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KINGSTON – Members of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC) have been urged to rededicate their efforts toward helping children, especially those who have had traumatic experiences, by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GraceKennedy Limited, Hon. Douglas Orane. “What I would like for this child month is that we dedicate ourselves to those young people, not only those...

KINGSTON – Some 20 young persons  from across the island were presented with cheques totaling $872, 900.00 on March 25, to pursue educational as well as entrepreneurial pursuits. The recipients, who are from the parishes of Portland, St. Mary, Clarendon, Kingston, St. Thomas, Hanover and Manchester, have been assisted under the  Government’s Youth Empowerment Strategy (YES) programme. Of the number,...

MONTEGO BAY – The Hanover Museum, in Lucea was officially reopened on Friday, March 25, 2011, after some $2 million refurbishing works, which was undertaken by the Institute of Jamaica. The facility, which was reopened under the theme ‘Labour: Resistance: Punishment’, houses a variety of artifacts dating back hundreds of years. Custos of Hanover, Hon. Dr. David Stair, in bringing...

PORT ANTONIA – The potential for employment and the ability to pursue a successful career path can be greatly enhanced, if persons are adequately prepared. Although most school leavers choose to pursue tertiary education after graduating, being prepared for any eventuality will offer options that may become necessary, especially with the challenges currently existing in the labour market. With the...

TORONTO – Three women of Jamaican heritage and one Antiguan national, who, through their accomplishments stand as positive images of black women, were recently honoured by the Ryerson University in Canada. At the third annual Viola Desmond Day celebration held recently at Ryerson's Victoria Street campus, the four were presented with awards named after black women, who have made significant...

LONDON – It was Jamaica Day on March 15 at the International Food and Drink Expo (IFE), being held at the Excel Centre in London. Jamaica was the featured country on the ‘Meet the World’ stage with all-day cooking demonstrations by award winning United Kingdom (UK)-based Jamaican chef Colin Brown, while the story of Jamaican food was told by well-known...

A special tribute to the late international cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett Coverley (‘Miss Lou’), played to a packed room at the conference centre at the British Library   on International Women’s Day (March 8). The ‘Walk Good: A Tribute to Miss Lou’ event featured renowned British writer, Valarie Bloom; well know storyteller, Jan Blake (both of Jamaican Heritage), as well...

National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Sampars Cash & Carry and the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) signed a 2-year contract to landscape, beautify and maintain a section of Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston, Monday (March 7). The project costs $4.17 million, of which approximately $1 million is start up capital. The remaining funds will be allocated over a 2-year...

There is a renewed thrust by the Government to have the criminal record of National Hero,The Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, expunged. Mr. Garvey, Jamaica’s first National Hero, was convicted of mail fraud in the United States of America (USA) in 1923. In a statement to the House of Representatives at Gordon House on Tuesday (March 1), Minister of Youth,...

Thousands of Jamaican women could benefit economically from a project to be launched this week by the Government. The project, titled: ‘The Way Out: Jamaican Women’s Political and Economic Empowerment’, will be launched on International Women’s Day, Tuesday, March 8, under the theme: ‘Education and Training: Decent Work for Women’. Speakers will include the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture,...

A Jamaican High Commission UK 2012 Fund has been launched to provide financing for projects and activities to be held in the United Kingdom to celebrate the country’s 50th anniversary of Independence next year. The establishment of the fund was one of the initiatives coming out of a meeting of Jamaican community leaders hosted by High Commissioner to the UK,...

Lorna Goodison, Olive Senior and Pamela Mordecai, three Jamaican writers who now call Canada home, between them have published hundreds of fiction and non-fiction stories and poems, and won a plethora of awards for their writing skills. It is because of their achievements why the world’s busiest public library system, the Toronto Public Library (TPL) with its 99 branches, included...