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The re-launch of the National Volunteer Blood Donor Programme will be among several initiatives lined up for the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) next month. These initiatives are set to coincide with the build up for the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) in March this year. Director of the NBTS, Dr. Lundie Richards anticipates that the re-launch...

State Minister of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, Senator Kern Spencer, has said that the Ministry was in the final stages of multi-disciplinary consultations on the revised Science and Technology Policy, which is due for debate in Parliament by mid-year. "I envision that within the next couple of weeks, we will be able to take the process through Cabinet and...

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips is to meet with top security personnel on Wednesday (January 10), to do an analysis and evaluation of the crime situation in the country. "Following the meeting, the Minister and the Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas, will meet with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to brief her on the outcome of those discussions,...

With the new school term in progress since Monday, January 8, Cabinet has approved four contracts to supply goods to schools participating in the School Feeding Programme. One contract valued at $24,475,000 has been awarded to T. Geddes Grant to supply 15,000 bags of long grain rice and 2,500 cases of tinned mackerel to support the traditional component of the...

Cabinet has received an update from Minister of Local Government and Environment, Dean Peart, on the fire at the Riverton landfill, and has instructed the Minister, "to continue to take all the necessary actions in order to bring a total cessation to the existing situation there". Information and Development Minister, Donald Buchanan, who made the announcement at yesterday's (Jan. 8)...

State Minister of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, Senator Kern Spencer, has said that the Ministry was in the final stages of multi-disciplinary consultations on the revised Science and Technology Policy, which is due for debate in Parliament by mid-year. "I envision that within the next couple of weeks, we will be able to take the process through Cabinet and...

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips is to meet with top security personnel on Wednesday (January 10), to do an analysis and evaluation of the crime situation in the country. "Following the meeting, the Minister and the Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas, will meet with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to brief her on the outcome of those discussions,...

With the new school term in progress since Monday, January 8, Cabinet has approved four contracts to supply goods to schools participating in the School Feeding Programme. One contract valued at $24,475,000 has been awarded to T. Geddes Grant to supply 15,000 bags of long grain rice and 2,500 cases of tinned mackerel to support the traditional component of the...

Cabinet has received an update from Minister of Local Government and Environment, Dean Peart, on the fire at the Riverton landfill, and has instructed the Minister, "to continue to take all the necessary actions in order to bring a total cessation to the existing situation there". Information and Development Minister, Donald Buchanan, who made the announcement at yesterday's (Jan. 8)...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States (US), Professor Gordon Shirley has congratulated newly installed Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, who was sworn in on January 4 as the US Representative for the 11th Congressional District of Brooklyn, New York. Speaking at a reception hosted by the Caribbean community at Zanzibar At The Waterfront in Washington, D.C., Ambassador Shirley said: "On behalf of...

World 100-metres record holder, Asafa Powell will be honoured at an International Sports Awards (ISA) banquet in New York on Saturday, February 3. Voted Male Athlete of the Year by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) last year, Powell is among an impressive list of personalities from the world of sports who are being recognized for their accomplishments in various...

Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff is among a number of persons of Caribbean heritage, who will be honoured by the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI), at its 10th anniversary benefit gala & awards dinner scheduled for January 22 in New York City. Cliff, who was born in Somerton, St. James, will become the second recipient of...