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Some 115 students from Bellefield Comprehensive High School in Manchester, paid a special cultural visit to the historic maroon town of Accompong in St. Elizabeth, yesterday (May 25). The activity was organised by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Mandeville Office, in collaboration with the school's English Literature department and the Accompong Maroon Council. In his address to the students, Maroon...

Opposition Spokesman on National Security, Derrick Smith has welcomed the research currently being carried out by head of the Early Childhood Commission and clinical psychologist, Dr. Maureen Samms-Vaughn, on the effect of violence in the development, health and behaviour of Jamaican adolescents. Mr. Smith was making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May...

Member of Parliament for North Trelawny, Dr. Patrick Harris, has said that the parish was poised for unprecedented social and economic growth, through a number of infrastructural and social development projects now underway. Dr. Harris, who was making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday (May 25), said the parish would benefit from the...

Fifty-eight outstanding young persons will be honoured tomorrow (May 27) at the Community Service and Science and Technology awards and luncheon, to be held at Alhambra Inn on Tucker Avenue in Kingston. The event is one of the major highlights during Child Month (May), which seeks not only to educate the public about the needs of children, but also recognises...

Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, will promote Jamaica's unique tourism product, when she addresses potential visitors and Caribbean tourism interests at a town hall meeting in New York on May 11. The meeting, which will be held at the Richard R. Green Middle School Auditorium in the Bronx beginning at 6:30 p.m., is being organized by the Caribbean...

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) continued to facilitate diversification, development and improvement of the tourism product and the formation of strategic alliances with industry stakeholders, through a number of initiatives and partnerships, in 2004. As set out in a report on the agency presented in the House of Representatives on May 24 by Industry and Tourism Minister, Aloun Ndombet...

The Kingston Free Zone recorded a profit of $30.5 million from the rental of its warehousing and factory spaces last year. It also contributed some $33.3 million (US$540,000) in foreign exchange to the Jamaican economy between the April and December period of 2004.| This was disclosed by Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, during her contribution to the 2005/06...

The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) will be renewing its search for oil and gas in Jamaica, both onshore and offshore, with attention placed on the New and Pedro Banks areas, on the island's southern coast. As contained in the institution's annual report, which was tabled in the House of Representatives recently, other projects being considered include the establishment of...

Jamaica's sprint queen, Veronica Campbell will head a field of world class athletes to compete at an international meet in New York City on Saturday, June 11, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Miss Campbell, who won two gold and one bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, will compete at the Reebok Grand Prix, the first international...

Residents of the White Horses, Botany Bay and Pamphret communities in St. Thomas have come together to solve the problem of poor sanitation and inadequate water supply in their communities. To date, they have received some $2 million to implement a sanitation project and are about to sign a contract, which will see the community maintaining their own water supply...

Ransford Whyte, a 67-year disabled farmer from the Mafoota community in South St. James, has received a new lease on life, with the presentation of prosthetics legs by the United States-based Jamaica Relief Ministries (JRM) at a cost of US$15,000. Mr. Whyte, who was once employed as an engineer at the University of the West Indies (then University College) lost...

Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, will promote Jamaica's unique tourism product, when she addresses potential visitors and Caribbean tourism interests at a town hall meeting in New York on May 11. The meeting, which will be held at the Richard R. Green Middle School Auditorium in the Bronx beginning at 6:30 p.m., is being organized by the Caribbean...