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Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has announced that Cabinet has approved Jamaica's accession to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, 1980. Speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, on October 29, the Minister explained that the Hague Convention is an agreement, which creates a framework for the prompt return...

Principals of primary and preparatory schools in Portland, have formed a professional group - the Portland Principals Association. The Association, which was launched at the Port Antonio Christ Church, on October 30, is a merger of the East Portland Principals Association and the West Portland Principals Association. The launch was attended by principals of a number of schools in the...

Plans are on target for the establishment of Government's National Identification System, which is expected to provide a comprehensive and secure structure to capture and store personal identity information on individuals who live or work in Jamaica. The system is expected to become the primary source of identity assurance which will provide ways to improve the governance and management in...

The funeral service for Alton Ellis, the singer considered to be the island's greatest proponent of Rocksteady music, takes place at St. Andrew's Scots Kirk United Church at 43A Duke Street in downtown Kingston today, starting at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Ellis, who died in England, where he resided, on the night of October 10, will be interred at Dovecot. Upon...

The Office of the Prime Minister/Spatial Data Management Division, in collaboration with the Land Information Council of Jamaica (LICJ, will this year celebrate Geography Awareness Week/Geography Information Systems Day (GIS), from November 16-21. Jamaica's theme for this year's celebration is "GIS: Driving Response - Ability" and is celebrated worldwide in order to raise awareness about the ways in which GIS...

Energy Minister, Clive Mullings, on Saturday (Nov.1) has said that the launch of the E10 fuel is another indication of how talented Jamaicans are and how much they can achieve, when they remain focused and work together. The Minister was speaking at the Customer Appreciation Day and ceremonial turning on of the E10 pump at the Petcom Portmore Service Station...

Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Earl Patrick, is underscoring the importance of training, in efforts to deliver high standards of service within the tourism industry, and the resulting benefits which can accrue to stakeholders, particularly employees. Speaking at a recent tourism productivity practitioners seminar at the Breezes Runaway Bay Resort and Golf Club in St. Ann,...

Teacher at the Norwich Primary School in Portland, Celia Roper, was on October 28, presented with the award for Top Guidance Counsellor of the Year for the 2007/08 academic year, by the Ministry of Education. The presentation was made during the 7th Annual Exemplary Guidance and Counselling Programme Awards, which was held at the Northern Caribbean University's (NCU) main campus...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government Reform, Robert Montague, has mandated all Mayors to immediately conduct an assessment of all places of amusement within their jurisdictions. This directive, Mr. Montague told JIS News, comes against the background of what he said are reports that a number of nightclubs and other places...

Director of National Youth and Christian Education for the New Testament Church of God in Jamaica, Rev. Orville Plummer, is urging the nation to make a special effort to provide the necessary support for the country's young people, in order to enable them realize their potentials. Delivering the sermon at the National Church Service to launch activities commemorating Youth Month,...

The Administrator General's Department (AGD) of the Ministry of Justice, on October 30, honoured some 50 current and former employees at a Retirement and Long Service Awards ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. The ceremony, the first such in the agency's 135 year history, saw 43 current employees and seven retirees, who have served the agency, for periods...

Education Minister, Andrew Holness, is urging Jamaicans to be more proactive in protecting the nation's children, and is advocating a return to the tradition where communities were integrally involved in safeguarding the youngsters' welfare. Speaking at the National Church Service to launch Parent Month 2008 at the Word of Life Worship Centre in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, on Sunday (Nov....