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Schools across the country will be celebrating Jamaica Day 2012 on Friday, February 17, under the theme: ‘Celebrating Jamaica: Goals for Gold’. It is an opportunity for schools to facilitate their students in understanding the accomplishments of the past 50 years that have propelled Jamaica to prominence in all disciplines of the world stage. Speaking at the official launch of...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, has announced that the Ministry will collaborate with the Scientific Research Council (SRC) to implement a Rural Youth Employment Project. The project, to be undertaken initially as a pilot, will get underway within a month. Speaking at the handing over of a refurbished poultry abattoir at the Garvey Maceo High School in...

Viewers of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) website and Jamaica Magazine television programme will see the premiering of the much-anticipated ‘This is Jamaica’ music video, on Friday, February 3. The video is part of the Agency's activities to mark Jamaica's 50th anniversary of independence. The JIS-produced music video will be aired regularly throughout the year during the programme on CVM...

The Webster Memorial United Church on Half-Way-Tree Road was alive with the colours and sounds of Jamaica on Sunday (Jan. 29), as the country’s leaders, clerics, dignitaries and congregants came together to praise the Almighty for 50 years of nationhood. The event was part of the year-long ‘Jamaica 50’ celebration, to mark the 50th anniversary of the country’s Independence this...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has called on the nation to use the 50th anniversary of Independence celebrations as an impetus towards greater achievement, even as the nation reflects on the accomplishments since 1962. “We now have a unique opportunity to look back… and reflect on the range of traditions, values, behaviour that contribute to our...

Award-winning novel, ‘Lover’s Leap: Based on the Jamaican Legend’, by Jamaican-born Canadian author, Horane Smith,  will be one of the papers on cultural and social issues that will be presented at the 10th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, which will be held in Montreal, Canada, in June, this year. Associate Professor of English Language and English Literature...

A national ecumenical church service in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Independence will be held on Sunday (January 29) at the Webster Memorial United Church, 53 Half-Way-Tree Road in Kingston. The event, under the theme: ‘Feel the Heart and Soul of a Nation’, is being organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) and the Committee for the Promotion...

The Child Development Agency (CDA) will be undertaking a comprehensive review of its programmes and operations, to accommodate strategic planning over the next 3-5 years.  Chief Executive Officer of the CDA, Carla Francis-Edie,made the disclosure at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank Session on Wednesday (January 25), at the JIS head office in Kingston. “We will have to re-work...

Secretary/Manager of the Hanover Parish Council, Alfred Graham, is confident that arrangements for the 128th birthday anniversary tribute to National Hero, Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, will be successful. In an interview with JIS News, following a meeting of the planning committee for the event in Lucea, Hanover, Wednesday (January 25), Mr. Graham noted that they have been meeting on...

Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, has given the Ministry’s commitment to ensuring that Jamaica secures the maximum benefits accruable, from its foremost musical genre, Reggae. Speaking at the launch of Reggae Month 2012, at the Bob Marley Museum, Hope Road, St. Andrew, on January 24, Ms. Hanna assured that the Ministry would give stakeholders, such as organiser of...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Anthony Hylton, says government intends to strengthen regional linkages to ensure balance and equity in treaty arrangements with CARICOM/CARIFORUM partners. Mr. Hylton noted that Jamaica’s approach to strengthening regional cooperation and commercial linkages were priorities for both the Prime Minister and himself. “It is one that has my full and complete endorsement,” he ...

Young person's will soon be able to access the services of Youth Information Centres (YIC) and National Youth Service (NYS) training facilities under one roof, when two such facilities are built in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, and May Pen, Clarendon. This follows the signing of contracts for Rogers Land Development Limited to undertake the works, during a ceremony at the...