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Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Burchell Whiteman, will hand over a cheque for

Prime Minister Bruce Golding will address and declare open the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) conference, which will run from October 16-19 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Montego Bay, St. James. Mr. Golding will deliver his address tomorrow (Oct 17). Other speakers will include the Prime Minister of Barbados, David Thompson, the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Michael...

I welcome you to Jamaica. I applaud the fact that as you convene on your 25th anniversary, you have chosen to do so in Jamaica. It is a signal honour for us to host this conference especially since it was here in Jamaica that you met in 1986 to adopt the Constitution of your Association. I hope your deliberations will...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has reiterated his call for partnerships to be established between Government and key players in the society, in order to effectively address the challenges that confront the country. Mr. Golding pointed out that private sector entities, businesses, Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs), as well as civic society, must strive to individually and collectively adopt strategies that could yield...

The matter of restorative justice was extensively discussed at a public consultation held in Port Maria St. Mary, to solicit the views of Jamaicans about a suitable restorative justice policy for the country. The consultation, held recently at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, was the ninth in a series of similar events being held islandwide. Among the matters discussed were the...

President of Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI), Robert Gregory, has assured the United States-based Jamaican Consular Corp, that it is the firm resolve of the agency, to deepen its relationship with the Corp in the continuous mission to promote brand Jamaica. This he said, as the Consular Corp is a viable partner, noting that the strengthening of this partnership would...

The St. Elizabeth Parish Council, has passed a Resolution to have a Revenue Centre established at Junction, to make it easier for persons to pay their property and motor vehicle taxes. This Resolution was moved by Councillor for the Junction Division, Cetany Holness, at the recent monthly meeting of the Council. He pointed out that persons in and around Junction...

The Bank of Jamaica's (BoJ) decision to offer a temporary lending facility to domestic financial institutions was one of the first outcomes of the special team established by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, to monitor the global financial crisis and its immediate and longer-term implications for the Jamaican economy. The team, comprising representatives of Jamaica's main monetary and fiscal authorities, met...

A donation of $358,275 was made to the Road Safety Unit, in the Ministry of Transport and Works, during a ceremony at the Ministry's headquarters, today (Oct. 16), by the Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA), which will assist with the input of data for traffic accidents. This donation will benefit 15 HEART Trust/NTA Data Entry Operations students, who will be employed...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), has collaborated with the Jose Marti Technical High School in St. Catherine, to provide a dedicated after-school bus service for the thousands of students who commute daily to and from Portmore and Spanish Town. The bus service, which will run between 2:30p.m and 4:00 p.m, had an unofficial launch and trial run yesterday (Oct....

A Ministry of Agriculture workshop was held on October 14 at the Christiana Potato Growers Co-operative Centre in Christiana, Manchester, to draft a development policy for a roots and tubers sector in the island. The event was supported by three facilitators from the International Trade Centre (ITC), who made presentations on the trends in the roots and tubers market, buyer...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has said that the level of indiscipline affecting the society, has forced the Government to think seriously about how to make home school agreements enforceable in a court of law. "We are under immense pressure in dealing with students who have problems adjusting to the school environment, because they don't have the level of support...