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The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), has outlined a number of plans to be pursued in the 2006/07 fiscal year, in continuance of its core programmes, towards the reduction of loss of life and property during disasters. According to a Performance Report recently tabled in the House of Representatives by the Minister of Local Government and Environment,...

Local authorities have been actively pursuing the establishment of Sustainable Development Plans for their respective parishes. "The Clarendon Parish Council has completed its 2002 to 2015 Sustainable Development Plan which will be published in 2006/2007. The St. Thomas Parish Council has a draft Sustainable Development Plan," informed a Ministry of Local Government and Environment Performance Report for 2006/2007, which was...

The Possibility Programme, a social intervention project for street boys, which is co-ordinated by the Office of the Prime Minister, will stage its 5th annual Summer Camp graduation exercise at the Jamaica Defence Force camp at New Castle on Friday, August 4, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Since 2002, the Possibility Programme, in conjunction with the Jamaica Defence Force, has staged...

The message of Emancipation is one of freedom and hope. It is about the freedom of a people to chart positive, productive and empowering national objectives, in a society that gives hope to its citizens to achieve their personal goals, support each other, and in that process, contribute to the building of a great society. Our history as a slave...

Emancipation Day is cause for celebration not only for Jamaicans but for freedom-loving people everywhere. We commemorate this day because it marked the end of an evil system of enslavement that robbed our ancestors of their fundamental right to dignity and respect as human beings. This is a time when we highlight the bold determination and the sometimes open defiance...

I have often pondered that grim episode of human experience when invaders - human rustlers - descended on the continent of Africa, disrupted an entire civilization, kidnapped some of its brightest and its best, tore them away from their families and carted them off to unknown lands and an unknown way of life. I have thought about that tortuous middle...

The official funeral service for the late Louise Bennett-Coverley, affectionately called 'Miss Lou', will take place next Wednesday, August 9 at the Coke Methodist Church at East Parade, downtown Kingston. It will begin at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow at National Heroes Park in a section reserved for cultural icons. Information and Development Minister, Senator Colin Campbell, told journalists at...

In commemoration of Jamaica's 44th anniversary of Independence, the Bank of America Tower at International Place, downtown Miami, will illuminate with the black, green and gold of the Jamaican flag for four-days, beginning at dusk on Friday (August 4). While it is customary for the 47-floor tower to be lit for special events, it is unusual for the lighting to...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States (US), Professor Gordon Shirley, was the first to sign the condolence book for late Jamaican cultural icon Louise Bennett Coverley (Miss Lou), which opened yesterday (July 31) at the Embassy in Washington, D.C. The opening of the book will give Jamaicans residing in the US capital and surrounding areas, an opportunity to pay tribute...

Caribbean Cement Company is expected to supply 20,000 tonnes of cement this week, with the private sector providing an additional 3,000 tonnes, to satisfy the needs of the local building sector. Minister of Information and Development, Senator Colin Campbell, in addressing journalists at yesterday's (July 31) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that, "it was brought to Cabinet's attention....

The government has concluded arrangements to host a team of experts from Canada, who will conduct investigations into the power outage that plunged the island into darkness on July 15. Information and Development Minister, Senator Colin Campbell, who made the announcement at yesterday's (July 31) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that the five-member team would arrive in the...

In preparation for the new school year, the Safe Schools Secretariat is to spend some $350,000 to equip 10 schools across the island with panic buttons.The exercise, which has already begun, is expected to be completed within the first week of August, and will be extended to institutions outside of the Safe Schools Programme. Speaking with JIS News, Chairman of...