Organic farming and food security will be the focus of this year’s symposium at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show. The event will be hosted by Jamaica Diaspora Agriculture Task Force (JDATF) in partnership with the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS). Addressing a JIS Think Tank recently, President of the JAS, Norman Grant, said the symposium will offer training, technical...

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), Dr. Patricia Holness, says Caribbean nations need to come together and create a model for civil registration, where identification data can be accessed easily. Speaking at the Caribbean Civil Registration and Identity Management Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on July 7, Dr. Holness added that a secure identity...

More than 100,000 patrons are expected to attend the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show to be held from July 30 to August 1 in May Pen, Clarendon. JAS President, Norman Grant, informed that some 250 exhibitors will showcase their produce over the three-day event. Mr. Grant, who was addressing a JIS Think Tank, said that this year’s show will...

The Government will be reallocating billions of dollars from several Ministries, Agencies and Departments to assist with the island’s crime-fighting strategies. “The administration is going to make the largest investment in the security apparatus in the history of this nation, and I am not talking millions, I am talking billions,” says Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague. The Minister...

The Government is looking to establish up to five agro-economic zones, which will provide farmers with a reliable market for their produce, and contribute to the reduction of praedial larceny. Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, said the zones will be equipped with cold storage facilities, abattoirs, and wholesale outlets. They...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, says operations and strategies being carried out by the police and military to tackle crime will no longer be announced beforehand. “This Minister will not be informing the criminal elements of the strategies to catch them,” Mr. Montague emphasised. The Minister was responding to questions posed by journalists during a post-Sectoral Debate press...

The Jamaica 4-H Clubs will be establishing 10 new school gardens across the island this year. This was disclosed to JIS News by Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake, following his keynote address at the annual school-leaving exercise of the Kitson Town All-Age School, in St. Catherine, on July 4. Dr. Blake said the project will...