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Head of the Police Traffic Division, Senior Superintendent Calvin Allen, urges pedestrians to use the roads with care during his address at a JIS Think Tank held on December 2.
Head of the Police Traffic Division, Senior Superintendent Calvin Allen, urges pedestrians to use the roads with care during his address at a JIS Think Tank held on December 2.

Pedestrians Urged to Exercise Care on the Roads

Head of the Police Traffic Division, Senior Superintendent Calvin Allen, is appealing to pedestrians to exercise greater care on the nation’s roads. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (December 2), SSP Allen informed that 92 pedestrians have lost...
Managing Director of the Transport Authority of Jamaica, Donald Foster, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held yesterday (Dec. 3), at the agency’s head office in Kingston.
Managing Director of the Transport Authority of Jamaica, Donald Foster, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held yesterday (Dec. 3), at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

Transport Authority Using Technology to Improve Customer Service
The installation of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights along the corridor between Rockfort and Port Royal, East Kingston, has improved night-time visibility along the roadway. The project involves the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining; Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI); and Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) at a cost of $5.1 million.
The installation of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights along the corridor between Rockfort and Port Royal, East Kingston, has improved night-time visibility along the roadway. The project involves the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining; Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI); and Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) at a cost of $5.1 million.

LED Street Lights Installed Along Palisadoes Roadway
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), reads from the book, ‘A History of the Caribbean Examination Council, 1973-2013,’ the launch of the publication yesterday (December 2) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Listening (from left) are: Author, Professor Patrick Bryan; Former CXC Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Didacus Jules; Executive Director of the Jamaica Diaspora Institute, Professor Neville Ying; and former Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Kenneth Hall.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), reads from the book, ‘A History of the Caribbean Examination Council, 1973-2013,’ the launch of the publication yesterday (December 2) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Listening (from left) are: Author, Professor Patrick Bryan; Former CXC Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Didacus Jules; Executive Director of the Jamaica Diaspora Institute, Professor Neville Ying; and former Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Kenneth Hall.

CXC Records Rich History in New Book
Young people of Steer Town in St. Ann receive support from the police as they march against drug abuse, gang violence and other social ills last Saturday (November 29).
Young people of Steer Town in St. Ann receive support from the police as they march against drug abuse, gang violence and other social ills last Saturday (November 29).

Steer Town Residents March Against Drug Abuse, Crime

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Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks, brings greetings at the National Church Service launching Disabilities Awareness Week 2014, at Calvary Baptist Church Montego Bay on Sunday, November 30. (File photo)
Labour

Passage of Disabilities Act Most Significant Achievement – JCPD

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks, is hailing the passage of the Disabilities Act 2014 as the most significant achievement in the Council’s 40-year history. “The most impactful achievement is the fact that finally, the Disabilities Act has been passed in the Parliament…. the Act is here as our reality, and consultations are...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson (right), points out something of interest during a tour of sections of the McGregor Gardens community in Kingston today (Dec. 2), where electricity regularization work in underway. Others (from left) are: Regional Director, Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company, Omar Sweeny; and President, Youth With Vision Community Club, Ramon Reid.
Technology

Work Underway To Regularize Electricity In McGregor Gardens

Work is underway on the re-wiring of houses and installation of several streetlights in McGregor Gardens, Kingston, as the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) moves to regularize electricity in the area. This is being done through the ‘Project Step Up,’ which is a $30 million partnership between the JPS and the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). It aims to tackle...
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Montego Bay’s Mayor, Councillor Glendon Harris, says the time has come for Jamaica to be rid of the “informer fi dead culture”.
Local GovernmentNational Security and Peace

Jamaicans Must Become Crime Informers

Mayor of Montego Bay, Glendon Harris, is calling for Jamaicans to become “informers” in the fight against crime. He said Jamaica is being held ransom by what he calls “modern day black heart men,” who drive fear into its citizens and efforts must be made to speak out against them. Mayor Harris, who was addressing the Lay Magistrates Association of...
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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addressing an information and communication technology (ICT) seminar, held at the University of Technology (UTech) on December 2. The seminar was held under the theme: ‘Regulating the ICT industry and its effects on growth and development’.
Technology

Minister Reaffirms Commitment to Implement Number Portability By May 31, 2015

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, has reaffirmed Government’s commitment to implement number portability in Jamaica by May 31, next year. “We have now gazetted all the rules dealing with number portability and I have mandated the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) and all the providers that come May 31, 2015, we will have full portability,”...
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The eight citizens of St. James who were honoured by the parish’s Lay Magistrates’ Association recently, with President of the Association Claudette Bryan (4th left), after they received their awards. From left are: Dr. Dean Weatherly (sports), Dave Allen (community service), Prudence Scarlett (health), Marvell Chambers (agriculture), Yvonne Gordon (education), Rev. Everton Jackson (religion), Dr. Norma Taylor (tourism) and Clinton Pickering (journalism).
Justice

Residents of St. James Honoured By Lay Magistrates’ Association

Eight residents of St. James have been recognized by the Lay Magistrates’ Association, St. James chapter, for their contribution towards the development of the parish. The awards were presented in the fields of health, agriculture, religion, community service, sports, education, tourism and journalism, and took place at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, on November 29....
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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickergill addresses the commissioning into service of the Barneyside Water Supply Tank in Westmoreland on Friday (November 28).
Environment

Minister Pickersgill Again Appeals for Jamaicans to Protect Water Sources

Minister of Land, Water, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, is again urging Jamaicans to protect water sources and continue to conserve on the use of the commodity. He was addressing residents of Cornwall Mountain and adjacent communities in Westmoreland on Friday, November 28, when he officially commissioned into service the Barneyside Water Supply Tank. The Minister’s appeal comes...
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