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Owners of small hotels and attractions can now benefit from a $100 million 'Spruce Up Jamaica Entrepreneurial Fund', which is a special programme to provide technical assistance and financing for small properties and enterprises. The main purpose of the programme, which is the latest initiative by the Ministry of Tourism, in partnership with the JN Small Business Loans Limited, is...

Members of a youth theatre group from King James I Community College, County Durham in North East England, will leave for Jamaica on July 13 for a week-long visit to explore the similarities in the lives of young Jamaicans and to look at a range of cultural and social issues. The Jamaican High Commission and the Jamaica Information Service (JIS)...

An international Antarctic expedition is looking for a woman from Jamaica to join the all female Commonwealth Women's Antarctic Expedition team, skiing to the South Pole next year. The woman selected to join the expedition will become the first Jamaican to ski to the South Pole. Expedition Leader, Felicity Aston said while they were not looking for a Super athlete,...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to sponsor an international investment conference on the Caribbean in November this year. In making the announcement, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw said the event, which would be held in Jamaica at his invitation, would include a session with international investors looking at potential partnerships with local investors, particularly those...

World Population Day will be observed on Friday, July 11, under the theme: 'Family planning: It's a right; Let's make it real'. This year's commemoration provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the benefits of family planning, including its vital role in enhancing maternal health, gender equality, and poverty reduction. The theme encourages activities, events, and information that will help...

The National Youth Service (NYS) 2008 summer employment programme in the parishes of St. James and Hanover began on July 7, with 357 students from various schools being placed in working environments for the next three weeks. The second phase of the programme will begin on August 4, when another 123 students from both parishes will be given similar opportunities....

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has scheduled consultations with the Police Federation over the next ten days, following which Government will proceed quickly to implement new measures agreed on, in its continuing efforts to bring the escalating crime situation under control. Prime Minister Golding said the State is confronted with severe challenges that require greater responses than what has been mounted...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has congratulated the Leader of Grenada's National Democratic Congress, Mr. Tillman Thomas, on the decisive election victory of his party in Grenada. In a statement issued shortly after the results were declared this evening, Mr. Golding said that the Grenadian people had placed their confidence firmly in the leadership of Mr. Thomas and the NDC ....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Michael Stern, has emphasised that Intellectual Property (IP) is an important tool in the promotion of economic development and wealth creation in Jamaica. Speaking at the National Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of Jamaica Limited's seminar on Intellectual Property, at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston on July 9, Mr. Stern...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government, Robert Montague, is requesting all Jamaicans to go to their local churches this weekend and make a contribution to the poorest of the poor in the society, the indigent."We are calling on Jamaicans to come out and give this weekend," the State Minister appealed. Mr....

The Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL) has five water supply projects to be implemented in the parish of St. Mary. They include systems in Hunts Town/Wellington, Mason Hall, Top Enfield/Galliwasp, Platfield and Agualta Vale. This was outlined by State Minister in the Ministry of Water and Housing, Everald Warmington during his contribution to the 2008/09 Sectoral Debate in the House...

Scrap metal trading is to resume on July 15, Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Karl Samuda has announced. He said, however, that this is contingent on stakeholders' compliance with conditionalities outlined by the Ministry, which has responsibility for the sector. Trade in scrap metal, inclusive of exportation, was suspended in June, consequent on what Mr. Samuda said at that time,...