WeJamaicans.com » News http://www.wejamaicans.com Online Community for Jamaicans at Home and Abroad! Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:56:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Youth evade crime trap through employment programme http://www.wejamaicans.com/2010/05/03/youth-evade-crime-trap-through-employment-programme/ http://www.wejamaicans.com/2010/05/03/youth-evade-crime-trap-through-employment-programme/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 19:20:47 +0000 wJ http://www.wejamaicans.com/?p=433 CSJP, Monday, May 3, 2010: For unemployed young people from vulnerable and volatile communities served by the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) of the Ministry of National Security, there is a chance for a job and work experience through CSJP’s Employment Internship Programme (EIP).

The EIP, launched in 2008, engages partners in the public and private sector to employ youth for a set period after which they may be retained for fulltime employment.

It aims to build self esteem, reduce unemployment and

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]]> http://www.wejamaicans.com/2010/05/03/youth-evade-crime-trap-through-employment-programme/feed/ 0 Soccer Festival http://www.wejamaicans.com/2009/07/11/jamaican-schoolboys-of-yesteryear-to-reunite-at-springfield-gardens-soccer-festival/ http://www.wejamaicans.com/2009/07/11/jamaican-schoolboys-of-yesteryear-to-reunite-at-springfield-gardens-soccer-festival/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:55:08 +0000 wJ http://www.wejamaicans.com/?p=248 NEW YORK, NY. Monday, July 07, 2009–New York City residents will get another opportunity this Summer to reminisce about the glory days of the recent past when sports and academics fuelled enough pride and prejudice to last a lifetime beyond the high school classrooms and soccer fields in Jamaica, West Indies.

The Springfield Gardens High School field at the Springfield Gardens Education Complex at 143 Avenue & Springfield Blvd., (near the North Conduit Avenue), in Springfield Gardens, Queens, NY, will be the

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]]> http://www.wejamaicans.com/2009/07/11/jamaican-schoolboys-of-yesteryear-to-reunite-at-springfield-gardens-soccer-festival/feed/ 0 More arrests for illegal DVD’s http://www.wejamaicans.com/2008/07/22/more-arrests-for-illegal-dvd%e2%80%99s/ http://www.wejamaicans.com/2008/07/22/more-arrests-for-illegal-dvd%e2%80%99s/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:50:24 +0000 wJ http://www.wejamaicans.com/?p=157 Pirated DVD’s. The police have made more arrests in downtown Kingston as they continue their clampdown on the sale of bootleg DVDs. Four men were taken into custody during an operation carried out on Orange Street on Monday.

It is alleged that they were held with more than 1,000 pirated DVDs.

Deputy Superintendent Conroy Reid of the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) said the men have been charged with breaches of the Copyright Act.

Five men were arrested for similar offences during two

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]]> http://www.wejamaicans.com/2008/07/22/more-arrests-for-illegal-dvd%e2%80%99s/feed/ 0 McKenzie wants Samuda to deal with environmental stemming from scrap metal industry http://www.wejamaicans.com/2008/07/22/mckenzie-wants-samuda-to-deal-with-environmental-stemming-from-scrap-metal-industry/ http://www.wejamaicans.com/2008/07/22/mckenzie-wants-samuda-to-deal-with-environmental-stemming-from-scrap-metal-industry/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:42:09 +0000 wJ http://www.wejamaicans.com/?p=155 The scrap metal operations in the Callaloo Bed area of Spanish Town Road, Kingston 11 seem to be creating some environmental problems.

The problem has been attributed to the processing of scrap metal in the area for export.

To this end, Mayor of Kingston Desmond McKenzie is calling for the support of Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Karl Samuda in dealing with the problem.

He said waste from the operations has blocked some drains and prevented access to others which

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]]> http://www.wejamaicans.com/2008/07/22/mckenzie-wants-samuda-to-deal-with-environmental-stemming-from-scrap-metal-industry/feed/ 0 PM to unveil crime plan http://www.wejamaicans.com/2008/07/22/pm-to-unveil-crime-plan/ http://www.wejamaicans.com/2008/07/22/pm-to-unveil-crime-plan/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:39:46 +0000 wJ http://www.wejamaicans.com/?p=152 In a matter of hours Jamaicans will hear how the Government intends to tackle the country’s crippling crime problem.

The long-awaited crime plan will be unveiled Tuesday afternoon by Prime Minister Bruce Golding in an address to Parliament.

An announcement was expected last week but had to be postponed at the last minute as the Prime Minister said he needed more time to hold discussions with the Parliamentary Opposition and human rights groups.

With more than 800 persons murdered since January, Mr. Golding has

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