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The Government, through the Ministry of Education, has forwarded a submission to their Chinese counterparts, seeking grant funds amounting to approximately US $7 million, to build 17 additional early childhood infant schools. Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, says this will form part of the administration's thrust to increase the number of government-run infant schools islandwide, which currently stands at 31....

An Atlanta-based corporation, Purpose Built Communities, wants to lend its expertise to the Jamaican Government in redeveloping blighted areas of downtown Kingston. The redevelopment would be modelled on the successful East Lake Meadows public housing project that Purpose Built Communities constructed in Atlanta, Georgia. President and CEO of Purpose Built Communities, Greg Giornelli, communicated his company's interest to Jamaica's Ambassador...

The World Bank has commended the Government's efforts to overcome the global recession and stabilise the economy, noting that the country must now look towards growth and development. "Now that the Government has established a more stable macro framework, the private sector and the people will see the difference in the country," said World Bank Lead Economist and Sector Leader...

Jamaica's Consul General in Miami, Sandra Grant Griffiths, has commended the newly formed Coalition of Jamaican Alumni Associations in South Florida, as signal of acceptance of the need to become more engaged in a collective process for educational development at home and in the Diaspora. The Consul General was speaking to members of several alumni groups, representing nearly 50 Jamaican...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, has lauded the Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Foundation for its more than 17 years of health missions to Montego Bay. "I am especially pleased to salute you on yet another laudable initiative to assist Jamaica," the Ambassador stated in a message delivered by the Information Attach

State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, says that civil society has an important role to play in advancing the process of integration within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). She was speaking at the European Union (EU)-funded CARICOM Civil Society Project National Consultation, jointly hosted by the Ministry, the CARICOM Secretariat and the Friedrich...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding left the island on September 21 for New York to attend the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly and other high level meetings. He will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr Kenneth Baugh, senior officials of the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Office of the...

A plan to create a lasting legacy from Jamaica's participation in the 2012 Olympic Games has been set in train. Leader of Birmingham City Council, Councillor Mike Whitby has pledged to establish a team to explore opportunities for Jamaica arising out of the city's staging of the training camp for the 2012 games. Councillor Whitby told Jamaican High Commissioner to...

A plan to create a lasting legacy from Jamaica's participation in the 2012 Olympic Games in London has been put in train. Leader of the Birmingham City Council, Councillor Mike Whitby has pledged to establish a team to explore opportunities for the island arising out of the city's hosting of the Jamaican athletes' training camp for the games. Councillor Whitby,...

Jamaica's Film Commissioner, Kim Marie Spence, says the island's film industry is "booming". Jamaica's Film Commissioner, Kim Marie Spence, addressing Canadian filmmakers at a networking session organised by JAMPRO in Toronto, Canada, recently. Speaking recently to filmmakers attending a networking session organised by JAMPRO in Toronto, Canada, Ms. Spence said two Jamaican feature films are to be released in October....

Jamaica was among the 13 countries, in addition to the United Kingdom (UK), which were listed among 'The Few' and whose flags were flown during one of the major public events being held in London this week to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Anthony Johnson (right), meets South African Defence...

The programme of assistance to Persons with Disabilities (PWD), administered through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), has been boosted by a US$572,000 ($49 million) grant from the Japanese government through the Japan Special Fund (JSF). The funds, secured by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will finance the administration's "Support to Improving the Lives of Persons" initiative, with...