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The government of Jamaica is undertaking several initiatives to afford greater protection for women and girls, who are victims of gender-based violence. Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, speaking at a November 28 stakeholders' workshop on gender-based violence at the Terra Nova Hotel, said that these efforts "include new and amended legislation, such as the Domestic Violence...

Young people in Falmouth are being equipped with skills in masonry, carpentry and historic preservation, to contribute to the restoration of historic buildings in the town. The training is being conducted by the HEART Trust/NTA as part of the Falmouth Restoration Project, which is being undertaken by Falmouth Heritage Renewal (FHR). The Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund...

Jamaicans in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are benefiting from the outreach services of the Registrar General's Department (RGD). The outreach, which began on (Nov. 28) at the First Presbyterian Church of Orange in New Jersey, will continue today (Nov. 29) at the Freedom Hall Church in Brooklyn from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and...

The Banbury Basic School in Westmoreland will benefit from a donation of US$4,000, which was raised during a recent radiothon organized by Pat Baccas, Chief Executive Officer of Future Movement Radio in Atlanta, Georgia. The funds will go towards much needed repairs and refurbishing of the early childhood education facility. Miss Baccas, a Jamaican living in Atlanta, is expected to...

The Water Resources Authority (WRA) is to assume full responsibility for flood water control across the island as part of a move by the government to streamline activities in this area. This was disclosed by Deputy Managing Director of the WRA, Herbert Thomas in an interview with JIS News. Mr. Thomas said regulations are to be developed that will support...

A total of $3 million worth of books will soon be presented to the libraries of primary and secondary schools in Portmore, St. Catherine. These books are a donation from the Negril Education Environmental Trust (NEET), a non-profit organisation based in Negril. This is the second time books have been donated to schools in the municipality. A similar donation was...

Jamaicans are being urged to become certified to increase their marketability. Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, in his address at the Mona School of Business graduation ceremony held on (Nov. 28) at the Mona Visitors' Lodge, said that certification plays a critical role in the labour market as it signals to the potential employer and the consuming public, certain information...

Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies, Professor Barry Chevannes, has called on the society to engage in the re-socialization of the country's youth. Professor Chevannes, who was speaking on (Nov. 28) at the National Youth Service's (NYS) second annual public lecture at Hilton Kingston Hotel on the topic: 'The Re-socialisation Agenda: Taking...

Improved productivity performance needs to be a way of life for Jamaicans as this is the means by which improvements in standard of living will be achieved. This point was made by Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Senator Warren Newby, as the addressed the Members of the Caribbean District of Optimist International at their...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding on (Nov. 27) paid tribute to outstanding Olympian Herbert McKenley in the House of Representatives, where he described the legendary athlete as "one of those who because of what he meant to us as a people and because of his enduring presence on the national stage, spanning three generations, became part of the national...

A technical team from the National Works Agency (NWA) on Monday (November 26) visited Yallahs, St. Thomas, to investigate the cause of the flooding on sections of the roadway in that parish. Over the past six weeks water has been flowing from underground springs through the yards of houses on the northern side of the roadway, causing the roads and...

The Ministry of Agriculture is setting up a laboratory in Portland to produce the parasitoid wasps, which are the main weapons being employed in the fight against the Pink Hibiscus Mealy Bug. The Fair Prospect office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), which was damaged during Hurricane Dean in August, is being repaired at a cost of $882,000 to...