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British-Jamaican author Zadie Smith has won the Best Book category for the Eurasia region in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (CWP) 2006, the Commonwealth Foundation announced in London on Monday. Smith whose mother is Jamaican won for her third book, titled 'On Beauty', portrays the interaction between two families with different beliefs and looks at the friendship and the feuds caused...

Some 103 civil servants in Montego Bay, St. James received Certificates of Participation on February 9, for courses completed at the Montego Bay Community College under the Public Sector Employee Training Programme. The Public Sector Employee Training Programme forms part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) and the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions...

Jamaican author, award winning poet and motivational speaker, Dr. Elaine I.Duval recently presented a copy of her book 'America After Siege: Roadmap to Victory After 9/11' to Jamaica's Consul General, Ricardo Allicock, during a courtesy call at his office in downtown Miami. The 150-page publication can be described as a collection of inspirational poetry and "a spiritual primer on how...

Jamaican national, Livingston 'George' Yap, owner of LEASA Industries, in Liberty City, North Miami, was one of ten persons recognised at a recent event to honour community and business leaders in Miami. The ten were selected from various fields for their role in community development in areas such as, entrepreneurship, education, media, public service and community and social awareness. The...

Safer Sex Week will be observed from February 12 - 17, under the theme, 'Know your HIV Status: Get tested'. This year's focus comes in light of the fact the HIV/AIDS epidemic has reached a critical point, whereby 15,000 of the estimated 22,000 persons infected with the disease, are not aware of their status. Novia Condell, Behaviour Change Communication Officer...

Prime Minister, P.J. Patterson will be hosting a Business Development Forum at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on February 23 under the theme: 'Today's Investment, Tomorrow's Opportunities'. The chief objective of the forum is to instill confidence in the business community and the public about the country's economic prospects. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank session Patricia Francis, President of the...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have applauded Jamaican Prime Minister, P.J. Patterson for his contribution to the region and have hailed the regional statesman for his integrity, describing him as a quintessential Caribbean man. In an emotional farewell at the 17th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago...

Jamaican Prime Minister, P.J. Patterson has said that the area of governance and institutional building must be given priority attention especially in light of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market. He was speaking yesterday (February 10) at the final press briefing of the 17th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, which was held...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn Senator has emphasized that with the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market, the region must vigourously continue to protect its trading interests. Senator Franklyn, who was making his contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate yesterday (Feb.10), emphasised that while trade issues...

On Wednesday, February 15, Professor Kenneth O. Hall will join a select company of statesmen when he is sworn in as the fifth Governor-General of Jamaica. Professor Hall, who has been the Principal of the University of the West Indies, Mona campus for the past nine years, will succeed His Excellency the Most Honourable Sir Howard Cooke, who has served...

After 70 years in public life, out-going Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke, who is affectionately called 'Teacher', says: "If I had to live my life again, I would only want to be a teacher". Some of the Governor General's medals on display in the drawing room at King's House Sir Howard, with a glint in his...

Work is advanced on the Marcus Garvey Skills Training Centre, in St. Ann's Bay, which is slated to be opened next month. The project is being funded by the St. Ann Parish Council and according to Mayor of St. Ann's Bay, Councillor Delroy Giscombe, "we are moving at a very fast pace because it is our intention to have the...