Crime plan for Spanish Town
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday launched a special crime prevention programme in the Old Capital of Spanish Town, St. Catherine, the scene of several violent incidents since the start of the year.
Oceanic Digital offers credit card topup service
OCEANIC DIGITAL Jamaica Limited, one of the island's cellular service providers, is aiming to take a bite out of the competition with its new Mi topup service.
LASCO names 'Nurse of the Year' awardee
CARMEN JOHNSON, ward sister at the St. Ann's Bay Hospital, has been named LASCO 'Nurse of the Year 2004'. She was sashed at the Nurses Association of Jamaica/LASCO awards ceremony at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, in New Kingston, Thursday night.
Doctor appointed professor at UWI
THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies is pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Yvette Jackson, senior lecturer in the department of chemistry, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, to the rank of professor, with effect from May 20, 2004. Dr. Jackson, a...
Student teachers off to Japan on exchange programme
NINETEEN OF the 20 university graduates who will be participating in the annual Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET), left the island yesterday to begin their assignments. The participants will be in Japan for a period of one year with the...
4,500 enroll in youth summer programme
SOME 4,500 young persons islandwide are this year enrolled in the National Summer Employment Programme, following the last-minute provision of a $35 million budget by Government, Rev. Adinhair Jones, executive director of the National...
US$21m loan for Port Authority
THE HOUSE of Represent-atives approved on Wednesday a US$21 million (J$1.3 billion) loan agreement between the Port Authority of Jamaica and the Export-Import Bank of China. The loan is to facilitate the purchasing of modern equipment as...
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