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The National Child Month Committee (NCMC) is calling on all law-abiding citizens of the country to protect the nation's children in these troubled times. This appeal comes against the recent spate of violence directed at the nation's children, which resulted in six children being killed in a week.Dr. Pauline Mullings, Chairperson of the NCMC, told JIS News that Jamaica's children...

Jamaica is currently experiencing drought conditions, with some areas being severely affected. However, the National Water Commission (NWC) is assuring customers that all necessary measures are being employed to ensure that adequate water supplies are maintained across the island. Charles Buchanan, Corporate Public Relations Manager of the NWC, told JIS News that approximately 30 per cent of the Commission's 460...

The National Contracts Commission endorsed 206 contracts during the January to December 2004 period.According to information in the 18th annual report of the Office of the Contractor General, tabled in the House of Representatives recently, the level of non-compliance in the award of contracts has been significantly reduced, since the establishment of the National Contracts Commission. It also expressed satisfaction...

Deputy Mayor of Spanish Town, Owen Palmer, has urged students of the Innswood High School to become positive role models and agents of change. The Deputy Mayor, who was addressing the launch of the annual Values and Attitude programme at the St. Catherine-based institution on March 13, reminded the students that they were being prepared to take over the society,...

Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell revealed yesterday (March 14), that since the tariff on cement was reduced to 15 per cent last week, the Trade Board has advised that based on applications received, some 36,000 tonnes of cement were expected in the island during the next couple of weeks. Making the disclosure in the House of Representatives,...

Consul General in New York, Dr. Basil K. Bryan, has said that the contributions of overseas Jamaicans are having a significant impact on development in Jamaica. Addressing a meeting of Jamaican nationals from the Northeast region of the United States (US), at the Consulate in Manhattan on March 11, Dr. Bryan said that Jamaicans, "continue to do us proud wherever...

Jamaica, today (March 15) joined the rest of the global community in observing World Consumer Rights Day under the theme: 'Energy: Sustainable Access for all Consumers'. The country's leading consumer advocacy organization, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), organised a number of activities to mark the occasion, to include a media breakfast at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel with Commerce, Science and...

World Water Day will be commemorated on Wednesday March 22 through a number of activities scheduled for the Rio Grande Valley area of Portland, under the auspices of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) in association with the Bowden Pen Farmers and Ginger House Environmental Groups. World Water Day emerged from the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and...

It is essential that appropriate legislation be accompanied by law enforcement, intelligence officers and prosecutors trained in various areas including gathering and use of intelligence, forensic evidence, response to hostage-taking, international co-operation, mutual legal assistance and extradition, in the effort to fight terrorism. And, equally important, "we must always remember that if we do not respect human rights and the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Delano Franklyn has stressed the importance of developing countries collaborating to improve the safety of plant,food, animal and human (Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary, SPS) measures for the greater good of the global community. Declaring open a seminar on Phyto-sanitary control and agricultural policies at the Jamaica...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Mexico are to explore mechanisms for enhanced relations when the two sides meet at the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana on 16-17 March, 2006 for the Fourth Meeting of the CARICOM-Mexico Joint Commission. Among the issues earmarked for discussion by the Joint Commission are recent developments in CARICOM and Mexico, as well...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Grace Allen-Young has lauded the Registrar General's Department (RGD) for its contribution to the development of the vital statistics framework, through the provision of critical data. Speaking at the agency's annual prayer breakfast, held on March 10, the Permanent Secretary pointed out that, "the most significant (achievement of the RGD) from the Ministry's...