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Refurbishing work was undertaken at the Summerfield Boys' Home, in Clarendon, by 19 members of the Clarification Department at the bauxite and alumina company, Jamalco, along with 47 boys of the home, on October 17. The work included electrical installations, the erection of a concrete tank, the painting of sections of a perimeter wall and other minor repairs. Superintendent of...

The Manchester Chamber of Commerce will, on October 20, stage another in the series of 'Life After Bauxite' seminars, at the Golf View Hotel, in Mandeville. Slated to begin at 5:15 p.m., the seminar will expose persons in attendance to the current and potential scope of community tourism, the requisites for entering the sector, what it takes to be an...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has assured the sport sector that his Government will pump more funds into community level sports in next year's budget. Mr. Golding was speaking at the Fifth Annual Courtney Walsh Awards for Excellence at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on Wednesday (October 14). This year's award went to 2009 IAAF World Champion 100-metre hurdler, Brigette...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is working with residents and groups in the parishes of St. Elizabeth, Manchester and Clarendon, to ensure that they are prepared to deal with the effects of disasters. The move includes the drafting and approval of community disaster risk reduction plans and the training of residents to reduce the impact of...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, says the vital importance of exports to the Jamaican economy has never really been fully appreciated. He said several campaigns such as 'Export or Die' have been mounted from time to time but Jamaica has never followed through in terms of the policy measures and action required. Mr. Golding was speaking yesterday (Oct.14) at the Jamaica...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, says that the Government will be putting more resources into community level sports in next year's budget. He was speaking at the 5th Annual Courtney Walsh Awards for Excellence at the Pegasus hotel in Kingston on October 14. The award was conferred on 2009 World Champion 100 metre Hurdler, Bridgette Foster- Hylton. "I have said to...

More than 150 staff members of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) will receive training in Customer Service over a five-week period, from September 30 to November 4. Staff members, drawn from a wide cross section of the Agency including drivers, accountants, photographers, reporters and production managers, have welcomed the exercise. Giving his impression of the training session, Radio Producer for...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding is scheduled to meet with members of a bipartisan parliamentary committee which is to re-examine the country's position on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as a final appellate court, on Thursday (October 15). "We are doing so with no pre-conditions, and I am going to meet with the committee myself on Thursday," Mr....

Three decades is a long time to stick with something that started out as a compromise, but veteran journalist, Ian Boyne, is quite happy he found a way to bridge his first love, clinical psychology, with his need to reach as many people as possible. This year, he has been conferred with the Order of Distinction (Commander Class), for his...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) teamed with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and its partners, to host a 'Strengthening Partnerships for Disaster Risk Reduction' workshop, at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, New Kingston, on Friday (October 9). The workshop, conducted under the ODPEM/CIDA Building Disaster Resilient Communities Project, engaged the Department of Local Government, which included...

The Department of Local Government and the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) have extended the search for a suitable location to accommodate the JFB's central operations. The move has become necessary as office space previously identified in an unoccupied section of the Central Sorting Office complex on South Camp Road, downtown Kingston, has been deemed inadequate to accommodate the JFB's central...

In an effort to underscore the value of statistics as an important resource in planning and decision-making, the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) will, this Thursday (October 15), celebrate the first Caribbean Statistics Day. "Jamaica is a member of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians and one of the things that we have been promoting is to develop an awareness...