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KINGSTON — The Mount Olivet Boys' Home was abuzz with activity recently, when the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) hosted a career day at the Manchester-based home. On hand were representatives of a number of organisations and agencies, and experts in a range of fields, who engaged the boys in discussion on various career paths, with some incorporating video clips of...

KINGSTON — Family, friends, well-wishers and former colleagues turned out in their numbers to bid farewell to former Minister of Tourism and renowned journalist, Eric Anthony Abrahams, at an official funeral service at the St. Andrew Parish Church, Half-Way-Tree, on Wednesday August 17. The mourners included the wife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Lady Allen, Prime Minister,...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Information Service (JIS), in association with FunHouse Productions, invites patrons to a benefit performance of the romantic comedy, “Stop Dat Train”, on Saturday August 13, at the Pantry Playhouse, Dumfries Road in New Kingston. The performance is in aid of the Mount Olivet Boys' Home in Manchester, and will start at 8 p.m. "Stop Dat Train",...

MANDEVILLE — Beneficiaries of the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) in St. Elizabeth are lauding the initiative for making them proud land owners. The Government programme helps Jamaicans obtain certificates of title for property they occupy. "Nothing has brought me greater satisfaction to date than to receive the title for my father, who died in 1962," said Glasceta Honeyghan...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says that the shutdown of the scrap metal industry is in the best interest of the country at this time. Mr. Vaz said the Government stands by its decision, as the industry was "doing more harm than good …the fact of the matter is that we...

KINGSTON — The Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) will be extending operations to St. Catherine and Clarendon as it seeks to improve on service delivery and satisfy the needs of clients. As at August 3 and August 10, the agency will be offering passport services out of the Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) offices in Portmore and May Pen, respectively....

KINGSTON — The Culture, Health, Arts, Sport and Education (CHASE) Fund has donated over $200 million to the development of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Mona, over the past eight years. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CHASE Fund, W. Billy Heaven, says that to date the agency has...

KINGSTON — Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission, Cordell Green, says it is imperative that children become digitally literate, so that they can shape their own media content. "Digital literacy is about empowering our children to understand that media is not just something that they access, that they just go on You Tube or TV or the radio, but that...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says that it is time for the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) to fulfill its promise to establish a media complaints council to monitor compliance with the code of practice the PAJ said was ratified in 2010. “No democratic society can afford to give any one...

WASHINGTON — Jamaican born entrepreneur, Karene Stewart, has established a company  in New York,  Casually Chic,  to assist  persons who are too busy  to give  enough attention to personal undertakings. The company, which offers closet organising and personal shopping services, was conceived with the sophisticated career woman in mind, who is finding it increasingly difficult to stay organised, look good,...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says that the site of the old AUSJAM gold mine in Pennants, Clarendon, has been secured and relevant agencies assigned to address the chemical leak threat. Mr. Vaz said that assurance was conveyed to the Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, by the National Environment and Planning Agency...

TORONTO — The Consulate General of Jamaica in Toronto, Canada, opened a Condolence Book for the late Consul General, Margarietta St. Juste, on Friday July 8, 2011. Jamaicans living in Toronto and surrounding areas are invited to sign the Condolence Book, which will remain open until Friday, July 15 at the Consulate, 303 Eglinton Avenue East. Mrs. St. Juste, who...