Residents benefit from two-day roofing project
Several male and female community volunteers came out recently to learn the craft of roofing as part of the two-day Sustainable Roofing project run by the Women's Resource and Out-reach Centre (WROC), in Botany Bay, St. Thomas. Some 35 residents came out on the first day to learn...
UK Minister to make second visit to Jamaica
Dr.Kim Howells, junior minister in the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), will make a return visit to Jamaica, on Sunday. Dr. Howells, the Minister of State with responsibility for the Middle East (including Iraq and Iran, counter-terrorism...
Jamaica Conservation & Development Trust (JCDT) to celebrate major milestones
The Jamaica Conservation & Development Trust (JCDT) has two reasons to celebrate this year. In May, the trust will be celebrating its 20th year of existence as a non-government organisation, and just three months before that, on February 20, it will also be celebrating the 15th anniversary...
Sugar investors given mid-February deadline
The eight pre-qualified investors shortlisted for the divestment of the sugar industry have been given until mid-February to make submissions for the six state-owned sugar estates and factories. This was announced Wednesday by Dr.Christopher Tufton, Minister of Agriculture.
Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) elects new board
Minister of Agriculture, Dr.Christopher Tufton, has mandated the newly appointed board of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) to review the location of its offices as one of a varied list of first tasks. The 15-member board, with chairman Dr. Omer Thomas and executive...
The power of prayer ... does it really work?: Praying for Jamaica - January10-17
Will prayer bring world peace? That was a question posed in the 1980s. "Peace will not come just by praying. It is not as simple as that," said Gijun Sugitani, an organiser of a prayer meeting held in August 1987 in Japan. "But I don't think peace will be realised without it either."...
The ACTS of prayer Adoration : Praying for Jamaica - January10-17
By starting a time of prayer with adoration and praise, we focus first on God, rather than on ourselves. We think of who God is, and what He has done. As we spend time in adoration, we praise God for being our Creator, our Sustainer and our Redeemer....
Vaz case adjourned until January 21
The election petition hearing into the alleged dual citizenship was yesterday adjourned to January 21 after Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz completed his testimony in the Supreme Court. The hearing was put off because American law expert George Crimarco...
Portia gets more time to file court documents
Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller has been given a 14-day extension in which to file and serve the relevant documents in the motion she has filed against Prime Minister Bruce Golding over the dismissal of members of the Public Service Commission...
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