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As efforts continue to reduce praedial larceny in St. Mary, farmers in the parish are working closely with the police, to ensure success in the fight against offenders. As in other parishes, praedial larceny has been a major challenge confronting the farming community in St. Mary, resulting in losses totalling millions of dollars yearly. Among the communities most affected are...

Some 32 students from the May Day High School in Manchester were presented with certificates on August 22, for participating in a summer programme run by TEACH Caribbean, a group of Jamaican Rhodes Scholars, who graduated from Oxford University in the United Kingdom (UK). The programme, which began in 2006, is called Jamaica Math Science and English Project (JaMSE). It...

Transport and Works Minister, Michael Henry, has advised that a submission is expected to be made to Cabinet shortly, regarding efforts to revive rail services across the island. Speaking at last week's post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Mr. Henry said that the submission, jointly undertaken with the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, has been completed. He told...

Senior Officer in the Student Assessment Unit of the Ministry of Education, Sharon Neil, is encouraging all parents to have their children registered in a primary level school before August 25, so that they can be in the national orientation programme. "The Ministry of Education is encouraging all parents to have their children registered in a primary level school before...

Some 50,000 Grade One students island wide are expected to participate in the first ever Grade One Individual Learning Profile assessment, which is to commence on Monday, August 25 in all primary schools. The announcement was made by Senior Officer in the Student Assessment Unit of the Ministry of Education, Sharon Neil. "It replaces the Grade One Readiness Inventory and...

The Portmore Municipal Council, is to undertake a reclamation exercise to restore the quality of the Hellshire Beach in St. Catherine and enhance beach space. Chairman of the Portmore Municipal Council, Mayor Keith Hinds, told JIS News, that the problem that exists on the Hellshire Beach was "frightening." "We have serious erosion on the beach right now, in fact, there...

Prime Minister, The Hon. Bruce Golding, will tomorrow (Aug. 24) address the nation, in a live broadcast, on the performance of Jamaica's athletes at the 29th Olympiad, being held in Beijing China. The broadcast will be aired at 9:00 p.m. on Television Jamaica and CVM Television, and at 8:00 p.m. on all other radio and television stations. On Thursday (Aug....

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, this morning (Aug. 21), held an initial meeting at Jamaica House, to discuss plans for a massive home-coming and celebration for Jamaica's Olympic Team. The details of the plans will be announced next week when the committee, headed by Sports Minister, Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, will have its official full working session. Based on the initial discussions...

The Organisation of American States (OAS) has congratulated Jamaica on what it described as 'the incredible performance' of Jamaica's athletes at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in China. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Bruce Golding, the Secretary General of the OAS, Jose Miguel Insulza, said the sweep of the gold medals in the men's and women's 100Ms by Usain...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding today lauded Jamaica's members of the 4x100 relay team for their historic performance shown in winning the gold medal and establishing their dominance over Track and field sprints, with a new world record in the Beijing Olympics. The Jamaican quartet of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, this morning stunned the capacity crowd...

Pandemonium broke out earlier today along Eglinton Avenue West in Toronto, Canada, when Jamaica won the men's 4x100-metre relay race at the Beijing Olympics. The area in Toronto known as "Little Jamaica", erupted with Jamaicans screaming, dancing and waving flags as the Jamaican relay team of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, set a new World Record...

Jamaica. What a mighty people we are! Marcus Garvey said "Up you mighty race! You can accomplish what you will". And what accomplishments we have celebrated over this past week! In my message to our athletes in Beijing China that was beamed live as they gathered to celebrate Independence, I told them that they carried on their shoulders, in their...