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Prime Minister Bruce Golding, met with representatives of a high level Belgian Trade and Economic Mission at Jamaica House on Friday (March 6), during which new trade and investment opportunities between both countries were explored. The Prime Minister was also updated on projects already being undertaken under the Jamaican-Belgian economic relations programme since 1995. The team was in Jamaica meeting...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, will be spending Sunday (March 8) with Lady Bustamante , widow of the late former Prime Minister of Jamaica and National Hero, Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, as she celebrates her 97th birthday. Sunday March 8 will be of special significance for 'Lady B' as she is affectionately called, as it will also be celebrated as...

Sunday, March 8,2009, is not only International Women's Day, but it will also mark the 97th birthday of Lady Bustamante, the only living widow of a Jamaican national hero. Lady "B" has already surpassed the late Sir Alexander's 93 years and, as she closes in on her centenary, can rightly be called the "grand old lady of Jamaican politics." Affectionately...

Dr. Sheila Campbell- Forrester, Beverly Anderson-Manley, Karen Smith and Caroline Ramsay were recognized and honoured for their service to society by the Kiwanis Club of Providence, Montego Bay, on Wednesday (March 5). According to president of the Club, Mrs. Glenda Miller, the event, which was staged at the Wexford Hotel, was in recognition of International Women's Day which will be...

In a bid to herald and energise a new approach to agriculture, Prime Minister Bruce Golding, says a new investment driven approach must be taken to the industry and that it must be looked at as a business to create wealth, not as something to help out rural poor people. In the creation of this new thinking, Mr. Golding says...

The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), on Wednesday (March 4), launched its much anticipated CD-ROM, 'Afro-Jamaican Religions: Kumina, Revival and Rastafari', at the Institute of Jamaica, in Downtown Kingston. Addressing an audience of some 200 high school students and teachers, Professor Emerita at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Maureen Warner-Lewis, said the CD-ROM represented an...

The Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), has revamped its annual high school photography programme. On Tuesday (March 3) it launched a 'Resolution Project,' which, in addition to exposing the creativity of students, aims to encourage them to focus on issues that can bring about positive change to their communities. Speaking at the launch held at the Bloomfield Great House in...

Thirty-year old Kim Marie Spence, has been selected to represent Jamaica in the team of eight women from countries across the Commonwealth, who will participate in the Women's Antarctic Expedition. Representing five continents, six faiths and seven languages, the team of diverse women, some of whom have never seen snow before, will come together to tackle the immense mental and...

Jamaican sled dog musher, Newton Marshall, has been awarded the 'Challenge of the North' award for best exemplifying the spirit of the Yukon Quest, during the recent 1,000-mile international race held in the United States. The award, a polished caribou antler trophy, was presented to Marshall at the Yukon Sled Dog Race closing banquet held recently in Fairbanks, Alaska. The...

Hundreds of citizens in possession of land in the parish of Westmoreland, participated in a Road Show put on by the National Land Agency (NLA), at the Savanna-la-Mar High School, in Westmoreland, on March 4. The event was geared towards persons who were experiencing challenges in acquiring legal documents, such as land titles, for their properties. Speaking with JIS News...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has called on the Small Businesses Association (SBA) to encourage small and medium sized entrepreneurs (SMEs) to follow proper book-keeping practices so that they can qualify for loan financing. "We must mount a serious sensitization education programme backed up with government support that will help them, train them, to keep basic accounts. Not sophisticated accounting arrangements,...

The Standing Finance Committee of Parliament will present the 2009-2010 budget to the Houses on April 7. Prime Minister Bruce Golding gave this update as he spoke to listeners to the March 4 edition of Jamaica House Live radio programme last night. The Prime Minister informed listeners about the direction Cabinet was taking by noting that government will be using...