamaica Cancer Society to assist in the fight against the disease. Here, Cancer Survivor and Volunteer with the Jamaica Cancer Society, Odel Lewis (right), accepts the symbolic cheque from President of the Club, Janice McGrowther (centre) and Club Fundraising Director, Shelly-Ann Hyman. Looking on (second right), is Lieutenant Governor for Kiwanis International’s Division 25, Lisa Golding. The presentation took place during a special meeting of the club on January 14 to mark the 100th anniversary of Kiwanis International.

Cancer Society Receives $250,000 from Kiwanis Club of Providence

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Vendors Urged To Keep To Designated Areas

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown Burke, is once again calling on vendors to desist from plying their wares outside of the designated vending areas, particularly in sections of downtown Kingston. “Vending will not be allowed in ‘No Vending’ areas and this goes for Beckford Street, and between Orange Street and West Street too. We will not be tolerating...

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Chairman of NLPB Lauds Country’s Political Improvement

Chairman of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast Committee, Rev. Dr. Stevenson Samuels, says Jamaica has improved politically as a nation. “The manner in which we conduct ourselves politically has been better than in former years,” Rev. Samuels said. He was speaking at the 35th National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB), held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on January 15, in New Kingston,...

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Jamaica to Conduct First Survey on Persons With Disabilities

The Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) is set to conduct the country’s first socio-economic survey on persons with disabilities (PWDs), as it works to improve service delivery to the group. The survey, sponsored by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) and the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB), will commence later this month and will be executed over a six-week...

Vice Chairman of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast Committee (NLPBC), Bishop Stanley Clarke (left), engages in a light conversation with (from second left) Chairman, NLPBC, Rev. Dr. Stevenson Samuels; Senior Vice President, Group Legal Compliance and Corporate Secretary, Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS), Keri-Gaye Brown; and Secretary, NLPBC, Clyde Edwards. Occasion was a press briefing held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, today (January 8) to launch the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast, which will be staged at that hotel on Thursday (January 15).

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Victims of Human Trafficking to Receive Help

Persons who have been victims of human trafficking are to be assisted with rebuilding their lives, through proceeds from this year’s staging of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast. This was announced during a press briefing held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, today (January 8) to launch the event. Providing details on the social project to be undertaken this...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, addresses the annual ceremony to mark the signing of the peace treaty with the British and also celebrate the birthday of Captain Cudjoe, held on Tuesday (January 6), at Accompong Town in St. Elizabeth.

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Abeng 88 Must Be a Tool for Empowerment – Senator Falconer

The highly anticipated Accompong Maroon Community Radio Station, expected to come on stream this year, must serve as a vehicle for empowerment and development of the people of Accompong and its environs, said Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer. She was addressing the 277th annual celebration of the signing of the Maroon peace treaty and the...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (right), greets Ashanti Traditional Chief Priest from Ghana, Nana Kwaku Bonsan (left). Occasion was the annual ceremony to mark the signing of the peace treaty with the British and also celebrate the birthday of Captain Cudjoe, held on Tuesday (January 6), at Accompong Town in St. Elizabeth.
Looking on at centre is leader of the Accompong Maroons, Colonel Ferron Williams.

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Senator Falconer Urges Maroons To Protect Culture

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has called on the country’s Maroons to protect their culture and guard against over-commercialisation. She noted that the Maroons have a rich heritage, which must be preserved for future generations. She was speaking at the annual celebration to mark the signing of the peace treaty with the British and also...

President of the Jamaica Union of Seventh-day Adventists (JAMU), Pastor Everett Brown (left), is presented with a cheque valued at $500,000, by Product Marketing Officer, LASCO Distributors Ltd., Renee Rose, at the launch of the world ‘Festival of Religious Freedom’ on Tuesday (January 6) at the East Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists on Constant Spring Road, in Kingston.

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Govt. Lauded for Preserving Freedom of Religion

The Government is being lauded by the Seventh-day Adventist Church for its work in preserving and encouraging freedom of religion and worship for all Jamaicans. Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Director of the Jamaica Union Conference, Nigel Coke, said the type of religious freedom that Jamaicans currently enjoy, makes the country one of the most tolerant societies in the world,...