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On the day when bauxite fell to US$1,300 per ton, Prime Minister Bruce Golding was briefed on the status of all bauxite companies at the first meeting of the Bauxite Industry Monitoring Committee, today, (February 17) at Jamaica House. Speaking of the need for the industry to use this time to improve on energy efficiency, Prime Minister Golding said, "We...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), has achieved International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 14001:2004 Certification, which will strengthen the agency's overall environmental management capacity in carrying out its various development projects. JSIF was recommended for ISO 14001 Registration in December 2008 and received certification in January. JSIF board member, Prudence Kidd-Deans, in making the announcement at the ground breaking ceremony...

Anthropologist and Lecturer at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Allison Berry, is seeking to dispel the myth that Revivalism is a form of witchcraft, noting that the teaching of the faith argues against devil worship and all things evil. In fact, she said, the majority of Revivalists are Christians. "There are people who will do...

Production has started on a BBC television adaptation of the best selling and multi award winning novel, 'Small Island', by British author of Jamaican heritage, Andrea Levy. The novel, which traces the lives of a Jamaican couple and their families and friends from the 1940s in Jamaica, to migration to Britain after the second World War, touches on the themes...

Their Majesties, King Juan Carlos I, and Queen Sofia of Spain, today (February 17), participated in an official tour of an exhibition, titled 'Xaymaca: Life in Spanish Jamaica', at the Institute of Jamaica, in downtown Kingston. The 'Xaymaca: Life in Spanish Jamaica' (1495 to 1655), tells the story of the Spanish experience in Jamaica from the time of Columbus' arrival...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has said that he is prepared to arrange a special task force to deal with the sale and issue of titles for non-bauxite lands to bauxite workers. He was speaking with union heads at a recent meeting at Jamaica House, to discuss how to reduce the impact of a downturn in the bauxite industry on the...

A forensic audit of the operations of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), which started today, is to be conducted over the next 17 weeks, Jamaica House has disclosed. Cabinet was briefed on the issue last week Monday. The brief stated that the exercise arose out of a preliminary assessment of the PCJ, Petrojam, and Petcom, by a Canadian forensic...

The Possibility Programme, for vulnerable boys, may be expanded to Spanish Town and Montego Bay, says the director, Lolita Philips. "We expect to continue the mandate of improving the lives of vulnerable youths in the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA). However, I should also tell you that, currently, steps are being taken to extend the programme to other locations, where similar...

Ground was broken on Saturday (Feb. 14), symbolically marking the official start of construction of the long awaited Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. The facility, located in the Rose Hall area of Montego Bay, will be financed by the Government of China through a concessional loan agreement, with major financial input also from the Government of Jamaica. In...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, will be conferred with the Great Cross of the Order of the Civil Merit of Spain, when Spain's King Juan Carlos 1 and Queen Sofia, visit Jamaica from February 17-18, 2009. Approval for Prime Minister Golding to be incorporated into the Order of the Civil Merit of Spain was authorised by the Council of Ministers of...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, says that China has long been valued friend and important partner of Jamaica and this partnership is especially important to the island at this time, when the country is experiencing the impact of the global economic crisis. The Prime Minister said that both countries were currently engaged in discussions towards further co-operation and assistance through projects,...

The Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information Culture Youth and Sports has expressed her sympathy to Anthony Fairclough, otherwise known as "Michigan" of the DJ duo, "Michigan and Smiley", and to his brother Wayne, football coach of Kingston College and former coach of Waterhouse Football Club, following the death of four their relatives in the recent airplane disaster in...