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It was a day of fun and excitement at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Manchester on Saturday, April 6, as the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) staged its third annual sports day at the facility. The event was part of the agency’s outreach to the home, which it adopted in 2009. A number of volunteers also shared in the day’s...

The local music, entertainment and broadcasting industries have lost one of their strongest advocates with the death Saturday (April 13) of musicologist and entertainment consultant, Mr. Anthony  ‘Tony’ Laing. In expressing her sadness at his passing, Information Minister Sen. Sandrea Falconer said that for decades Tony Laing kept alive the discourse on Jamaican popular music, and we hail his exhaustive...

The Jamaican High Commission in London joins with the UK Jamaican community to express sadness at the news of the death of pioneering Jamaican musicologist and social anthropologist, Dr. Olive Lewin who was the founder of the Jamaica Folk Singers. High Commissioner, Her Excellency, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba described Dr. Lewin as a leader in popularising Jamaican folk musicnot only in Jamaica...

Jamaica’s library network will soon boast a new international digital cataloguing system, which will help persons doing research or requesting information from library archives. The system, called the Resource Description and Access(RDA), is the new international cataloguing standard, designed for the digital environment. It is intended to replace the current Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2), and is being developed primarily for...

The following is a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister. Reports on the Gleaner’s website of a Cabinet reshuffle are false. The Prime Minister and her team remain focused on the national growth and the development agenda and will not be distracted by such reports. Contact: Communications Unit-OPM Tel: 926-0244 Fax: 920-4684 Email: opm.news@opm.gov.jm Website: www.opm.gov.jm

Inspiring speeches, good music and infectious laughter filled the evening, as veteran journalist, Ian Boyne, launched his captivating book, which highlights the extraordinary achievements of ordinary Jamaicans. Written in collaboration with author and motivational speaker, Glenford Smith, ‘Profile of Excellence: Strategies for extraordinary achievement from 25 years of interviewing remarkable people’, was unveiled during a ceremony at King’s House on...

A sum of $13 million has been allocated in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, towards the National Quick Start Programme Trust Fund Project, in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change. The project, which began in April 2011, is being implemented by the Environmental Management Division. It aims to build Jamaica’s capacity...

Some $6 million is to be spent to support  the sub-regional office for the Latin America and Caribbean Energy Organisation in Jamaica  (OLADE). The sum is allocated in the Estimates of Expenditure, which is before the House of Representatives. The project, ‘Establishment of OLADE’s Caribbean Sub-regional Office in Jamaica’, is being implemented by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and...

A sum of $8 million has been allocated to the hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) Phase out Management Plan Implementation project, in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to freeze importation of HCFCs at 2009 and 2010 average import levels (baseline consumption) and reduce baseline consumption by 10 per cent. Anticipated targets for this fiscal...

Just over $8 million has been allocated in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, to fund the Integrated Management of the Yallahs/Hope River Watershed Management Area Project, in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change. The undertaking, being implemented by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), aims to reduce the pressure on...

The Government has allocated $34 million to continue its social intervention programmes, geared towards improving the lives of persons with disabilities (PWDs). This is outlined in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, aims to strengthen the capacity of the Jamaica Council...

A total of $39.8 million has been allocated to the Planning Model Development and National Development Plan ‘T21’ in the 2013/2014 Estimates of Expenditure. The project, which is being implemented by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PSOJ), seeks to prepare a long-term National Development Plan, along with 31 sector plans, which would result in Jamaica achieving developed country status by...