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The Jamaican High Commission in London hosted more than 50 children and teachers from nine primary schools at a special reception to commemorate Jamaica's National Heroes Day on October 23. After an official welcome by High Commissioner Her Excellency Maxine Roberts, the students were shown videos on Jamaica and the National Heroes; sampled traditional Jamaican cuisine including ackee and salt...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson is promising open justice without delay in the case involving the shooting death of two elderly persons and the injury of another by the police in Flankers, St. James last Saturday. In a statement issued hours after he returned Monday afternoon from a working visit to Washington and attended the weekly meeting of Cabinet, the Prime...

Students at the Aeolus Valley All-age School in Yallahs, St. Thomas, have shown improvement in the areas of reading and mathematics since the New Horizons for Primary Schools (NHP) project was implemented at the institution in September 1999. Aeolus Valley All-age is one of 72 schools that were selected to be part of the programme. The NHP is a seven-year,...

Students at the Aeolus Valley All-age School in Yallahs, St. Thomas, have shown improvement in the areas of reading and mathematics since the New Horizons for Primary Schools (NHP) project was implemented at the institution in September 1999. Aeolus Valley All-age is one of 72 schools that were selected to be part of the programme. The NHP is a seven-year,...

There are more educated people in St. Andrew than any other parish in Jamaica, with 312,370 persons age 15 years and over, having at least a secondary education. This represents 80.37 per cent of the 388,628 persons in that age group residing in the parish and 56.2 per cent of its total population of 555,828. This was revealed by the...

The latest debenture offer by the Ministry of Finance and Planning, has been described by Vice President of Dehring, Bunting and Golding, Mark Walters, as a good investment that should be "fairly well received". Speaking with JIS News, the Vice President said the instrument, which is being offered at a rate of 24.625 per cent, "compares favourably with a number...

Michael Lee-Chin's AIC Limited, the largest Mutual Fund company, in Canada, has launched a new money transfer company aimed at the Jamaican community in Canada. The company, Senvia Money Services, is promising competitive rates for its service to customers. Associate Vice President at AIC Limited, Nigel Gray informed that Jamaican/Canadians could send up to Cad$2,500 to Jamaica for a flat...

With November being celebrated as Youth Month, the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD) is planning a slate of activities, which will seek to create employment opportunities for young Jamaicans, and to address their concerns. Director of the NCYD, Ohene Blake, told JIS News that the activities would include a media workshop and a number of entrepreneurial seminars that would...

Members of the Senate on Friday (October 24), agreed to amendments to the Access to Information Act, which is being debated to provide for its phased implementation in seven Government Ministries and Agencies. One of the agreed amendments is that the Act will be implemented in all Government agencies within 18 months, instead of 24 months after implementation, as was...

Veteran trade unionist and human rights activist, Jamaican-born Bromley Armstrong, has said that Jamaicans have been living in Canada for over 200 years and should be proud of their heritage and place in that country. "We are the cream of the crop. We are the leaders, the trailblazers. We have done many things to make this country a better place,"...

Government Senator, Professor Trevor Munroe, has moved a Motion in the Senate calling on the Government, the Opposition and civil society to resume and speed up constitutional and political reforms, aimed at removing politicians from the contract awards system. In addition, the Senator has called for a reduction in the dominance of the Executive, strengthening of the role of Parliament,...

In the effort to continually improve relations among residents of the downtown community of Parade Gardens, including Rae Town, Tel Aviv and Southside, the Grace and Staff Development Foundation has launched a workshop series, 'One Small Move', at the Learning Institute located on Tower Street, downtown Kingston. 'One Small Move' is the brainchild of well known comedians, Owen 'Blacka' Ellis...