Youth Employment Programme launched
MINISTER OF Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson on Tuesday, launched the National Youth Service (NYS) National Summer Employment Programme (NSEP) which is expected to provide employment for some 2,400 schoolers.
Customs officers freed
HORTENSE STEWART, one of the two customs officers freed yesterday by the Court of Appeal of their $1 million fine and 12-month prison sentences...
Mayor Notice promises proactive Disaster C'ttee
SPANISH TOWN: MAYOR OF Spanish Town, Dr. Raymoth Notice, has promised that under his watch, the St. Catherine Parish Disaster Committee will be proactive in dealing with disasters in the old capital.
Students urged not to sell selves short
OCHO RIOS: STUDENTS GRADUATING from high schools have been challenged not to sell themselves short, but to make good use of the available educational opportunities that will allow them to realise their full potential.
ACP meets to discuss strategies for saving sugar
MINISTER OF Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, K.D. Knight, will head a Jamaican delegation to the eighth special ministerial conference in Fiji tomorrow to discuss strategies to save sugar industries in the African...
Sigma fraud case set for August
AUDREY JOHNSON, former foreign exchange trading manager of Manufacturers Sigma Merchant Bank (MSMB) appeared in the Corporate Area Criminal Court and was ordered to return to court on August 28 when the fraud case against her will be mentioned.
Falmouth Hospital gets well-needed medical supplies
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ABILITY of the Falmouth Hospital, in Trelawny, to provide quality health care was significantly boosted recently when the institution got a generous donation of US$20,000 in medical supplies, courtesy of Food for the Poor (FFTP).
Portland Jerk Festival for July 20
PLANS ARE well advanced for the fourth staging of the Portland Jerk Festival, scheduled to be held on Sunday, July 20, at the Boston playfield in the parish.
JMA draws closer to Government
THE JAMAICA Manufacturers' Association is to build a partnership with government to boost manufacturing, says Doreen Frankson, its president.
Minister of religion on carnal abuse charge
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: A 34-YEAR-OLD junior minister of religion of the Rehoboth Apostolic Church in Independence City, Portmore, St. Catherine...
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