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  • Gov’t Looking at Developing Pharmaceuticals from Fish Trimmings

    KINGSTON, January 21, 2015 – The Government is looking to partner with Japan to explore the development of pharmaceutical items from fish trimmings. Minister of State for Agriculture, Labour, and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan, made the disclosure at a seminar held on January 21 at the Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew, which looked at 20 years of cooperation…

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  • Photo of Education Ministry Confident Of Achieving Literacy Target

    Education Ministry Confident Of Achieving Literacy Target

    The Ministry of Education is expressing confidence in attaining its goal of 85 per cent of students in the grade four age cohort achieving mastery of literacy in 2015. An optimistic Portfolio Minister, Rev. Ronald Thwaites, notes that the country is now 7.6 per cent away from achieving this target. “The final measurement will be made at this year’s sitting…

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  • Jamaica to decide on CCJ membership in April

    CANANEWS  – The Jamaica Parliament will decide on April 28 whether or not Jamaica should join the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Appeal as its final court replacing the London-based Privy Council. Government has tabled three bills, namely an act to make provision for the implementation of the agreement establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice and for connected matters.; An act…

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  • Photo of Gov’t express confidence in Tablets in Schools Programme

    Gov’t express confidence in Tablets in Schools Programme

    The Jamaican Government says it has taken note of concerns raised by the Auditor-General about the future viability of  the Tablets in Schools programme, but has vowed to proceed with full implementation of the initiative. According to Julian Robinson, Minister of State for Technology,  the pilot project is under constant review and deficiencies will be addressed. Mr. Robinson was responding, in…

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  • Photo of RADA Officers to be Trained in Greenhouse Production

    RADA Officers to be Trained in Greenhouse Production

    KINGSTON, January 20, 2015- As the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) positions itself to expand the island’s agricultural productive capacity, 26 of its extension officers will be sent for training in greenhouse production techniques beginning in February. RADA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lenworth Fulton, said the training will boosts the agency’s competence to meet the needs of the country’s farmers,…

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  • Photo of Marley’s contribution to Jamaica priceless – Jamaica Tourism Minister

    Marley’s contribution to Jamaica priceless – Jamaica Tourism Minister

    KINGSTON, January 14, 2015 – Tourism and Entertainment Minister Dr. Wykeham McNeill, has described as “priceless,” the contribution of late Reggae legend, Robert “Bob” Nesta Marley, to Jamaica’s music legacy. “I am often asked the value of Reggae music and…Bob Marley to Jamaica and Jamaica’s tourism, and I would say it is immeasurable…it’s not something that you can put a…

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  • Photo of PM to represent Jamaica at US Energy summit

    PM to represent Jamaica at US Energy summit

    NEW YORK, NY, Friday January 16, 2015 – Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller is expected to represent Jamaica at the first ever Caribbean Energy Security Summit to be hosted by United States Vice President Joe Biden in Washington, DC on January 26, 2015. The Vice President will be welcoming Caribbean leaders and representatives of the international community to promote a cleaner…

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  • Photo of Jamaica has highest proportion of women managers globally – study

    Jamaica has highest proportion of women managers globally – study

    GENEVA, Switzerland, Tuesday January 13, 2015, CMC – A new study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that Jamaica has the highest proportion of women managers, globally, ahead of countries like the United States and the United Kingdom The study also found that while women are still under-represented in top management, the number of women in senior and…

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  • Photo of Significant benefits to flow from CELAC meeting in China – Minister Paulwell

    Significant benefits to flow from CELAC meeting in China – Minister Paulwell

    Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, is projecting that “significant benefits” will flow to Jamaica and the wider Caribbean, arising out of the meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) held in Beijing, China January 8 to 9. The inaugural Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum is considered an important event in…

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  • Photo of Jamaicans agree on CCJ as final court of appeal – Don Anderson poll

    Jamaicans agree on CCJ as final court of appeal – Don Anderson poll

    KINGSTON, Jamaica January 7, 2015- As the Parliament continues its debate on whether Jamaica should establish the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final court of appeal, almost half  the respondents in a recent Don Anderson poll, commissioned by the RJR Communications Group, feel the country should do away with the Privy Council and establish the CCJ. The poll result…

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