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Come April this year, when the 2011 Population and Housing Census officially gets underway, Jamaicans can expect a high level of professionalism from census takers. In an interview with JIS News, Director of Censuses at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Valerie Nam, informed that as part of the recruitment process all the census takers will undergo a comprehensive training...

Another phase of road work, under the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), is set to get under way before the end of January, Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, has said. Speaking at a press conference to update the media on the progress of the programme, at his office in Kingston on Tuesday (January 18), Mr. Henry said...

The Senate, on Friday, January 14, paid tribute to the late former Member of Parliament, Donald Buchanan, who died on January 10 after a battle with colon cancer. In his remarks, Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson described Mr. Buchanan as a man of “solid, indisputable working class philosophy.” “It is to his credit that when he became Minister...

KINGSTON — The ministers of Industry, Investment and Commerce and Finance and the Public Service will be meeting with the Jamaica Manufacturers Association (JMA), and other stakeholders in the Productive Sector, to review the taxes applied to raw material and capital goods and the granting of waivers. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Karl Samuda,...

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Prime Minister Bruce Golding will officially open the new downtown Kingston Transport Centre, Water Lane, at a function starting at nine on Saturday morning (January 15). The centre will be managed by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC). It will facilitate buses from eastern parishes - St. Mary, St. Thomas and Portland, non- JUTC buses, Hackney Carriages and Route...

An official funeral for the former PNP Cabinet Minister, Donald Buchanan, will be held on Friday, January 21 at the St Peter Church in Pedro Plains, St Elizabeth.  Interment will be in the family plot in Little Park, St Elizabeth. The Jamaica Constabulary Force will provide ceremonial duties for the official funeral, which starts with a viewing of the body...

Investigating Officer at the Office of the Children's Advocate (OCA), Gloria Thompson, has appealed for assistance for Kellie*, a bed-ridden resident of the Walker's Place of Safety in Kingston. Now 25 years old, Kellie has been unable to leave her bed for a number of years, as she is disabled and in need of a wheelchair. Ms. Thompson explained that...

The Diaspora community in Canada recently paid tribute to former staff of Air Jamaica at a function held at the Consulate General in Toronto. "On behalf of the Government and people of Jamaica, I would like to extend our deepest, warmest and sincere heartfelt appreciation to all of you, the members of the Air Jamaica staff, who have served the...

Some 27 students of the Tower Hill Basic School in St. James were treated to fun, food and excitement at a Christmas event held on (December 16) on the school grounds. The event was put on by the Montego Bay Regional Office of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) in collaboration with the Kiwanis Club of Providence and the Leo Club...

The Bureau of Women's Affairs' (BWA's) special library was officially renamed, the Lucille Mathurin Mair Gender Documentation Centre, at a ceremony at the Bureau, South Odeon Avenue, Kingston on Friday (December 17). Named in honour of the late Hon. Dr. Lucille Mathurin Mair, the centre was renamed in keeping with the observance of the Inter-American Year of Women. The General...

The need to incorporate locally based community organizations in the national development process, has resulted in the establishment of Parish Development Committees (PDCs) across Jamaica. The Portland Parish Development Committee (PPDC), is one of 14 such committees, its main objective being to bring members of civic society into the decision making process. Its stakeholders being community groups, service groups and...