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The St. Catherine Parish Council is planning a number of activities to mark Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of Independence.  A  St. Catherine Jamaica 50 committee has been set up to plan and oversee the events in the parish being held from July 29 to August 6.   The committee comprises of members of civil society, the Parish Development Committee (PDC), the business...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, has reiterated the Government’s unwavering commitment to the empowerment of the country’s youth. She said the commitment involves, among other things, helping youth acquire the skills of critical analysis, so that they are able to make responsible decisions of their own. Speaking at the opening of the 2nd Commonwealth Caribbean Regional Youth...

A National Thanksgiving Ecumenical Church Service in celebration of Jamaica’s 50th Anniversary of Independence will take place at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, 1-3 George Headley Drive, North Street, on Sunday, July 29, beginning at 11:00 a.m. The event, to be held under the theme: ‘A Nation on a Mission’, will include greetings from the Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon....

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be offering transportation service to and from the Denbigh Agricultural Show, in Clarendon, which gets underway on Saturday, August 4. The cost is $999 per person (adults or children 3 years and over) per day over the three days of the event, which concludes on Monday, August 6. Buses will leave Half-Way Tree...

The JCDC apologizes unreservedly to the public for any inconvenience caused by the previous announcement relating to the distribution of Gala tickets.  Please note that tickets will be available to the public as of 12 noon Friday July 27 and on Monday July 30 based on availability.   Gala tickets will be available at the following locations: Tastee Limited: Down...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says he will be re-introducing the Youth in Innovation Awards this year. "This year, the Innovation Awards will be restored to a place of prominence befitting the celebration of our national Jubilee,” he said, while making his contribution to the 2012/13 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on July 24. Mr....

Jamaicans are being invited to attend an Independence Forum on Thursday, July 26 at the Undercroft, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. Dubbed ‘Reflections: Jamaica at 50’, the forum will highlight Jamaica over the past 50 years through the eyes and minds of some of the island’s leaders and experts in various fields. "As we celebrate Jamaica 50, there...

More than 100 schools have so far confirmed their participation in the country's golden Jubilee Celebrations on August 6, Education Minister, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has informed. "We have had good responses to the request to have school children gather with their teachers at their schools on Independence Day," he noted. The Minister was addressing journalists on July 23,...

Come August 1, Jamaicans from all across the island will be celebrating Emancipation Day. Some activities begin on the evening of July 31, as the nation pause to honour those ancestors who fought for freedom from enslavement, and reflect on the nation's journey from Emancipation to Independence. One of the biggest celebrations will be the national event at Seville Heritage...

Reverend Dr. Joel Edwards of the World Evangelical Alliance says at 50, the country has important choices to make that will have implications for the future, and will have an "impact on our children and our children’s children." "Our choices must touch the issue of private and public lives or probity and politics. In the brave new world of the...

LONDON — More than 2,000 Jamaicans and  friends of the country from across the United Kingdom (UK), packed the historic Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London, on July 21, for the official service of Praise and Thanksgiving, to mark Jamaica's 50th anniversary as an independent nation. High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Aloun Ndombet Assamba, told JIS News that she...

The St. Elizabeth Parish Council will outline activities to be hosted in the parish to celebrate the country's 50th Anniversary of Independence, at a press conference tomorrow (Monday, July 23). Mayor of Black River, His Worship Councillor Everton Fisher, who will chair the proceedings, told JIS News that he will give details of the type and number of activities to...