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Imagine a blazing inferno, with extremely high flames, where the heat is unbearable and all you can do is run for cover. Now imagine that the same blazing inferno is violence in a community, and despite the heat, the residents have nowhere to run. Today, thanks to the Community Policing initiative in the Gregory Park area of St. Catherine South,...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh is leading Jamaica's delegation at the 6th United Kingdom (UK)/Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Forum now underway in London. The UK/Caribbean Ministerial Forum was first established in 1998 and is held every two years. UK Foreign Office Minister Meg Munn and Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs...

Jamaican talk show host and author, Beverley Anderson-Manley, will make a guest appearance in this year's 10th anniversary staging of the Harlem Book Fair at the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture in New York, USA, between July 18 and 20. Mrs. Anderson-Manley, ex-wife of late Jamaican Prime Minister - Michael Manley, will be joined by broadcast journalist, Cliff...

The Rotary Club of Santa Cruz has erected a clock tower in the town centre, in memory of Irving Hanson, who served the area as a Councillor for 25 years. At the dedication ceremony, held on July 10 in the town, Assistant District Governor of the Rotary Club, Dr. Lynden Rose said the clock should be a reminder for all...

The Zion Hill Primary School in Manchester recently honoured former Acting Principal, Yvonne Lovelace for 37 years of service to that institution. Mrs. Lovelace, who also served as Vice Principal, was bestowed with accolades at a function held at the school where scores of persons from the business, civic, and political communities turned out to recognize the stalwart for her...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications, Laurence Broderick, has reiterated that the Ministry takes seriously and treats with urgency the challenges, as well as the socio-economic and environmental concerns associated with the rehabilitation of mined lands. Making his contribution in the 2008/09 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives recently, Mr. Broderick noted that the Ministry's...

The 31st Annual Convention of the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO) will be held from July 17 to 20 at the Hilton Hotel, downtown Cincinnati. Just over 100 delegates and participants are expected to attend the conference, which will be held under the theme: 'Celebrating Our Past, Securing Our Future.' Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Anthony...

To facilitate improvements to the garbage collection schedule in western Jamaica, the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will be dividing the parishes of Trelawny, St. James, Hanover, and Westmoreland into zones. Executive Director of the NSWMA, Joan Gordon-Webley, says personnel from the agency's Planning Department have completed a zoning survey, which will be implemented soon. "Within a very short...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh has emphasized the importance of positive CARICOM-EU trade and investments to the region. "As small and vulnerable states, CARICOM members recognise that they require a capacity for greater economic leverage and effectiveness in their external trade and economic relations with states and groups of states. In this regard, CARICOM-EU trade...

The newly upgraded Hounslow irrigation system in St. Elizabeth was re-commissioned into service, yesterday (July 11), by Prime Minister Bruce Golding. Some 2,000 farmers are expected to receive a regular supply of irrigated water from the system. Addressing the many farmers and other residents who attended the ceremony, the Prime Minister said that as the water supply improves, farmers would...

Transport and Works Minister, Michael Henry is urging greater effort at maximizing the benefits to be derived from the Kingston Container Terminal's (KCT) new western berth at the Kingston port. He stressed that the new facility is a "critical component of the plans to transform the terminal from a leading regional hub port, to a global hub." In a speech...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications, Laurence Broderick has emphasised that quarrying is an important and viable business, supplying the needs of the building and construction sector. He also pointed out that quarrying of several of the nation's rivers, especially those in the eastern section of the country, has been necessary in order to control siltation...