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As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, Courts Jamaica Limited has partnered with the Bustamante Hospital for Children to perform fifty (50) surgeries on children who need open heart surgery. Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer said that this partnership demonstrates the understanding of the needs in the health sector and a commitment towards improving the health of our nation's...

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) will be unveiling a monument in honour of late former Prime Minister, the late Most Hon. Hugh Lawson Shearer ON, OJ on Monday, May 18, 2009. The unveiling will be held in the National Heroes Park in the section reserved for former Prime Ministers, on what would have been Mr. Shearer's 86th birthday. Guest...

The Blue Hole Nature Park, located in South St. James, has been chosen as one of four Labour Day projects to be given national focus, under the National Labour Day theme, "Volunteerism, Intervention, Beautification and Empowerment for Success (VIBES)." The project, which was recently given the nod by Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Olivia Grange, was the brainchild of...

Preparatory work began yesterday (May 13), on the tissue culture ginger project in Top Alston, Clarendon, one of the three projects selected by the Labour Day Planning Committee for national focus this year. Vice President of the North West Clarendon Ginger Resuscitation Programme, Sean Thompson, told JIS News that it is of the utmost importance that the project receives the...

The cleaning and beautification of the Trelawny Parish Council building in Falmouth is the Labour Day parish project for Trelawny. The work will incorporate clean-up of the cenotaph and fountain in the town square. Chairman of the Civic and Community Relations Sub-Committee, Councillor Fernandez Smith, speaking at a meeting held at the Parish Council yesterday (May 13), informed that the...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has confirmed that the Blue Hole Nature Park in St. James has been added to the list of projects which are to be given national focus on Labour Day. Miss Grange said that although the project was not submitted to her until after the launch of Workers Week, on May 1,...

Governor-General His Excellency the Most Honourable Patrick Allen will host a Youth Consultation on Friday May 15, 2009 at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club. The consultation, which forms a part of the Governor-General's Achievement Awards Scheme (GGAAS) will be held under the theme 'I Believe' and will involve a select group of students from the county of Middlesex. They...

The National Youth Service (NYS) will be offering Information Technology (IT) training to participants, with the establishment of three state-of-the-art computer laboratories at its camp sites. Funding for the project, costing some US$316,000, has been made possible through an agreement between the Governments of Jamaica and South Korea. The laboratories will be constructed at the Knox Cobbla Campus in Manchester;...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Olivia Grange, was among a distinguished group of special honourees at the 28th International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) held in New York recently. Minister Grange, who has had a successful career in the arts, primarily as a record producer and manager, was recognised for her contribution to music, arts and culture. Also...

Preliminary work on National Labour Day projects are scheduled to begin next week. This was announced at a Labour Day National Planning Committee meeting, held Friday (May 8) in the conference room at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, New Kingston. Three projects have been selected for Labour Day, Monday, May 25. These are - the installation of a...

The West Midlands Caribbean Parents and Friends Association in Wolverhampton is celebrating its Golden Jubilee, marking 50 years of serving the needs of people of Caribbean descent, who have settled in that part of the United Kingston (UK). One of the oldest Caribbean organisations in the UK, the Association was established in 1959 by a group of concerned individuals, many...

Renowned international Reggae artiste, Frederick 'Freddie' McGregor, has been elected Chairman of the newly formed Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JRIA). Mr. McGregor was elected, during the organisation's inaugural elections on Tuesday (May 5) at Jamaica Trade and Invest's (JTI) head office, Trafalgar Road, Kingston. He defeated his only competitor, fellow recording artiste, Patrick 'Tony Rebel' Barrett. The JRIA was established...