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Some 70 representatives of regional law enforcement and regulatory agencies, are currently participating in a three-day workshop, being held at the Half Moon Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James, which aims to equip them to better understand and counter the activities associated with unregulated investment schemes. The workshop, which commenced on Wednesday (Oct. 29), is being jointly staged by the...

Water and Housing Minister, Dr. Horace Chang, has underscored the potential dangers likely to result from the wanton damage and destruction of the country's watershed areas, by persons engaged in poor farming practices, and construction activities. Speaking at a Land Surveyors Association of Jamaica (LSAJ) seminar, commemorating the organisation's 80th anniversary on the theme: "The Contribution of the Surveying Profession...

Repair work has started on some 2 kilometres of roadway in the Prospect community of St. Thomas. Funds for the $9.4 million project, will come from the St. Thomas Parish Council and the Constituency Development Fund. Secretary/Manager at the St. Thomas Parish Council, Clinton Gordon, told JIS News, that work involves the patching and asphalting of the roadway, which has...

Vice President for Academic Administration, at Northern Caribbean University (NCU), Dr. Beverly Cameron, has said that Guidance Counsellors work tirelessly to sway the nation's youth from negative tendencies. Dr. Cameron, who was guest speaker at the Ministry of Education, Exemplary and Counselling Programme Awards function, held at the NCU campus in Mandeville, Manchester, on October 28, pointed out that Guidance...

Principal of the Carron Hall High School in St. Mary, Dottlyn Dawes, has challenged Jamaicans to go for success, and not to wait for success to come to them. Miss Dawes, who was guest speaker at the recent launch of the book, 'How A Playa Got Played', written by Natalie Ferrison, at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, noted that...

General Manager of the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), Earl Jarrett, has urged Jamaicans based overseas, to give consideration to the advantages and benefits to be derived from investing in Jamaica at this time. His comments come against the background of current uncertainties in the global financial marketplace, and unprecedented increases in the price of oil and basic commodities. Addressing...

A high-level delegation, comprising of 30 businessmen from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States, will visit Jamaica within the next four months, to explore prospects for business opportunities. The delegation is expected to pursue possibilities and engage stakeholders in the areas of agriculture, tourism, real estate, export mining, and alternative energy. The proposed visit arises out of an investment seminar,...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, is appealing to Justices of the Peace (JPs) to support the Restorative Justice Consultations being held islandwide. "Restorative Justice is an area that my Ministry has been focusing on. Many of you Justices of the Peace have been participating in the series of community consultations that are now being held islandwide,...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, says that although the Jamaican economy is faced with many challenges, the country is doing reasonably well in terms of tourism, as the latest figures for October show a 5% (five percent) increase in visitor arrivals, compared to the same period last year. Mr. Golding made this disclosure while speaking on his monthly call-in programme, "Jamaica...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has sought to once again give the assurance that the island's financial institutions are sound. He said that because of scrupulous supervision, Jamaica's banks are in a strong position and therefore do not have the kind of problems that have been erupting in the US or other parts of the world since mid- September. Speaking on...

Bromley Primary School in St. Mary, emerged winners of the annual parish school debate, sponsored by the Hugh Shearer Foundation, at the St. Mary Parish Church Hall in Port Maria on Thursday, October 22. The competition, which began in 2006, is held in a different parish each year with St. Thomas hosting the first, and Portland serving as the venue...

Senior Manager for Environmental Management in the Integrated, Planning and Environment Division, at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Paulette Kolbusch, has asserted that the introduction of the E10 fuel in Jamaica, is a step in the right direction for the country. "Introducing E10 into the Jamaican market for petroleum products is a step in the right direction. The...