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The first six of 40 state-of-the-art boats, to boost the capacity of the Marine Police to patrol the island's coastal waters, is expected in the island within the next eight weeks. National Security Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips, who signed the US$5 million contract for the vessels at his Oxford Road office in Kingston this morning (May 12), said that the...

Minister of State for Housing, Water, Transport and Works, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has said that the National Water Commission (NWC) would be providing water to communities in Portland and St. Mary, which were experiencing inadequate supplies as a result of the drought conditions affecting the country. The State Minister, who gave the assurance during a familiarization tour of water supply...

Cabinet has approved a contract in the amount of US$13.7 million for civil works at the Kingston Container Terminal. This was disclosed by Information and Development Minister, Senator Colin Campbell, at the post-Cabinet press briefing, held at Jamaica House earlier this week. According to the Information Minister, the awarding of the contract formed part of a larger contract to expand...

The musical, based on the classic Jamaican film 'The Harder They Come', is breaking box office records at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, London where it has been playing since March 25. Written by Perry Henzell and directed by Kerry Michael with associate director Dawn Reid, the musical has become the theatre's best-selling musical, with a 94 per cent capacity...

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has said that teachers should adapt to the changing social economic conditions of students, noting that a good example of an excellent teacher was one who did not take a blanket approach to teaching. "Even in the best universities today, there are opportunities for students with different learning styles and...

The transport sector, in particular the fleet of buses owned by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), is to be enhanced as a direct result of Jamaica's participation in hosting the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. Improvements in the service capabilities of several sectors will be accelerated, said Minister of Information and Development, Senator Colin Campbell. Speaking at a recent...

On September 7 this year, a Dogsled team from Jamaica will be featured at the annual Toronto Film Festival, with the premiere of 'Sun Dogs'. 'Sun Dogs', currently in production in Jamaica, is a documentary feature, chronicling the struggle and adventure of the dogsled team, which raced at the 2006 United Kingdom (UK) Sled Dog Championship in Aviemore, Scotland, held...

Students from some 45 basic schools in St. Elizabeth will today (May 11) participate in a one-day kiddies cricket tournament at the Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) sports club in Nain. Public Relations Manager at Alpart, Lance Neita, told JIS News that the youngsters would compete on five prepared pitches on the club grounds, under the "watchful eyes of teachers,...

The Portmore Municipal Council has set up a company, which will seek funding for development projects in the municipality. Portmore's Mayor, George Lee, told JIS News that Portmore was becoming impatient for development, but funds were slow in coming, "so, the Council has set up this private company, which will act on its behalf, to access funds in public and...

The beautification of the May Pen town centre is the Clarendon parish project for Labour Day 2006, which will be observed on May 23 under the heme: 'Jamaica's Beauty - Our Duty,'. Estimated to cost $418,000, the project will entail the segment of roadway from the National Works Agency (NWA) office on Trenton Road, to Old Almhouse Hill on Brooks...

Legal practitioners, businesspersons, young persons and community workers are expected to gain insight into mediation and negotiation skills, during the 3rd Caribbean Conference on Dispute Resolution, to be held at the Half Moon Hotel in Montego Bay from May 24 to 27. The biennial conference, which is being organized by the Dispute Resolution Foundation, in concert with the Mona School...

With just over a month before the staging of the second Diaspora Conference, State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn, is reporting that several of the proposals, which were put forward by delegates at the inaugural conference held two years ago, have been achieved. Among them, he said, are establishment of trade councils outside of Jamaica...