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Mrs. Rita Marley (L) greets Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Kenneth Baugh who officiated for Prime Minister Bruce Golding, at this morning’s (April 28) service for the life of Cedella Marley-Booker, mother of reggae legend Bob Marley. The service took place at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church on Maxfield Avenue, Kingston. Sharing the moment are Culture Minister, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange and Island Records’ Chris Blackwell, friend of the Marley family. The Government announced that Mrs. Booker will be awarded a posthumous Order of Distinction for her service and dedication.
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Culture Minister, Oliver ‘Babsy’ Grange greets Kes Mahitama Selassie (Cooke) Priest of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church on Maxfield Avenue, where the thanksgiving service for the life of Cedella Marley-Booker, mother of reggae legend Bob Marley, was held this morning, April 28, 2008. The Government announced that Mrs. Booker will be awarded a posthumous Order of Distinction for her service and dedication.
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Education Officer in the Ministry of Education (Region 4), Franklyn Beckford, addressing the launch of the Montego Co-operative Credit Union's Academic Quiz Competition yesterday (April 29) at the Montego Bay Civic Centre. The competition, which will see some 30 schools across St. James vying for prizes, will get underway on May 6.
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Greenhouse farmer, Jervis Rowe (right), proudly shows off his vegetable crop to Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton (centre) and Canadian High Commissioner, Denis Kingsley. Occasion was the closing ceremony for the Hurricane Dean farmer relief project at the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) office at Hope Gardens on Tuesday (April 29). The project sought to assist in restoring the productive capacity of vegetable and poultry farmers in central and southern parishes of Jamaica, who were affected by Hurricane Dean.
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Board members of JAMCOPY, Vice Chairman, Mark Thomas (left); Chairman, Shirley Carby (2nd left); Secretary, Dianne Daley (centre) and General Manager, Carol Newman (right), along with Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) Carol Simpson (fourth left), peruse the JAMCOPY website, following its launch at the Jamaica Copyright Licensing Agency in Kingston on Wednesday, April 23. JAMCOPY is a collective management organization, established by creators and publishers of material produced in a printed form to manage their reproduction.
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Thelma McCatty, President of the Jamaica Horticultural Society and Dr. Omer Thomas, Chairman of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), examine a fern at the Jamaica Horticultural Society’s annual flower show, held at the Society’s headquarters in Kingston on April 26.
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Don Wehby (left), converses with Secretary of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) Council, Ethlyn Norton-Coke, during the association’s National Budget 2008:Tax Focus seminar at the Hilton Kingston Hotel on Wednesday (April 30), at which the Minister was guest speaker.
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This is how I did it, seems to be what this competitor is saying to Prime Minister Golding as he toured displays at the National Skills Competition staged by Worldskills Jamaica, a division of the HEART Trust/NTA. The competition which was just concluded at the National Arena saw some 500 competitors from 80 institutions vying for top awards in the areas of agriculture, apparel and sewing, beauty services and hospitality, among others
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| Prime Minister Bruce Golding (L) gets a taste of what these competitors had to offer at the National arena recently. The occasion was the National Skills Competition, staged by Worldskills Jamaica, a division of the HEART Trust/NTA, which saw competitors from 80 institutions competing for top awards. The competition was held from April 23-25 and showcased skills in industrial maintenance, information technology/commercial skills, early childhood care and development and health related services.
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Health and Environment Minister, Rudyard Spencer (left), addresses participants at Tuesday’s (April 28) opening of a two-day Caribbean Sanitation Workshop, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.
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| Water and Housing Minister, Dr. Horace Chang (right), addresses participants at a two-day Caribbean Sanitation Workshop, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on Tuesday (April 29).
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Minister of Education, Andrew Holness (seated centre), confers with Minister of Health and Environment, Rudyard Spencer (seated right), when they met at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on April 30, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which transfers the administration of training programmes for registered nurses from the Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Education and the University of Technology (UTech). Also participating in the signing is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Maria Jones (left). Professor Errol Morrison (standing), President of UTech, also a signatory, looks on.
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| Principal of Vere Technical High School, Dr. Henrietta Stewart (centre), inspects the school’s cadets on parade, during the institution’s inaugural Culture Day, held on (April 25) at the school in Clarendon.
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Water and Housing Minister, Dr. Horace Chang (right), scans his appointment diary during a brief meeting with World Bank representative, Badrul Haque, at the Minister's New Kingston office on April 16. Dr. Chang and Mr. Haque discussed several areas in which the World Bank could assist Jamaica, including water projects, as well as studies aimed at exploring renewable energy sources, including hydro-electric power. Mr. Haque will be based in Jamaica for three months.
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