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A new classroom block costing more than $1 million has been opened at the Mineral Heights Primary School in Clarendon. The classrooms, which were officially opened on February 24, will accommodate over 250 Grade Three students. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Director of Region Six in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Dr. Fitz Russell pointed out that education...

The St. Elizabeth Parish Council recently recognised 12 persons who had rendered outstanding service to the Council. The awardees who were drawn from both the political (councillors) and administrative arms of the parish council were honoured at a special ceremony held at Beadle Hall in Santa Cruz. Portia Simpson Miller, Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, who was...

The Morris Park Estate in St. Catherine is to benefit from another housing development under the Ministry of Water and Housing's Joint Venture Programme through construction partners N.F. Barnes Construction and Equipment Company Limited. To date, two of four contracts, which were signed earlier this financial year, are well under way, while the third, which was signed today (Feb. 26),...

Toronto's Chief of Police, Julian Fantino, will visit Jamaica from February 27 to March 3 to conclude discussions with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on issues of mutual concern. The police chief will also deliver educational items and sporting goods to children he met in Kingston on his visit last year. Accompanying Mr. Fantino will be a delegation of two...

The life and work of National Hero, The Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante was remembered and highlighted on Tuesday, February 24, 2004, during a civic ceremony held in Blenheim, Hanover, the place of his birth. The ceremony, which was held to commemorate the 120th anniversary of his birth, was filled with tributes to this hero, delivered through speech, dance, drama...

Local quarantine services were strengthened when the Ministry of Agriculture's Veterinary Services and Plant Quarantine Divisions received incinerator equipment valued at $6.9 million from the Agricultural Support Services Project (ASSP) on Tuesday, February 24, 2004. The presentation took place during a ceremony held at the Veterinary Quarantine Station, Plumb Point, Palisadoes in Kingston. Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke, who gave...

Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke has indicated that the sanitary and heath facilities on the Pedro Cays will be upgraded. He also emphasised that the Fisheries Division would not be tolerating unauthorised or unlicensed persons on the Cays. "As most of you are aware, the annual licensing exercise of fishers and vessels that operate from this area was completed at...

Debate is to begin next week in the House on an 'Act to Repeal the Caribbean Community and Common Market Act', to make new provisions to implement the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas as the constituent legal instrument of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME). Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, K.D. Knight who piloted the Bill in the...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will be seeking to establish a Municipal Court to address breaches of the Town and Country Planning Act. Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie made the announcement at a press conference on February 23, during which he commented on the recent ruling by the Privy Council in favour of the KSAC against Auburn...

To address critical needs identified in the entertainment sector, the Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI), the tertiary arm of the HEART Trust/National Training Agency (HEART/NTA), has launched a professional development workshop series for persons in the industry. The series, to be staged in collaboration with the Caribbean Music Expo (CME), will be offered during the period March 12 to April...

A Jamaican-born journalist is one of four persons featured on the Official Black History Month Poster in Canada, which is celebrating its 10th Anniversary.Hamlin Grange, a broadcast journalist originally from Kingston, and a former news anchor at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is featured alongside Judge Corrine Sparks, the first black woman to serve on the judiciary in Canada; Marlene...

A joint government team has been put in place to render assistance to the approximately 63 Haitians who are now in the island seeking refuge, having fled their violence torn country. The team comprises representatives from the Ministries of National Security, Labour and Social Security, and Health; the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM); the Jamaica Constabulary Force;...