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A pioneer of Jamaica's music industry and bandleader extraordinaire, Byron Aloysius St. Elmo Lee, was today conferred with the National Honour of Order of Jamaica. In a moving ceremony, which was specially arranged and chaired by the Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Mr. Lee received the instruments of the O.J. from the Governor General, the...

Olympic gold medallists, Michael Frater and Nesta Carter, and silver medallist, Sherone Simpson, were honoured for their outstanding achievements at the recent Olympic Games, held in Beijing, China by the Fort Lauderdale City Commission, at a reception on October 19. Presenting proclamations to the three Jamaican athletes, Broward County Commissioner, Josephius Eggletion, also declared Sunday, October 19, Appreciation Day in...

Outstanding Jamaican entrepreneur, Lowell Hawthorne, OD, Founder/President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill in New York, has been tapped to present the keynote address at the 2008 Caribbean International Network (CIN) Lecture Series on Wednesday, November 12. The event will begin at 6:00 p.m, at the Schomberg Centre for Research in Black Culture, 515...

There have been fresh calls for automatic, broad-based support for youth mainstreaming. The latest call has come from Director of Youth Affairs at the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Fatiha Serour. Youth mainstreaming is defined by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), as the process of assessing the implications for young persons, of any planned action, including legislation, policies, programmes...

A wide cross section of the Westmoreland community was introduced to the concept of Restorative Justice, when residents attended the first of two public Consultations held on Wednesday (October 22), in that parish. The consultation, which forms part of a series being held across the island took place at the Travellers Beach Resort, in the Negril area. Director of Inspection...

Two hundred and fifty Certificates of Title were on Wednesday (October 22) handed out to St. Catherine residents, beneficiaries under the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP). The beneficiaries are from Byndloss, Old Harbour, Church Pen, Russel Pen, Golden Acres, Colbeck, Mount Rosser, Ewarton and Linstead. Speaking at a handing over ceremony held at the Linstead Baptist Church, in Linstead,...

The application of information communication technology (ICT), to enhance governance at the corporate and national levels, is being aggressively explored at the BIZTECH 2008 Annual Conference, which got underway on October 24, at the Ritz Carlton Golf and Spa Resort in Montego Bay, St. James. The conference, which ends today (October 25), is being held under the theme - 'Telecommunications:...

Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings, and industry stakeholders have described as productive, a special meeting hosted on October 24, at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, to address concerns and to fine tune plans for the introduction of the E10 ethanol blended fuel at service stations, on November 1, 2008. "It was a very productive meeting. I think that the concerns...

Corporate Jamaica has welcomed the Government's recently introduced Special Youth Employment and Training (SYEAT) Project, which is aimed at helping to reduce unemployment among that cohort, as well as improve the country's productivity. The Project, which was launched on Wednesday, (October 22) by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, will see several companies joining forces with the HEART Trust/NTA...

Commissioner of Corrections, Major Richard Reese, informed JIS News today (Oct. 24) that the Department of Correctional Services has begun training persons to operate the monitoring of offenders system. "The first set of persons to be trained were the instructors. We are currently training the taggers and the monitors. Once that is completed then we will begin the field testing...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has emphasised that persons should take a holistic approach to healthy living, and adopt lifestyle practices that are positive. Addressing the launch of a Health, Home and Garden Expo, at the National Arena on Thursday, October 23, the Minister said the launch comes at a very critical point in time, as people tend to...

The Manchester Parish Council is seeking to have mined out bauxite lands brought back into agricultural production. On a recent tour of mined out areas in the parish by the Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Brenda Ramsay, other Council members and officials from Alumina Partners of Jamaica (ALPART), the Mayor told JIS News that, "we want to come to an arrangement...