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The permit system introduced by the Trelawny Parish Council to control traffic in the town of Falmouth is reaping success, according to the Mayor, Councillor Colin Gager. In an interview with JIS News, the Mayor said the system, which was launched in February for parking in designated areas, has been one of the major successes of the council. "Notwithstanding the...

Jamaica is making progress in terms of gender equality and the elimination of discrimination against women, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has said. Miss Grange, who has responsibility for Women's Affairs and Gender Issues, was speaking after updating Cabinet on the contents of Jamaica's Combined Sixth and Seventh Periodic Report Under the Convention of the Elimination...

"I was the devil," Nicholas Miller says, eliciting gasps from the crowd, as he gives a poignant synopsis of his past as a 'corner boy' in an inner-city community in Kingston. The hushed, attentive audience, gathered at the Fletchers Land community centre in Kingston, is enthralled, as Nicholas describes the "the dark place" he was in, committing crimes and creating...

Cabinet has approved a $36.7 million contract awarded to Contraxx Enterprises Limited for the Moore Town Road Rehabilitation Project in Portland. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during the weekly Post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (August 11) at Jamaica House. The project is being facilitated under the European Union (EU)...

Cabinet has approved $148.9 million for the retrofitting and rehabilitation of the Metcalf Street Remand Centre. This announcement was made by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunication and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during Wednesday's (August 11) Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Mr. Vaz said that the facility is being established in keeping with the recommendations of the...

A fundraising event in support of paralyzed youngster Rodgeiph Haughton will be held on Sunday, August 15 at the Mandeville Hotel in Manchester. The 12-year old lost the ability to walk some four years ago, when he was struck in the back by a stray bullet, as he played in his yard in Greenwich Town, St. Andrew. His mother, who...

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, has appealed to media practitioners and reporters to always seek to highlight the facts, without being sensational. Miss Llewellyn, who was addressing the recent installation ceremony of the Rotary Club of Christiana, in Manchester, noted that elements of transparency and integrity must not only be exhibited by public servants, but also by media...

Former Prime Minister, Hon. Edward Seaga, has said that as Jamaica celebrated its 48th anniversary of Independence, Jamaicans should be proud of the nation's achievements, thus far. Mr. Seaga was guest speaker at the Independence Dinner and Dance of the Jamaica United Relief Association (JURA) last Friday (Aug. 6) at the Sheraton Airport Hotel in Davie. Speaking to some 500...

The Newport Seventh-day Adventist Church in Manchester, on Saturday August 7 handed over $35,000 to six-year-old Natalee Reid, who is challenged by a heart condition. The child was first diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease a year ago and, since then, has been admitted to the Mandeville Regional Hospital, the Bustamante Hospital for Children and is now a patient at the...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, currently on an official visit to Colombia, met with outgoing President Alvaro Uribe, and a group of Jamaicans residing there, on Saturday August 7, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has reported. Mr. Golding discussed relations between the two countries and progress on bilateral agreements between Jamaica and Colombia, with President Uribe. He also thanked...

All children on remand are to be housed in a specially created Juvenile Remand Centre on Metcalfe Street, Denham Town, Kingston, by Christmas. The Prime Minister, the Hon Bruce Golding, was given this assurance by officials of the Ministry of National Security during his tour of the location Wednesday afternoon (August 4). The facility, which is a former adult remand...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding will pay an official visit to Bogota, Colombia, from August 6-9, to participate in a number of activities including the official swearing-in of the newly elected Colombian President Dr Juan Manuel Santos. PM Golding will have a busy first day, starting with a meeting with Jamaicans living in Colombia after which he will hold bilateral talks...