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Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips, has announced that steps were being taken to develop a clearly defined National Security Strategy (NSS), as the country continued to grapple with a variety of security challenges. He said the Ministry hoped to present the completed strategy to Cabinet by September of this year. The development of the NSS, he said, was...

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips, has announced that steps were being taken to develop a clearly defined National Security Strategy (NSS), as the country continued to grapple with a variety of security challenges. He said the Ministry hoped to present the completed strategy to Cabinet by September of this year. The development of the NSS, he said, was...

Constance Hibbert, Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, has said that close to 1,000 public schools across the island have been equipped with computers and free Internet access. Miss Hibbert made the disclosure on Thursday (March 25) while addressing the official launch of the ICT4D Jamaica programme at the Four Seasons Hotel in Kingston. She said...

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) is continuing its thrust to take maritime education and training for professional seafarers and allied industry personnel to the wider Caribbean. Senior officials of the CMI recently visited Guyana, where they launched the two-year Diploma programme in International Shipping and Logistics and shared their expertise through a training workshop, designed to strengthen and improve Guyana's...

To promote greater appreciation of the country's culture and art forms, the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), has introduced a monthly concert series, aptly called 'An Evening at Louise', in honour of cultural icon, Louise Bennett-Coverly (Miss Lou). The concerts are scheduled for the last Sunday in each month of this year at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre in Kingston,...

Ferncourt High School in Claremont, St. Ann, has emerged the winner in the Ocho Rios Branch Library Performing Arts Sub-Committee Schools Performing Arts Festival held recently at the St. Ann's Bay Anglican Church Hall, in the parish. Of the schools which participated in the competition Ferncourt High earned 94 points, followed by William Knibb with 69 points while Muschette accumulated...

Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Dr. Omar Davies has said no attempts at extortion would be tolerated in the planned construction of housing units for the area under the Inner City Housing Development Project. "Persons will be employed but they will be employed to work, there will be no jobs for persons not so inclined," Dr. Davies stated...

Constance Hibbert, Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, has said that close to 1,000 public schools across the island have been equipped with computers and free Internet access. Miss Hibbert made the disclosure on Thursday (March 25) while addressing the official launch of the ICT4D Jamaica programme at the Four Seasons Hotel in Kingston. She said...

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) is continuing its thrust to take maritime education and training for professional seafarers and allied industry personnel to the wider Caribbean. Senior officials of the CMI recently visited Guyana, where they launched the two-year Diploma programme in International Shipping and Logistics and shared their expertise through a training workshop, designed to strengthen and improve Guyana's...

To promote greater appreciation of the country's culture and art forms, the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), has introduced a monthly concert series, aptly called 'An Evening at Louise', in honour of cultural icon, Louise Bennett-Coverly (Miss Lou). The concerts are scheduled for the last Sunday in each month of this year at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre in Kingston,...

Ferncourt High School in Claremont, St. Ann, has emerged the winner in the Ocho Rios Branch Library Performing Arts Sub-Committee Schools Performing Arts Festival held recently at the St. Ann's Bay Anglican Church Hall, in the parish. Of the schools which participated in the competition Ferncourt High earned 94 points, followed by William Knibb with 69 points while Muschette accumulated...

Member of Parliament for South St. Andrew, Dr. Omar Davies has said no attempts at extortion would be tolerated in the planned construction of housing units for the area under the Inner City Housing Development Project. "Persons will be employed but they will be employed to work, there will be no jobs for persons not so inclined," Dr. Davies stated...