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State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Senator Deika Morrison has emphasized that in order to make a significant contribution to the development and welfare of its children, Jamaica needed to invest in families. "Effective and meaningful children's interventions are those which encompass the family, with a specific emphasis on the development of the human capital of the...

The Public Health Laboratory project has been allocated $3.1 million in the Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The money will be used to continue the improvements to laboratory facilities, in order to strengthen and support the delivery of primary and secondary health care. A joint collaboration between the Government and the European Union, the project commenced...

Books valued at $1.5 million have been handed over to the Moneague College in St. Ann by the Rotary Club of Ocho Rios. The books, which include Mathematics, Science, and Reading texts, were handed over to the principal, Gloria Johnson, at a ceremony held at the institution on Monday, April 5. Handing over the books, Oliver Green, the club's Past...

State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Senator Deika Morrison has emphasized that in order to make a significant contribution to the development and welfare of its children, Jamaica needed to invest in families. "Effective and meaningful children's interventions are those which encompass the family, with a specific emphasis on the development of the human capital of the...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and the Foreign Minister of Canada Mr. Bill Graham, have pledged the cooperation of both countries in helping to restore stability in Haiti. The consensus was reached during a warm and cordial meeting held at the Fairmount Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada on Monday, (Apr. 5). Mr. Patterson is in Toronto on an official visit....

The Immigration and Passport Division, more commonly known as the Passport Office, is encouraging Jamaicans who still possess the old blue passports, to apply for renewal over the next 11 months. This will facilitate the phasing out of old passports to the new machine-readable passports, which were introduced in September 2001. Senior Director of Immigration, Citizenship and Passport Services, Carol...

More than 12 kilometres of roadway in St. Catherine have been rehabilitated under the Parish Infrastructure Development Programme (PIDP), at a cost of $54 million. The repaired parochial roads include Barnett Road, Pox Home, Kentucky Drive, Valdez Road, Patricia Parkway, Marlie Acres, Mysper Road, Davis Road, and Grants Land. Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sports, Portia Simpson Miller...

Police personnel at the Brown's Town Police Station, in St. Ann, are now benefiting from an accommodation facility, refurbished at an estimated cost of $5 million. The two-floor facility, comprising a bedroom, bathroom, living room, kitchenette, an evidence room and a carport, which was refurbished by the Apostolic Ark Pentecostal Church of Jamaica, Inc., in collaboration with the business community,...

A sum of $194 million has been allocated in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure for the HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention and Control Programme in the Ministry of Health. Funded from a grant for the Global AIDS Fund, the allocation is to strengthen the multi-sector national response to prevent and address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Jamaica. This will be done through scaling...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and the Foreign Minister of Canada Mr. Bill Graham, have pledged the cooperation of both countries in helping to restore stability in Haiti. The consensus was reached during a warm and cordial meeting held at the Fairmount Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada on Monday, (Apr. 5). Mr. Patterson is in Toronto on an official visit....

The Immigration and Passport Division, more commonly known as the Passport Office, is encouraging Jamaicans who still possess the old blue passports, to apply for renewal over the next 11 months. This will facilitate the phasing out of old passports to the new machine-readable passports, which were introduced in September 2001. Senior Director of Immigration, Citizenship and Passport Services, Carol...

More than 12 kilometres of roadway in St. Catherine have been rehabilitated under the Parish Infrastructure Development Programme (PIDP), at a cost of $54 million. The repaired parochial roads include Barnett Road, Pox Home, Kentucky Drive, Valdez Road, Patricia Parkway, Marlie Acres, Mysper Road, Davis Road, and Grants Land. Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sports, Portia Simpson Miller...