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Several organisations have benefited from grants totaling US$180,000, under the Global Environmental Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP), to aid in carrying out community projects in biodiversity conservation and the prevention of land degradation. Beneficiaries signed Memoranda of Agreements (MoAs) at a ceremony, held at the Centre for Voluntary Social Services in Kingston, yesterday (June 9). The Gravel Hill Community...

The Combined Disabilities Association, and the University of the West Indies (UWI) Development and Endowment Fund have received grants totaling US$15,000, from the Jamaica Women of Washington Association (JWOW). The Washington-based organisation has awarded a grant of US$10,000 to the Combined Disabilities Association and US$5,000 to the UWI Endowment Fund. Making the announcement at a fund-raising event staged by JWOW...

Jamaican journalist and radio personality, Beverly Anderson Manley, will be present for reading and signing of her book, 'Manley Memoirs' on June 26 at 6:00 p.m., at the South Regional Broward County Library at 7200 Pines Boulevard in Pembroke Pines. The book signing is the continuation of activities to observe June as Caribbean American Heritage Month throughout the United States....

The St. Thomas Co-operative Credit Union (STCCU) will be launching its micro and small business unit tomorrow (June 11), as part of its continued thrust to enhance business development on the eastern end of the island. The launch will be held at the Whispering Bamboo Cove Resort in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, beginning at 10:00 a.m. This unit, which will...

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Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major General Stewart Saunders has encouraged new members to make use of the opportunities that the JDF offers. He was speaking at the Passing Out Parade for members of intakes 98 and 10 on June 7, at the Moneague Training Camp in St. Ann. "Today really signals the commencement of...

The Honorable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS) has said that women are now represented in all spheres of social, economic, cultural and political life. Minister Grange spoke today at the showing of a number of short documentaries, WHY WOMEN COUNT, presented by CVM Television in partnership with Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) to...

The Government and Opposition will resume talks at Vale Royal tomorrow (June 11), following a meeting in January of this year. At that meeting, both parties agreed to establish bi-partisan committees to review and report on critical matters as they related to specific issues raised at the meeting. The January meeting was described by both parties as cordial, frank and...

Minister of State with the responsibility for Project Implementation and Service Delivery in the Office of the Prime Minister, Daryl Vaz will tomorrow (Wednesday June 11) sign a $25-million contract for the upgrading of Reach Falls in Portland. Signing will take place at 12:30pm (June 11) at Jamaica House. The improvement of Reach Falls was designed to provide orderly development...

A five-member delegation from the Ministry of Health & Environment, headed by Senator Aundre Franklin, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry, is currently in Cuba participating in the fifth session of the Jamaica/Cuba Intergovernmental Joint Commission meeting. The group which departed the island on June 8, 2008 will over its two-day sojourn in Havana participate in health cooperation talks initiated by...

Seventy per cent or approximately 8,000 teachers who will be administering the Literacy 1-2-3 programme in primary schools islandwide, have been trained to deliver the programme. The disclosure was made by Jean Hastings, Project Manager of the Primary Education Support Project (PESP), during an interview with JIS News. The training, which was facilitated through the PESP, will enable teachers at...

Like some other countries in the world, Jamaica will soon be switching from the use of plastic bags to more environmentally-friendly biodegradable bags. Bangladesh, China, and Ireland have reduced plastic bag consumption by 90 per cent, while Israel, Canada, Western India, Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, Taiwan, and Singapore have banned or are moving towards banning the plastic bag. Executive Director...