Training centre gets book donation
SCHOLASTIC INCORPORATED, a United States-based company, on Wednesday donated 50,000 books to the Centre of Excellence for Teacher Training (CETT) Caribbean programme, to be distributed across five regional countries.
Foster parents' maintenance to increase
THE CHILD Development Agency's (CDA) plans to increase the maintenance paid to some foster parents has been welcomed by the Kingston and St. Andrew Foster Parents' Association.
Hotels booked solid for 'Air J Jazz and Blues' festival
WESTERN BUREAU: RESORT PROPERTIES in St. James and Trelawny are enjoying bumper bookings for January, and they say the 'Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues' festival is responsible for much of the upswing in occupancy levels.
Bill Morris heads police enquiry
CHANCELLOR OF the University of Technology, Sir Bill Morris, is heading an enquiry into the treatment of ethnic minority police officers in London, England.
Government moves to reshape youth policy
AS PART of its ongoing efforts to provide better prospects for future generations, the Jamaican Government has moved to update its 1994 youth policy to effectively tackle problems facing the nation's youth.
It happened in 2003
AUGUST: 'REDEMPTION SONG', a sculpture of a nude couple by Laura Facey was unveiled on August 1 by Prime Minister Patterson at one of the entrances to Emancipation Park, New Kingston, to mark the first anniversary of the park.
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