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The National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD) is inviting more nominations for the Prime Minister's Youth Award for Excellence. Director of Youth Policy and Programme at the NCYD, Roberta Brown Ellis, informed that 41 nominations have been submitted so far but there is need for more in the areas of leadership, agriculture, entrepreneurship, and sports. She said that NCYD is...

State Minister for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, has said that sustainable partnerships with local and international stakeholders have been established to strengthen disaster mitigation and emergency response in the island. Making his contribution to the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on October 26, Mr. Montague cited collaboration with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to underwrite...

To heighten the skill levels of those employed in infirmaries, formal training programmes have been delivered to staff members, Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government Reform, Hon. Robert Montague has informed. "We have collaborated with the HEART Trust and the Ministry of Health in certifying some of our employees as Psychiatric Nursing Aides and to give them basic...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, wants special care taken to ensure that children do not play in unclean or stagnant water as cholera, which has now caused nearly 300 deaths in neighbouring Haiti, is essentially a water-borne disease. Mr. Golding issued the caution in a statement to the House of Representatives, Tuesday (October 26), on the current cholera outbreak...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding this afternoon launched the Tax Incentive Programme (TIP) through which private, public sector agencies and individuals will be offered incentives to participate in the restoration and revitalization of the old capital, Spanish Town. The programme will be managed by the Urban Development Corporation which will act as agents on behalf of the Ministry of Finance and...

The new deadline for the submission of nominations for the Prime Minister's Youth Award is Sunday, October 31. This is the third time that the deadline has been extended by the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD). Speaking with JIS News, Youth Information Specialist, NCYD, Rochelle Brooks said there is need for more applications in the categories of agriculture, sports...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that farmers must be on the cutting edge to remain viable in a market driven largely by quality and competition from others players. Delivering the main address at the official opening of the Hounslow Research Centre and Demonstration Plot, St. Elizabeth on Saturday, October 24, Mr. Golding stressed that all aspects of...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding has commended the country's athletes for continuing to keep Jamaica on the map, even during times when the country faces major challenges in various areas. "We owe them a great deal... we owe them far more than we are able to deliver. We have to recognise the work that is done by the athletes...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says a new approach has been embarked on to ensure that potable water reaches as many communities as possible. Speaking at the commissioning of a permanent electricity supply to the Parottee Replacement Well, in St. Elizabeth, Saturday (October 23), Mr. Golding said, once a need exists for piped water which can be responded to,...

As we celebrate the 65th Anniversary of the United Nations, we acknowledge the profound foresight of the founding members in establishing an organization that was mandated to secure a more just and peaceful world. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. the Hon Kenneth Baugh Today, the UN must respond to a new global dynamic...

Jamaica's Prime Minister and current Chairman of CARICOM, the Hon Bruce Golding, has expressed deep sadness at the passing of Prime Minister David Thompson of Barbados early Saturday morning. Prime Minister Thompson passed away at 2.10 a.m. (October 23) at his home in St Philip, Barbados, after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 48 years old. the late Prime Minister of...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said that the annual Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence recognizes the outstanding achievements of the renowned Cricketer in whose honour it was named and who he described as one of the most outstanding sportsmen that Jamaica has ever produced. He said it was important that Courtney Walsh's achievements be held out as a template of...