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Olympic and World Championship 100 metres gold medallist, Shelly-Ann Fraser, is to hit the road with the Peace and Love in Society (PALS) initiative next month for its Peace Day campaign, after being named the Grace Goodwill Ambassador for Peace. Grace Foods and Services has partnered with PALS, through its Grace Vienna Brand, to provide the organisation with the resources...

Renowned Jamaican drummer, Mr. William Stewart, will perform with 60 students from local schools in Miramar, South Florida, at a musical presentation called 'Rhythms of Africa, Music Around the World', on Saturday, February 27. The concert, under the patronage of the Consulate General of Jamaica, will be staged at the 800-seat Miramar Cultural Centre in South Broward, and will climax...

Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has stated that the Ministry will continue to work assiduously to tackle crime prevention and community safety in Jamaica. "We are working on a set of objectives to guide community safety and social interventions, aimed at reducing and preventing crime and violence, with a particular focus on our youths," Senator Nelson said. He...

Popular dub poet Mutabaruka was on Saturday (February 20) honoured by the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD) and the Rotaract Club of Mandeville for over 30 years of outstanding work in the field of the arts. At a special cultural function held at Mandeville Park, which included performances by a number of local acts, the dub poet was presented...

Scores of Jamaicans, friends of Jamaica and residents of Birmingham City in the United Kingdom (UK), turned out on February 20, to witness the official signing of an agreement which will see the country's track and field team stage their training camp in that city, ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The celebratory event, held at the Crown...

Alpha Boys Home, in Kingston, which has produced some of Jamaica's outstanding musicians, will benefit from funds raised at the first staging of the 'I Love Reggae Foundation' musical event, held at Zanzibar on the water front, in Washington, on February 19. Dubbed 'Reggae Jazz on the Waterfront', the event featured the Image Band from Washington, D.C., Saxophonist, Water Tates...

Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke, has called on churches to encourage their members to become a part of the Foster Care Programme. "The churches have so much to offer in addition to what they are offering (as) they can encourage their members to foster a child today," Mrs. Clarke stated at a press briefing held on Thursday (Feb.18) at her office...

The new look Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) was presented today (Feb. 18) at a rebranding ceremony, which included the unveiling of a new logo, a museum, gift shop, and refurbished facilities. Addressing the ceremony, held at the agency's Phoenix Avenue offices off Hope Road, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, commended the JCDC for continuing to...

Head of the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Lambert Ennis, is appealing to Jamaicans to donate blood for 24 children, ages three months to 12 years, who are in desperate need of the fluid to undergo critical heart surgery. The surgeries, which are scheduled to take place between February 23 and March...

Over 17 women participated in a three-day workshop organised by the Women's Resource Centre (WROC)from February 11- 13 , which saw them going through several empowerment sessions preparing them to participate in decision making at the highest level. The participants heard presentations and engaged in discussions on a range of topics including strategic communications and financial statements for business decision...

More help has come for the people of Haiti via two youth groups in Mandeville Manchester, which have raised $465,000 in cash and kind for the relief effort. Yesterday (February15), representatives from A Brighter Day Foundation and Young Women of Purpose (Y-WoP), handed over 15 boxes of clothing, shoes and school bags to the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), valued at...

A ban on cigarette smoking will shortly be introduced within the entire designated area of Emancipation Square in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. The Square will be the first Smokefree Square in the Caribbean, when a declaration is officially unveiled in March. The initiative is a joint project of the Smoke Free Action Coalition in Spanish Town and the St. Catherine...