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Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (centre), congratulates Sir Richard following the unveiling of the plaque at the renaming ceremony. At right is Minister of Environment, Denis Lowe. (A. Gaskin/BGIS)Government has embarked on a coastal risk assessment and management programme which is aimed at fortifying the island’s coastline to withstand coastal hazards and the effects of climate change.
CENTRAL KINGSTON Member of Parliament (MP) Ronald Thwaites, in the last Parliament, tabled motion after motion in the House of Representatives, seeking to have debate on a number of issues.
Superintendent James Forbes, head of the Community Safety and Security Branch, says he will be collaborating with persons in the Department of Education at University of the West Indies (UWI) to implement a special mentorship programme as a way of curbing the level of violence in schools.
Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Lyttleton ‘Tanny’ Shirley, has welcomed plans by Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson to review existing arrangements guiding regional health authorities (RHAs).
A GAY rights activist has taken leave of absence from his job as a lecturer at the University of Technology (UTech).
As Jamaica kick-started its 14th annual Diplomatic Week celebrations yesterday, members of the diplomatic corps were urged to become their brothers’ keepers.
VETERAN POLITICIAN Derrick Smith says he has been asked by some prominent members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to take on the mantle of chairman.
LONG-STANDING JAMAICA Labour Party member Ernest Smith and Warren Newby, a deputy general secretary of the party, appear to be on a collision course.
THE INFLUENTIAL archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, is of the view that one the challenges bedevilling the Church is the failure of leaders to accept responsibility for misdeeds.
Health minister Dr Fenton Ferguson will order a far-reaching audit into the affairs of Jamaica’s only psychiatric hospital after revelations of substandard patient care and a failing public-health inspection grade.
