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Director of the Mico University College Child Assessment and Research in Education (CARE) Centre, Angelita Arnold has called for greater tolerance and commitment in the society towards children with learning disabilities, and a re-socialisation of attitudes towards learning. In an interview with JIS News, Mrs. Arnold said that all children might not have the intellectual capacity to learn academic skills,...

Jamaican born Councillor Sheik G. L. Thompson is the new Mayor of Haringey in north east London. Councillor Thompson is a professional jazz musician who has played with some of Britain's most famous groups and toured with his own bands all over the world. Mr. Thompson, who represents the Tottenham Hale ward, took over the chains of office at the...

Some 400 volunteers from western Jamaica, who worked at the Trelawny multi-purpose stadium during the recent staging of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, were recognized and presented with gift packages at a reception, held at the Rose Hall Resort and Country Club in Montego Bay on May 28. Board Chairman of the Jamaica Local Organizing Committee (LOC) 2007, Dr....

The Attorney General's Chambers today announced that Stacian Bennett and Marcel Bent, lawyers in the Chambers, have both received Professional Development Scholarships from the Organization of American States (the OAS). The scholarships will enable Ms. Bennett and Ms. Bent to pursue studies at the "XXXIV Course on International Law: Legal Aspects of Regional Development", sponsored by the OAS, and to...

Cabinet has approved engineering supervision and design consultancy contracts for the next phase of Highway 2000. Information and Development Minister, Donald Buchanan who made the disclosure at the (May 28) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, told journalists that the first contract was awarded to Halcrow Group Limited, to act as technical advisors for the next phase of the project,...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has been advised by the Meteorological Service that the country will continue to experience outbreaks of showers as a result of a surface to upper level trough across the central Caribbean that is currently affecting the island. The ODPEM received the following reports: Clarendon "X Flooding reported in the Race Track...

The Sickle Cell Unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies has been lauded for its track record of excellence in research and treatment, by the Jamaica's High Commissioner to Canada, Evadne Coye. Speaking recently at the Annual Gala & Awards of the Seed of Life Philanthropic Organization (SOLPO) in Toronto, Canada, the High Commissioner highlighted what was being...

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator A.J. Nicholson, has outlined a range of measures aimed at resuscitating the local fishing industry, chief among which is the creation of a New Fisheries Act. Speaking in a debate on the state of the fishing industry in the Senate on May 25, Senator Nicholson said that the Chief Parliamentary Council was...

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) will be hosting a public forum under the theme: 'Think and Check before you Invest' today (May 29), at the Wexford Court Hotel in Montego Bay. Speaking with JIS News, Deputy Executive Director of the FSC, George Roper, explained that the session is the first in a series of public forums being planned for the...

Minister of Health, Horace Dalley has dismissed concerns that the Government cannot afford to provide the funds necessary for the Bustamante Hospital for Children, in light of the implementation of the new health care policy for 18 year olds and under. The new policy, which was implemented yesterday (May 28), stipulates that minors will be exempt from paying health care...

The 16-month old Town and Country Planning Authority (TCPA) has approved development projects valued at approximately $44 billion over the past year. The total includes $30 billion for large hotel projects and $14 billion for smaller developments, said Chairperson for the Authority, Dr. Ruth Potopsingh. She told JIS News that the Authority processed 233 of 266 planning and development applications...

The management of Air Jamaica yesterday confirmed that it will discontinue its service to London effective October 28 and will enter into a code share agreement with Virgin Atlantic, in which the Air Jamaica code will be placed on all Virgin Atlantic flights between Jamaica and London Gatwick. Passengers presently ticketed on Air Jamaica for travel after October 28 will...