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By Denise Dennis JIS Contributing Writer   ST. CATHERINE, Jamaica, April 29 (JIS) — Ground was broken yesterday (April 28) for a $7 billion development of a residential subdivision with 760 houses in Innswood, St. Catherine. The project for the residential ...

By E. Hartman Reckord JIS Contributing Writer  KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 29 (JIS) — The Child Development Agency (CDA) is providing counselling to grieving families and students following the deaths of 13-year-old J’Quan Forbes and three-year- old Lashaunie Thomas earlier this ...

By Douglas McIntosh JIS Contributing Writer  ST. CATHERINE, Jamaica, April 29 (JIS) — The government is to spend some $20 billion (US$160 million) to undertake two water improvement projects in St. Catherine this year. They are the Soapberry wastewater treatment plant, ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — As Canada gets ready for the 2016 Census, starting May 2, when Statistics Canada will send census letters and packages to all Canadian households, many researchers are welcoming the return of ...

NEW YORK, New York Apr. 28, (CMC) – Through the efforts of two airlines, plans are being made to convert the Cheddi Jagan International Airport into a hub for flights to South America from the United States. The announcement was ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr. 28, (CMC) – Business magnate, investor and philanthropist, Michael Lee Chin, has been appointed head of the Economic Growth Council, established to advise the government on a framework of proposed initiatives that are expected to yield economic ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 28 (GINA) — The arrival of cruise liners to Guyana is being promoted by the Ministry of Tourism, as a means of advancing the local tourism sector, according to Director General of the Ministry, Donald Sinclair. Sinclair, ...

By Tomeica Gunn JIS Contributing Writer  CARIBBEAN, April 28 (JIS) — The Caribbean Energy Information Systems (CEIS) Department of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) has increased its regional network with the recent addition of The Cayman Islands. The regional energy ...

By Chad Bryan JIS Contributing Writer  KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 28 (JIS) — Energy, Science and Technology Minister, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, is underscoring the need for greater female involvement in the field of information and communication technology (ICT). Speaking at the ...

NEW JERSEY, US — Born Paul Williams on December 1, 1934 and later renamed Billy Paul, the award-winning Soul and R&B crooner died from pancreatic cancer, on Monday afternoon, April 24, at his home in the Blackwood section of Gloucester ...