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  • National People's Cooperative Bank To Be Launched By Year-End

    The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), has undertaken a programme of reorganisation of the island's People's Co-operative (PC) Banks, which should see the launch of a national co-operative within a few weeks....
  • $3.2 Million Drive To Support Jamaica Legion

    Chairman of the National Poppy Appeal Committee, Lt. Col. Oral Khan is appealing to Jamaicans to support the drive to raise funds in the sum of $3.2 million, to assist ageing Jamaican ex-servicemen who fought in World War II....
  • UWI Students Get Scholarships From Canadian Organization

    Seven students, four of whom are studying at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, have been presented with scholarships totalling more than C$15,000 from a Canadian charitable organization. The Pride of Toronto, Chapter No. 12, with members main...
  • Report on Youth Anti-Crime Initiative Presented To Cabinet

    Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Kern Spencer yesterday (Oct. 6), presented a report to Cabinet on the Youth Anti-crime Initiative, 14 months after it was launched....
  • November 15 Start-Up of CCJ Postponed

    The November 15 inauguration of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has been postponed until the budget has been finalized for the establishment of the Court....
  • Seventy-Six Per Cent of Jamaican Households Have Piped Water

    More households have access to public pipe-borne water than ever before, with that number increasing by 117,910 over the last decade, to 575,494, which represents 76 per cent of the 748,392 households across the island....
  • Cabinet Approves $81 Million Contract For Rural Water Supply Systems

    Cabinet has approved an $81.2 million contract to a German firm, HP Gauff Ingenieure, to provide technical assistance for the supply of water to Milk River, Clarendon; Shettlewood, Hanover; Hope Bay, Portland, and Christiana/Spaldings in Manchester.The co...
  • Life and Work Of Paul Bogle To Be Highlighted In St. Thomas

    The life and work of National Hero, the Right Excellent Paul Bogle and the Morant Bay uprising will be the focus of this year's Heritage Week activities in St. Thomas from October 13 to October 20....
  • 20,000 Youngsters Benefit From Services of Women's Centre Of Jamaica Foundation

    Over 20,000 young persons have benefited from programmes run by the Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation over the past 25 years....
  • Jamaica Undergoing Reform to Adjust And Modernise Economy - Dennis Morrison

    Director General in the Ministry of Development, Dennis Morrison, has said that Jamaica was now undergoing a period of reform to adjust and modernise the economy, similar to what Great Britain did some years ago....
  • School Garden Projects Reaping Success

    The School Garden Projects are reaping success since their inception five years ago in the island's schools, pulling in over $5 million in revenue over the period....
  • Jamaicans in UK Urged to be more Engaged in the Island

    The Government's drive to include overseas Jamaicans in the island's development process was taken to London last week, with State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn, calling on UK-based Jamaicans to be...
  • 62 Projects Approved for Funding through CHASE

    A total of 62 projects have been approved for funding through the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, since it began operation in January this year....
  • Local Companies Buy into JCCP Concept

    Some 200 local companies have now officially signed on to the Jamaica Cluster Competitive Project (JCCP), which is poised to take the country into new and profitable frontiers by leveraging its world-famous brands and culture, thereby making local firms m...
  • Principals Benefiting from Post-Graduate Training Programme

    Primary school children, their teachers and parents will soon reap the rewards of improved efficiency from school Principals as the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture seeks to enhance the capabilities of school administrations....
  • Consumer Protection Act to go before Legislative Committee

    Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell said that the final draft of the Consumer Protection Act, designed to protect the public from unfair trading practices, has been completed and is to be shortly sent to the Legislation Committe...
  • Residents Urged to make use of Programmes Offered by SRHA

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  • Victoria gets New Basic School

    Students in the community of Victoria in Northwest Clarendon are the beneficiaries of new basic school, which has been constructed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF)....
  • Parents Urged to Seek Help for Traumatized Children

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  • Two Jamaicans Win Seats in Canada

    Two Jamaicans emerged victorious in the provincial election, which took place in Ontario, Canada on October 2, as their party scored a landslide victory and will now form the next government....