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More senior citizens are getting on the information highway and are being facilitated through a computer-training programme initiated by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in partnership with the private sector....
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Cabinet has approved the drafting of a new Public Gardens Regulation Act. The Act, which is expected to come on stream by early 2004, will deal with the general supervision of public gardens throughout the island....
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Custos of St. Catherine, Rev. Sophia Azan, has called on Jamaicans to stand up for justice, peace and unity and to embrace the motto, 'Out Of Many, One People'. "We need love, we need unity. We need to bridge this division that is happening in our nation....
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The National Stadium East field in Kingston, known as Independence Park along with G.C. Foster College of Physical Education in St. Catherine are to receive 3,960 bleachers seats, as well as toilet and changing room facilities....
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Short stories, essays and poems, which copped medals in the 2003 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Creative Writing Competition, were on exhibition at the Court Yard, Ocean Village Commercial Centre in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on October 13....
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Senator Noel Monteith, Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, has said that strategies would be put in place to encourage greater educational achievement among boys.He said the move was part of commitments under the White Paper...
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This year, a total of 141 outstanding Jamaicans who have contributed to nation building will be recognized at the national honours and awards ceremony on National Heroes Day, October 20, on the lawns of King's House, beginning at 9:00 a.m....
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Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has expressed regret at the death of noted educator and theatre personality, Ted Dwyer. In an a statement from Jamaica House today (October 15, 2003) the Prime Minister said with Mr. Dwyer's passing Jamaica had lost a son who...
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Government spending on Education is to increase from the current 10 per cent of the total budget, to 15 per cent over the next five years, in increments of one per cent a year....
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Minister of Development, Dr. Paul Robertson, has called on Caribbean nationals living in the United States to recommit themselves to the cause of aiding the economic and social development of the Caribbean.He also urged them to reaffirm their unique socia...
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Cabinet has authorised the acquisition of a building at 230 Sheppard Avenue in Western Ontario, Canada by the Government of Jamaica at a cost of Can$1.435 million, to house the Jamaica Liaison Service....
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Minister of State for Agriculture, Errol Ennis has said a number of projects have been implemented by the Ministry to increase production of a variety of traditional and non-traditional crops, which have good local and export potential....
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Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips, has said that in addition to the $12 billion spent annually by the Ministry and its associated agencies, conservative estimates show that an additional $2 billion would be required each year, over the nex...
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Consultant on Justice Reform in the Ministry of Justice, Canute Brown, has suggested a review of the manner in which jurors were selected to serve on the jury panel of a coroner's court....
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In observation of World Food Day, Thursday, October 16, the Ministry of Land and Environment and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), will donate tinned food items to the Best Care Children's Home....
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Errol Ennis, has said that the government was committed to empowering farmers to produce more, and to do so efficiently, so that farming could become more profitable and consumers could purchase their pr...
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The Government is to file papers in the Supreme Court within 14 days, to challenge the $12 billion arbitration award to the National Transport Co-operative Society (NTCS), led by Ezroy Millwood....
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The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), is imploring Governments around the world to create policies and fund programmes that will help people overcome hunger and poverty....