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Community groups and residents in St. Thomas on Monday (October 20) participated in the first Paul Bogle Jamboree 2003 celebrations held, at the Phillips Field Sports Complex in Yallahs. The Jamboree, which was organised by the St. Thomas Association of Community Development Committees (STACDC) in association with the Paul Bogle Foundation, was officially opened by the Custos of St. Thomas,...

A contract valued at $9.3 million has been signed with Heffes Sales and Company Limited, for the supply of uniforms for 2,644 Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) employees. Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill, who signed the contract today at the Ministry in Kingston, said the uniforms were important, as the wearing of these would help to instil a...

Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill, said yesterday (October 21), that the Government would be establishing an operating company, NMIA Airports Limited, as the approved airport operator for the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA). The Minister pointed out that this would be done under the Airports (Economic Regulation) Act of 2002.Mr. Pickersgill was speaking at the signing of three...

Despite the uneven distribution of wealth, not many Jamaicans have left their parish of birth to seek their fortune elsewhere, with statistics over the last 10 years showing a less than 1 per cent increase in the number of persons who have migrated to other parishes. Census figures show that while 669,100 Jamaicans or 26.3 per cent of the population...

The Ministry of Transport and Works today signed three contracts valued at over $393 million to carry out extensive improvements to the physical facilities and operational efficiency of the Norman Manley International Airport. Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill, who signed the contracts at the Ministry's Pawsey Road offices in New Kingston, explained that the new contracts were a...

Eight persons and a church group in St. Ann were honoured on National Heroes Day (October 20), by the St. Ann Civic Affairs and Community Relations Committee, for their contribution to community development and nation building. Among them was 116 year-old Ida Stewart, resident of the community of Devon, near Brown's Town, who was saluted as the oldest known resident...

The refurbished York Town community centre in Clarendon was officially opened on October 19. Constructed in the 1970s, the centre was renovated under the 'Lift Up' Jamaica Programme, with inputs from the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), the Social Development Commission (SDC), the Member of Parliament and community members. In his address at the opening ceremony, Member of Parliament for Southwest...

Students from four high schools in St. Thomas are slated to participate in the Jamaica Information Service's (JIS) Heritage Debate to be held at the Anglican Church Hall in Morant Bay on Thursday, October 23. The four schools participating are Seaforth High, Yallahs, St. Thomas Technical and Morant Bay High. They will argue the moot: 'Be it resolved that Paul...

More than 20 fruit trees have been planted at the Trout Hall All-age School in Clarendon in celebration of World Food Day. The tree planting ceremony was held on Tuesday (October 14), as the main activity for the parish by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), under the theme: 'International Alliance Against Hunger'. RADA's Parish Manager for Clarendon, Percival Shaw,...

A total of 141 outstanding Jamaicans who have contributed to nation building in the areas of education, music, banking, sports, religion, community development, medicine, among other areas, were today (October 20) recognized at the National Honours and Awards ceremony held at King's House. Hundreds of family, friends and well-wishers of the awardees turned out in their numbers to witness the...

The Ministry of Local Government, Community Development and Sports is moving to form alliances to adopt local governance practices of developed countries, such as the United States and Canada, in an effort to further enhance the local government reform process. The alliances are based on the Ministry's participation in the Second Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities Responsible For Policies...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Errol Ennis, has encouraged Jamaicans to eat more locally grown items, as development was constrained by the fact that much of what the nation earned was spent on imported goods, especially food imports. He was addressing the World Food Day (WFD) Fair and Exhibition held at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on...