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Another window of opportunity for business development and entrepreneurship has been opened with the launch of the Incubator and Entrepreneurial Production Centres project. In his address at the launch held at the Hilton Kingston Hotel on July 31, Minister of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce (MITEC), Phillip Paulwell noted that the "project was conceptualized out of a strong desire to...

Six students, who are children of employees of Sandals Royal Caribbean Hotel in Montego Bay, were recently presented with bursaries totalling $150,000 to assist with their high school education for the new school term. The presentation of the bursaries, which saw students Amoy Streete, Nickalia Sterling, Britania Nickle, Britania Myers, Taenia Russell and Jessica Evans each receiving $25,000 has been...

On July 31, an ecumenical service was held at the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria, in observance of Emancipation Day. The vigil, which was organized by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) commenced at 9:00 p.m., and featured scripture reading, the reading of patriotic poems, cultural performances and the singing of patriotic songs. A reading of 'Life in Africa'...

A Freedom Monument was officially unveiled at Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay, St. James, on Emancipation Day (August 1), by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. This monument was established by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) and the St. James Parish Council, as a tribute to the many ancestors who fought bravely to end slavery nearly 200 years ago....

This year, more than any other, the real meaning of emancipation and the opportunities that it has provided for our growth and empowerment as a people and a nation, have been articulated as we continue to recognize the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade. The dialogue that has emerged has helped us to accept the reality of our...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris has said that despite the initiatives put forward to enable disabled persons to function effectively, more needs to be done to protect their rights. The State Minister, who was speaking at a regional consultation on the National Disability Act, held at the University of the West...

In commemoration of Jamaica's 45th Independence anniversary celebrations, the Bank of America Tower at International Place in downtown Miami will again illuminate in the colours of the Jamaican flag - black, green and gold - on Friday, August 3, at dusk. The Miami landmark will remain lit throughout the weekend into Tuesday morning (August 7), as a tribute to the...

My Fellow Jamaicans, I greet you on this Emancipation Day in the name of freedom and in tribute to freedom-loving people everywhere! Emancipation Day 2007 falls within a very historic year. It is the year in which we mark the 200th anniversary of the passing of the British Act which led to the abolition of the trans-Atlantic trade in Africans....

Earlier this year we marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. But although the trading in slaves was abolished in 1807, slavery itself was actually allowed to continue for another 27 years until that, too, was finally abolished on August 1st 1834. It is that anniversary that we observe today. And it is important that...

Cabinet has approved the sale of eight apartment units owned by the National Insurance Fund (NIF) at the Point Village Resorts in Negril. They will be sold at a cost of $92 million collectively. Speaking at (July 30) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Information and Development Minister, Donald Buchanan explained that since the apartments were acquired by the NIF...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract to Contraxx Enterprise Limited in the sum $60,404,535.00 to construct a replacement school for the Central Branch Infant School, which was destroyed by fire in April 2004. The project will be jointly financed by the Ministry of Education and Youth's Education Transformation Project and the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE)...

Cabinet on (July 30) awarded a contract valued at more than US$11million to Presport Joint Venture for the construction of the Montego Bay Sports Complex (Phase Three), at Catherine Hall in St. James. Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan who was speaking at the post Cabinet press-briefing at Jamaica House explained that existing work to the facility included the...