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The Swaby's Hope community in Manchester, yesterday (January 1), staged a new year's get-together, with many residents from surrounding districts turning out to participate in several games. Manager for the South Stars Youth Club, Egbert Walters, told JIS News that the event could help to integrate the communities, and to expose local talent. "These community events are very important; they...

Minister of Information Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has said that former Prime Minister, Edward Seaga, is doing well after being hospitalised in Miami in the United States of America (USA) yesterday (Jan.1). Ms. Grange, who spoke with Mr. Seaga today (Jan. 2), said she was informed by the former Prime Minister that he was referred to hospital by...

The Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of information, Culture, Youth and Sports has expressed regret at the death of Vincent "Tata" Ford, known to have been a close associate of Reggae icon, Bob Marley and who was author/composer of one of Bob's greatest hits, No Woman No Cry. "As the Minister with portfolio responsibility for music and entertainment, I was...

Students are being urged to get involved in the Peer Counselling Programme instituted by the Ministry of Education. The encouragement comes from Jovan Johnson, head boy of Edwin Allen High School in Clarendon, who said that his years of involvement in the programme, have helped him to develop a positive work attitude, and the determination and confidence to seek after...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has noted that although the present crime rate is still too high, the Ministry of National Security has achieved some success for 2008 in preventing an escalation of serious crimes, including murders. In his New Year's message, the Prime Minister said, "Up to the end of May, the murder rate was running at 18% higher than...

In his New Year's Message, Prime Minister Bruce Golding, addressed the economic challenges which face the country while reassuring that the Government is implementing policies to stimulate the economy and protect jobs. His message addressed the impact that the international global downturn and policy initiatives of the USA, the world's largest economy, will have on Jamaica, noting that the crisis...

Shaniqua Chung, daughter of 22-year-old cosmetologist Marsha Clarke, was the first baby delivered in a Jamaican hospital in 2009. Baby Shaniqua was born at 12:02 a.m. at the Port Antonio Hospital in Portland. "I feel very proud," the first time mother told JIS News by phone from her hospital bed today. "The child's daddy came this morning and he is...

The crime fighting capability of the Clarendon Police has been boosted with the installation of a closed circuit television (CCTV) system in the May Pen town centre. Superintendent of Police for Clarendon, Dathan Henry, speaking at the official launch of the system on December 29 at the May Pen Police Station, said that the technology will "greatly enhance the capacity...

Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, has said that the Ministry will be working to improve road infrastructure in Portland, including constructing a new bridge to replace the old Alligator Church Bridge, and rehabilitating access roads to farm. He informed that the National Works Agency is to submit a report regarding the replacement of the Alligator Church Bridge. "I...

Director of the second annual Reggae Film Festival (RFF), Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS) Consultant, Barbara Blake Hannah, has reported that the festival is currently generating a buzz of excitement among local and international film makers. "Gittins of Reggae Films UK and I have been working since the last film festival [February 2008] and actively organisng since...

Jamaica has been voted among the top 10 'Holiday Dream Escapes' by TripAdvisor, the travel guide and research website, in its December holiday travel survey. The more than 1,800 travellers surveyed ranked Jamaica seventh, ahead of Rome, with the Bahamas ninth and Tahiti 10th. Hawaii was voted the number one Holiday Dream Escape. Jamaica's Director of Tourism, John Lynch, said...

Minister of National Security, Senator Col. Trevor MacMillan, has said that the Government is moving swiftly to introduce modern technology, as one of its chief weapons in the fight against crime. Speaking at a function at the May Pen Police Station yesterday (Dec. 30), to launch the introduction of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) monitoring system in the town, Minister MacMillan...