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Just under $700,000 has been donated by Jamaican community organizations in the United Kingdom (UK), to assist with cardiac surgeries for children at the Bustamante Hospital.The donations were presented to the UK-based Chain of Hope medical charity today (November 5), at a reception organised by the Jamaican High Commission in London. The charity will be making its fifth visit to...

Several public sector entities, which previously enjoyed exemption from stamp duty and income tax, among others, will now be required to pay these taxes. This, as the House of Representatives approved the Public Enterprises (Removal of Tax Concessions) Act, 2003, on Tuesday in Gordon House. Dr. Omar Davies, Minister of Finance and Planning, in piloting the Bill, said that the...

It was some 18 months in the making, involved more than 75 hours of interviews and scores of workshops involving first, second and third generation Jamaicans but finally, 'A Journey through our History' a book chronicling the history of Jamaicans in Leeds, has been published. Written by Melody Walker, the book, which also tells the story of the Jamaica Society...

Flanked by fellow entertainers, Marcia Griffiths and Maxi Priest, Jamaican balladeer, Beresford 'Beres' Hammond, received a proclamation from Brooklyn Councilwoman, Yvette Clarke, on October 31 at the Consulate General of Jamaica in New York, in honour of his great contribution to music. "Beres has carried the banner of Jamaican music for a long time and is today an international superstar...

A number of activities have been planned by the St. Mary Parish Council to celebrate Local Government Month from November 1 to 30. Sheldon Peart, Secretary/Manager for the St. Mary Parish Council, told JIS News that the month of observances would be held under the theme: 'Be community wise: Organize and mobilize, together we will rise', and include the convening...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has called for national support as preparations are put in place for Jamaica's leg of the 2007 International Cricket Council's Cricket World Cup (ICC/CWC). He noted that while the staging of the event was a "massive undertaking," Jamaica and the rest of the region was up to the task and called for the support of the...

Hundreds of Jamaicans turned up recently to welcome the news that Air Jamaica will resume flights to Canada on April 5, 2004. The announcement was made at the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) in Toronto, Canada, by Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, Chairman of Air Jamaica. "Air Jamaica will be the prettiest bird that has ever flown the Canadian sky," said Mr. Stewart,...

By October 2004, all Government Ministries are expected to come under the ambit of the Access to Information (ATI) Act, which was approved by the Senate last week. Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman, told Journalists at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing on Monday (Nov. 3), at Jamaica House, that seven Ministries and agencies were now ready to implement the...

Jamaica's Honorary Consul to British Columbia, Vancouver, Dr. Astley Smith has said that Jamaica's geographic location places it in the centre of the new world and provides an advantage to exploit the opportunities offered by globalization. He was speaking at the inaugural symposium, 'The Jamaican Diaspora - Reciprocal Relations the Way Forward' held at the University of the West Indies...

The Government is moving to amend legislation within the water sector in order to harmonise the laws with the National Water Sector Policy and to eliminate overlaps and conflicts. A Bill titled the National Water Commission (Amendment) Act 2003, is to be tabled shortly in Parliament. Speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on Monday (Nov. 3),...

Cabinet has awarded three contracts valued at $47.9 million for the rehabilitation of eight parochial roads in the parishes of Hanover and Westmoreland through the Parish Infrastructure Development Programme (PIDP). Minister of Information, Burchell Whiteman, made the announcement at Monday's (Nov. 3) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. The eight roads to be rehabilitated are Pell River Road and Wharf...

Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill, today signed a contract with D. Bisasor and Associates to carry out maintenance and patching work on some 52 kilometres of roadway in the northeast Kingston Metropolitan Region (KMR). Mr. Pickersgill, who also signed on behalf of the National Works Agency (NWA), informed that this was the first maintenance contract approved for funding...