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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, has received a cheque valued at $5.5 million from Spanish Ambassador, Her Excellency Celsa Nuno, on behalf of the Spanish-Jamaica Foundation. The money will be used to refurbish the Seville Great House in St. Ann, and to develop the Seville Heritage Park Exhibition Centre. Accepting the cheque on behalf of the Jamaica...

Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says her Ministry has asked the Ministry of Justice to facilitate an audit and review of stipulated penalties for child abuse, outlined in laws governing the care and protection of the nation’s children. The move, she said, forms part of measures coming out of a recent meeting between both Ministries, during which representatives...

Four beacons will be lit at central points across the island on Monday (June 4), in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll. The locations are St. William Grant Park in Kingston; Montego Bay Civic Centre, St. James; Seville Heritage Park, St. Ann; and at the Port Antonio town centre in Portland. The beacon lighting ceremonies,...

The Ministry of Health will be using World No Tobacco Day which is celebrated Thursday May 31 to educate young people about the harmful effects of smoking, including second-hand smoking. Under the theme: ‘Tobacco Industry Interference’, this year’s observance will also expose the nefarious tactics used by tobacco manufacturing companies to increase their customer base and profits. (Related Story: Jamaicans...

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has commenced work towards securing Port Royal's inclusion on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (UNESCO) list of World Heritage sites. The process involves a series of activities, focusing mainly on the portions of the Sunken City,  and adjoining areas over which the town’s existing layout was built, culminating with the preparation...

The Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Competition is not only about highlighting young women with beauty and brains, but young girls who are culturally aware, talented and with a mission to make a worthwhile contribution to national development. Over the past 37 years, hundreds of young women, queens in their own right, have aspired to be Miss Jamaica Festival Queen through...

The Braes River community of St. Elizabeth has added to Jamaica’s tourism offerings, with the opening of the ‘Come Meet a Jamaican Village’ community tourism initiative. The large, attractive village complex, located in the heart of the rustic farming community, offers an authentic experience that goes beyond shopping to sharing and connecting with the locals.  It boasts individual shops where...

If Jamaica is to get in line with modern economies, the country, in particular its youth must endeavour to seek opportunities online. This is the central theme of the message of World Bank country representative to Jamaica, Giorgio Valentini, for Workers' Week 2012, which comes to an end on May 26. According to Mr. Valentini, Jamaica’s young men and women...

Nominations are now open for the 2012 Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Jamaica. Making the announcement, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said, “In this 50th year of our political independence it is important that we celebrate the people who have helped to build our country, many of whom are unsung heroes in their communities, here and abroad."...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, headed a large group of volunteers who, on Wednesday (May 23), undertook refurbishing of the Port Royal Primary and Infant School. The school was selected by the PIOJ as its major project for Labour Day 2012. They were joined by...

Labour Day 2012 activities got underway on Wednesday in the St. James capital of Montego Bay, with a special wreath laying ceremony at Sam Sharpe Square in honour of the National Hero for whom the area is named. Five wreaths were placed at the feet of the Sam Sharpe statue, which stands in the city square, one each by Minister...

Government officials as well as other dignitaries on May 23 placed wreaths on the shrine of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Samuel Sharpe at National Heroes Park in Kingston. The refurbishing of the park, which is the final resting place of many of Jamaica’s national heroes, prime ministers, and cultural leaders, is the national project for Labour Day 2012. The...