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Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has endorsed the 'Save 300 lives' project, organised by the National Road Safety Council, to help reduce the number of road fatalities. Mr. Golding, who is chairman of the Council, gave his endorsement in a message to mark World Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims which is being observed today, November 16. Since the start...

More than 20,000 Jamaican nationals and friends in the Diaspora, turned out on November 9, to support the Jamaica Jerk Festival, at Markham Park, in Sunrise, South Florida. In its seventh year, the Festival has been described as one of South Florida's premium family events, with a host of activities for the entire family. Since its inception in September 2002,...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has emphasised that the Government was committed to providing all Jamaicans with potable water by 2015, in keeping with the United Nations Millennium goals. Giving the main address at the ground breaking and contract signing ceremony for the Hunts Town/Wellington water supply system in St. Mary, in Wellington, on November 12, Dr....

A training centre has been established in Lionel Town, Clarendon, by the Bethel United Church of Jesus Apostolic, in partnership with the HEART Trust/NTA. Co-ordinator for the training programme, Dahlia Snowball, in giving an overview of the project, at a recent dedication ceremony on the church grounds in Lionel Town, said that the church had taken on the project, because...

Certificates of title were presented to 85 persons, by Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Daryl Vaz, at the Shiloh Apostolic Church, in West Prospect, St. Catherine, on November 12. The titles were processed under the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP), and is part of the Government's thrust to assist persons to have security of...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has said that discussions are being held with the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, on the introduction of tax free Bonds by the Jamaica Mortgage Bank, with a view to putting the bank in a more competitive position. "The Minister has given the green light in principle, the Government is...

A report on squatting, focusing on public health, safety, environmental protection and security of the persons involved, as well as prospective solutions, is to be made available to the Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, to ensure that the issue is properly addressed. The Minister said he shared concerns about persons building houses in river beds and on...

The Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports has expressed regret at the passing of the legendary South African singer and activist, Miriam Makeba. According to Minister Grange, "Miriam Makeba who was a staunch opponent of the apartheid system, was a perfect example of someone who used her talent to support her stance. She did not...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has said that school Principals and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), would be collaborating much more, to ensure a smoother flow of information between them, to enable the police to respond to incidents involving students, more effectively. "I think one of the problems we face, is that many things are happening, but they are not...

Twenty-one year-old university student, Michael Waul, is the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Mr. Waul, a fourth year student at Macalester College, in St. Paul, Minnesota, in the United States, was selected from a field of eight candidates, comprising four males and four females. They were interviewed by members of the Jamaica Rhodes Selection Committee, at King's House...

The Government has negotiated a liquidity line with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), that will be made available to the commercial banks, for on-lending to the productive sectors, where lines of credit have been cancelled. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Donald Wehby, who made the disclosure in the Senate on November 14,...

The increase in gang-related crimes being committed by young men, is receiving special attention by the Ministry of National Security. Addressing a graduation ceremony for 58 participants, at the Caribbean Regional Drug Law Enforcement Training Centre, at Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, on November 13, Minister of National Security, Senator Colonel Trevor MacMillan, said that 80 per cent of all crimes...