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The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has approved $5.8 million for Cultural Animation in ICBSP (Inner-City Basic Services Project) communities. Additionally, the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) will contribute some $1million in kind to operate the programme. Social Services Coordinator at the ICBSP, Grace Ann Scarlet, told JIS News that the programme, which was introduced to the communities some time...

Jamaicans, today (Aug. 8) paid their final respects to late Lady Gladys Bustamante, at an official funeral service, held at the Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Liguanea. People started filling up the pews from as early as 11:00 am, despite the heat, and waited patiently until the shiny, black Cadillac from Roman's Funeral Parlour arrived, shortly before...

Lady Gladys Bustamante, the 97-year-old female icon of Jamaica's political and labour struggles was laid to rest at National Heroes Park downtown, Kingston on Saturday evening (Aug. 8). The casket bearing her remains was buried in the same mausoleum as her late husband, National Hero, political and labour leader, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, who died 32 years ago,...

Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, cried as he got his first chance to view the body of the late Lady Gladys Bustamante Friday (August 7) at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston. Asked why he cried, Mr. Seaga told JIS News, "You would, if you knew her for 50 years." Mr. Seaga, who had...

The nation is today united in mourning the passing of one of the finest daughters of our land. If we were to identify the ideal qualities of womanhood it would represent the mould from which Gladys Maud Bustamante was made. If Jamaica needed a role model of loyalty, selflessness and complete devotion to not only the man she adored but...

As Jamaica celebrated 47 years of Independence yesterday (Aug. 6), nationals in the United Kingdom (UK) are feeling a sense of pride in the country's achievements and have expressed confidence in the country's future and ability to overcome current challenges. At a special Independence Day reception hosted by the Jamaican High Commission in London, renowned scientist, Professor Geoff Palmer, told...

For the country to remain a high achiever, Jamaicans must be unique in values and attitudes that others will envy, University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer, Barbara Foster, has suggested. "As persons who believe in Jamaica, we have work to do to ensure that this Jamaica, land we love, remains our pride. If we believe in Jamaica and its...

Members of the public wishing to pay their respects to Lady Bustamante will have a final opportunity to do so tomorrow (Aug. 7) between the hours of 10:00 am -4:00 pm, when her body will be lying at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston. The public is being advised that on the day of the funeral service (Saturday August...

Starting at noon on Saturday August 8, motorists using the areas of Matilda's Corner going south to the National Heroes Circle, are advised to expect temporary road closures and diversions as a result of the official funeral for Lady Bustamante. This will affect motorists between Matilda's Corner, Liguanea, Stanton Terrace, Herb McKenley Drive / Roosevelt Avenue , Arthur Wint Drive...

Promoters of events scheduled for this Saturday (August 8), which will be observed as a National Day of Mourning in honour of Lady Bustamante, can pay their tribute by observing a moment of silence at the start of each event. Members of the public are also asked to join in the National Day of Mourning for the Honourable Lady Bustamante,...

The Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, was among many Jamaicans who turned out Tuesday (August 4) to view the body of the late Lady Gladys Bustamante at two of her former stomping grounds. The Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Belmont Road headquarters was sombre in the afternoon (August 4), as persons eagerly awaited their turn to view the body of...

Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, in a tribute to Lady Gladys Bustamante in the House of Representative on Wednesday (July 29), recalled her many visits to his home parish of St. Mary. "Her association with St. Mary goes back to the 1930s, when she would tell us that, late one Saturday night, herself and...