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Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is warning that the Government will not tolerate the ill-treatment of children in state care, noting that persons found quality of such conduct will be immediately dismissed.
“These things are n...
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The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising the public that the Portmore Toll Road has re-opened.
Businesses in New Port West are clear to resume normal operations with immediate effect.
Cont...
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Cabinet has set up an Inter-ministerial Committee to consider the report of the United States Department of State on trafficking in persons 2012, which downgraded Jamaica from Tier 2 to a Tier 2 watch list.
Making the announcement on June 27 at the...
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As the Government continues efforts to beef up the resources of the fire service, Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, has met with a representative of the Organization of American States (OAS) to discuss the procu...
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Opposition Spokesperson on Housing, Water and Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Horace Chang, is calling for increased efforts to reforest watershed areas in Negril.
Speaking during his contribution to the 2012/13 Sectoral Debate in the House of ...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, has assured that the affairs of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) are being tidied up, with new control guidelines issued for the agency’s accounting p...
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The Ananda Alert system is to be moved from the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development to the Ministry of Youth and Culture.
Making the disclosure at on June 27 Jamaica House press briefing, Local Government Minister, Hon. Noel Arsc...
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The Ministry of Education is taking action to get schools to reduce the long list of expensive textbooks distributed to students for the new school year.
Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has said the Ministry is preparing a lis...
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The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) wishes to advise the public that the Jamaican Infrastructure Operator Limited (JIO) has reported that an unnamed gaseous substance is pervading from the port.
The ODPEM is strongl...
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Had it not been for his decision to make use of training offered at the Workforce Education and Development (IWED) Omar Letford would not be the proud income-earner he is today.
Armed with certification in Supervisory Management from the institute,...
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Three additional classrooms have been constructed at the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), at a cost of approximately $5.5 million.
The classrooms have been donated by logistics shipping firm, Kingston Logistics Centre Limited (KLC), which utilis...
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The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging persons to practise proper budgeting and good money management, as they make their purchases.
“It is very difficult to make choices during a constraint economy or where there is not enough ...
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The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) to fund the expansion of a compost facility as part of efforts to pursue the conversion o...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says the government is committed to establishing long lasting partnerships among its Ministries, departments and agencies with international and private sector groups.
This,...
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Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Devon Watkis, is imploring Jamaicans to expose lotto scammers, as they are detrimental to the country’s image, and are affecting persons at home and abroad.
“To take away, or trick someone to reli...
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Jamaica’s maritime security capacity is set to receive a boost with the official opening of the Caribbean Military Maritime Training Centre (CMMTC) on June 27, in Port Royal.
The centre, which was born out of a partnership between Jamaica and...
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The Prime Minister’s legacy project, the Jamaica 50th Anniversary Scholarship and Merit Awards programme, will be open for submissions on July 2, for undergraduate and post-graduate students who intend to pursue studies in areas considered to be ...
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Jamaica and Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a Canadian Military Operation Support Hub.
The MoU was signed at the Ministry of National Security’s Oxford Road offices by Portfolio Minister, Hon. P...
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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott, says he is on a mission to root-out all forms of corruption from all agencies and authorities associated with his Ministry.
He noted that even “the very perception”...
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When Byron Burton joined the Scout Association as a Cub Scout some 70 years ago, he could never have dreamed that the decision would put him on track to receive a rare and special honour.
In 1951, at the age of 17, and having gone through all other...
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