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There is a new feeling of hope that is rising over this beautiful land of Jamaica. It is being talked about in the hills, valleys and plains across our country. Seniors, men and women, youth and children are expressing great expectations for the future of this nation. Today, you have the opportunity to capitalize on that hope and great expectation...

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) and the Heart Trust/NTA has launched an interactive self-teaching CD-ROM, aimed at increasing the rate of training and certification of workers within the tourism sector. The CD-ROM offers a new technological approach to level one training and certification in TPDCo's Team-Jamaica training programme. The launch took place at the Sandals Montego Bay Hotel on...

Information and Development Minister, Senator Colin Campbell, has explained that the proposal put forward by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to have members of the clergy sit on, or chair the Boards of state companies or statutory bodies, is geared towards strengthening accountability and probity. The Minister, who was speaking to journalists yesterday (April 3), at the weekly post-Cabinet press...

Cabinet has given its approval for a drought alleviation programme to proceed in the rural areas and farming communities across the island, with an initial sum of $8 million. Speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House yesterday (April 3), Minister of Information and Development, Senator Colin Campbell, told journalists that the money to fund the programme has...

Students in Grades 1 and 6 at Primary schools throughout the Corporate Area, will have access to free eye screening and glasses over the next two years, through a project being carried out by the Foundation for International Self Help Development (FISH). Following the awarding of a $22 million grant to the FISH clinic on Gordon Town Road in St....

The Maxfield Park Children's Home in Kingston is to benefit from proceeds of a concert that was held in New York on April 2, featuring the New England Symphonic Ensemble. Some of the proceeds will also be given to assist children suffering from HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe. Internationally acclaimed Jamaican pianist, Orrett Rhoden, made his New York orchestral debut at the...

Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, P.J. Patterson has expressed his "sense of privilege" in serving the country as head of government for the past 14 years. Mr. Patterson, in his formal letter of resignation as Prime Minister, also expressed confidence that the nation would "enjoy peace, harmony, social justice and prosperity now and forever." The letter, which was presented to...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday (April 3), announced 12 State Ministers to serve in the various Ministries.They are: Fitz Jackson, Ministry of Finance and Planning; Errol Ennis and Victor Cummings, Ministry of Agriculture and Land; Noel Monteith, Ministry of Education and Youth; Floyd Morris, Ministry of Labour and Social Security; Kern Spencer, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Science and Technology...

The inaugural Jamaican Diaspora United Kingdom (UK) conference ended on Saturday (April 1) with delegates pledging to work to reclaim brand Jamaica. "This community now acknowledges that the image of Jamaica and of Jamaicans in Britain needs urgent action to redress the negative perception, which dominates the UK media. The Jamaican community is diverse. It represents people of all races,...

Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has called on the trade union movement to continue to embrace the principle of partnership in the thrust to enhance the welfare of the Jamaican workforce. "We need to find a way to create sustainable employment and decent jobs for our people...we need now to change the course of history in this country, where all...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has said that by taking the oath of office, the new Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, was now obligated to all Jamaicans. "You have left the confines of your political party and assumed the leadership of the entire nation. "Standing in the place of leadership, the nation will look to you...

Sekeywi Carruthers, Project Manager for Jamaica Cricket 2007 Limited, has said that Portland was well positioned to benefit from a number of community projects, which were being planned for the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007. She noted that with Portland's rich cultural heritage, the parish was in good stead to benefit from these initiatives, which were designed to expose...