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As Haiti moves to regain normalcy, following the massive earthquake that shook the country on January 12, the Salvation Army is now focusing its efforts on providing prepared meals for its citizens. In an interview with JIS News, today (February 11), the Salvation Army's Chief Secretary for the Caribbean territory, Colonel Lindsay Rowe, said that the organisation has already distributed...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has paid tribute to the police's intervention which led to the find of a cache of guns and ammunition in the Mountain View area of Kingston, recently. However, Mr. Golding says that even these successes, with preliminary indications of police involvement, do not remove the need for an Independent Commission of Investigations to probe...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has said that he will be seeking to tap into the multi-million dollar film industry by further working to market Jamaica as an ideal film making destination. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday (February 9) at a press conference at his St. Lucia Avenue office in New Kingston, Minister Samuda said the...

Members of the public will be able to pay their respects to the late Vice Chancellor Emeritus, Prof. the Hon Rex Nettleford, in condolence books that will be opened from Wednesday, February 10 to Monday, February 15. The books will be opened during business hours at four locations in Kingston and also at overseas missions of the Ministry of Foreign...

18 year old Garry Buchanan had his dying wish come true yesterday afternoon (Feb. 8). His wish was to meet Prime Minister Bruce Golding. Garry, the eldest of seven children has been told that he does not have much time left. In fact he was told he only has two weeks to live before he succumbs to cancer which was...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding is proposing the twinning of the cities of Kingston, Jamaica with China's city of Tianjin. He has also proposed that both countries collaborate on technical co-operation programmes which could see China providing services to assist in the restoration and re-development of downtown Kingston. The Prime Minister put forward the proposals to China's Deputy Secretary of the...

Residents of Clarendon were on Tuesday (February 2) sensitised about the need to protect the island's wetlands to preserve the environment and safeguard the local fish population. Occasion was a World Wetlands Day event, which was organised by the Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation (C-CAM). The day's activities began at the Monymusk Gun and Tillers Club, where the participants heard...

Special Envoy on Haiti Disaster Relief, the Most Hon. P. J. Patterson, has suggested several long term measures for the rebuilding of the earthquake ravaged nation, Haiti, which he says will ensure the rebirth of the country. "Simply putting back what was there before the earthquake will not be enough," he said, adding that a "renaissance, the rebirth of a...

The Port Authority of Jamaica officially welcomed one of the largest container ships globally, the Zim Antwerp, on its maiden voyage to Jamaica, Thursday (February 4). The vessel, which docked at the Kingston Container Terminal's (KCT) Western Berth, Port Bustamante, on Tuesday (February 2), is part of a fleet of ships operated by the Israeli company, Zim Integrated Shipping Services...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has told China's businessmen and potential investors that Jamaica wants to move its relations with China to a new phase, one that will look at establishing greater investment links with that country. He said the relationship between Jamaica and China has been through many phases, initially through programmes of cultural exchanges, to financial assistance in the...

Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor E. Nigel Harris, has said that the passing of cultural icon and educator, Professor the Hon Rex Nettleford O.M., is a "colossal" loss for the university community, and the region as a whole. Professor Nettleford, who was Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the UWI, Mona and founder of the National...

The St. Mary Parish Development Committee (SMPDC) will be staging a series of meetings in March, to sensitise residents about services offered by government and non-government organisations in the parish. Disclosing this to the JIS News during an interview, Development Manager for the SMPDC, Miss Dorrel Hartley, said the meetings have been made possible by a $3 million grant from...