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The Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank has announced that it has received an initial advance of funds from the National Insurance Fund (NIF), under the loan scheme geared towards small and medium size enterprises for working capital and fixed asset purchases. The bank will therefore now begin to accept loan applications from eligible borrowers under the NIF loan scheme. Eligible borrowers must...

The board of governors of 24 schools within the Ministry of Education and Youth regions four and five were recently recognized for outstanding work, by the National Council on Education (NCE). At the School Management Awards Ceremony held at the Rose Hall Resort and Country Club, 15 school boards from region four, which comprises the parishes of St. James, Hanover...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is stepping up its public education campaign this month (May), which is observed as Child Month, to inform Jamaicans of the importance of birth registration. Throughout the month, representatives of the RGD's Mobile Outreach Team will make a number of stops at several schools and health centres across the island. So far, the outreach team...

Minister of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture, Aloun N'Dombet Assamba, has said that the government welcomes the initiative by the United States-based Recycling Inspiration (RI) to assist in training young Jamaicans for jobs in the tourism industry. "Tourism is very important to Jamaica. It is one of the largest industries in the country, directly employing over 70, 000 individuals and another...

Executive Director of the Education Transformation Team (ETT), Dr. Frank Weeple, has said that advertisements for appointments to the new education regional authorities should be out in a matter of weeks, with the aim of making the necessary appointments by the beginning of August. The establishment of regional authorities is part of plans to decentralize the operational side of the...

Residents of St. Catherine are gearing up to clean and beautify their communities on Labour Day, May 23, with 45 projects registered so far with the parish's Labour Day Secretariat. "Based on the feedback we are getting from the civic community meetings, people are just rearing to go on Labour Day," said Administrator at the St. Catherine Parish Council, Shirleen...

Caribbean tourism ministers traveling to New York for Caribbean Week 2007 from June 9-17 will get the chance to interact with New York-based nationals, at two town hall meetings being organized by the Caribbean Tourism Development Company (CTDC). The meetings will be held simultaneously in Brooklyn and the Bronx on Monday, June 11, from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. The...

Minister of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, Phillip Paulwell, has said that the liberalization of Jamaica's telecommunications industry and the opening of the market to competition, have led to billions of dollars being invested in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. This development, he noted has enabled increased access to fixed and mobile telephones, computers, the Internet, and other...

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Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke, has called for greater public and private sector partnership to address the needs of the disabled in the society, especially children. "We don't have to always go to the Ministry for everything as there are enough local partners," she stated, appealing to government, civil society, the international development partners and community-based organizations, to come together to...

By 2015, Jamaica's offerings to tourists will boast an exclusive luxury resort with the construction of the multi-billion dollar Harmony Cove Resort in Trelawny. On completion, the US$2 to US$4 billion resort will include several luxury hotels, with at least 2,000 rooms available, world class spa and fitness centre, an array of luxury residences, multiple championship golf courses, an equestrian...

ON THIS VERY SPECIAL LABOUR DAY, I GREET YOU IN PEACE AND LOVE. THIS IS A DAY OF TOGETHERNESS WHEN WE GIVE FREELY OF OUR TIME AND EFFORT - HONOURING OUR ANCESTORS . STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITIES. IT IS A TIME TO DRAW CLOSER, AS ONE PEOPLE, ONE FAMILY, WORKING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER ON COMMUNITY-BUILDING PROJECTS. THIS LABOUR DAY TAKES ON...