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Synergy...More and more I find myself using this word... sometimes out of concern for its absence, but happily, more frequently because of tangible evidence that it is central to any meaningful and sustainable social intervention. According to a leading online glossary: Synergy comes from the Greek word synergia, meaning joint work and cooperative action. Synergy is when the result is...

The budget debate is traditionally the most significant event of the parliamentary calendar. This year's debate has added significance. It marks the end of the Prime Minister's first year in office and, therefore, part of our focus must be what difference has she made, what hope has she generated and what new direction has she charted to justify and secure...

I WISH TO PAY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO SOMEONE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE TODAY, EXCEPT FOR HIS PASSING. I SPEAK OF THE LATE HON. RAY HADEED. HE WAS A CLOSE FRIEND AND ASSOCIATE FOR SEVERAL DECADES. HE WAS AN EMPLOYER WHO OPERATED IN MY CONSTITUENCY - SOUTH WEST ST ANDREW. HE EMPLOYED HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. HE WAS...

The European Union (EU) is reassessing its relationship with the Jamaican Government and will be placing more emphasis on providing budgetary support to reduce the debt burden, and crime. "We should move to a mature relationship being characterized not so much by traditional projects.but more towards the budget support approach. Traditional projects have been cumbersome..we can now move to a...

As of August 1 this year, Air Jamaica Vacations will be outsourced to the Mark Travel Corporation, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wiscosin. The corporation will conduct Jamaica's business from its offices in Orlando, Florida. "Our customers will continue to receive the same high level of service and various options for booking packages under the new management. To the consumer, and travel...

Some 6,000 spaces are available with the National Youth Service (NYS) Summer Employment Programme, and secondary and tertiary students, who wish to participate, have until Friday, May 4 to submit their applications. Speaking with JIS News, Project Supervisor of the NYS Summer Employment Programme, Keisha Hines informed that the programme would be accommodating some 6,000 participants this year, compared with...

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) will be hosting its first Taino Day on Friday, May 4, at Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann. This observance seeks to commemorate the life and legacy of Jamaica's first inhabitants, who were formally referred to as the Arawaks. Speaking with JIS News, Executive Director of the JNHT, Laleta Davis-Mattis pointed out that Taino...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has said that work is expected to begin in June on the construction of a new toll road to bypass Mount Rosser, which is the main link between Spanish Town and Ocho Rios. She made the announcement today (May 1), during her contribution to the 2007/08 Budget Debate in the House.Mrs. Simpson Miller said the...

The Government will be launching a national parenting education programme, as part of its thrust to promote effective parenting and better family life in the society. This was announced by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller in her Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives today (May 1). In a speech placing heavy emphasis on improving family life in Jamaica,...

Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller stated today (May 1) that concrete steps in terms of policy action, have been taken so as to promote healthy family values in Jamaica. "We have before Parliament right now the Child Pornography and Obscene Publication (Amendment) Bill which is also intended to protect family values," said Mrs. Simpson Miller, while making her contribution to...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said today (May 1), that ground would be broken next month for the construction of an 86,000 sq. ft. Convention Centre in Montego Bay, St. James, at a cost of approximately $1.7 billion. Mrs. Simpson Miller made the announcement during her contribution to the 2007/08 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives. She pointed out...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has pledged her support to the building of a strong family structure in Jamaica. "Every family needs security. I want our family to be well protected, that our people can walk the streets freely and they can conduct their business with a sense of security and enjoy the comforts of their homes without fear," said...