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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, is calling for closer collaboration between the  Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and the Ministry in the staging of shows islandwide.      "The overwhelming features of these shows must be what our farmers have done, put them on display and everything and everyone that aid their efforts - the input suppliers and others...

Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who is presently in Berlin, Germany for the International Tourism Exchange (ITB Berlin), the world’s biggest tourism trade fair, is moving to increase awareness of Jamaica’s tourism product, not only in existing markets but also in emerging markets, such as Russia. To this end, Minister Bartlett met with Alexander Radkov from the Russian...

As pipe laying work continues in the Bog Walk Gorge, in St. Catherine, that thorough fare is slated to be closed for a period of two months, beginning toward the end of March 2011. This  was  outlined by  senior officials of the National Water Commission (NWC), who were speaking at a ‘Think Tank’,  at the offices of the Jamaica Information...

The Birmingham City track team will be aiming for several of the medals on offer at this weekend's Gibson Relays at the National Stadium, in Kingston. Drawn from select schools and athletic clubs in Birmingham, England, members of the team had their first training session on March 9 at the Catherine Hall Stadium in Montego Bay, St. James.  The 23...

KINGSTON — Former owner of the famous Little Pub Hotel and Restaurant in Ocho Rios, Keith Foote, told the FINSAC Enquiry Tuesday (March 8) how a $5 million National Commercial Bank (NCB) loan cost him his $10 million penthouse apartment in 2002, after he had repaid over $40 million. Mr. Foote was one of two witnesses testifying at the enquiry...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has announced that a parliamentary by-election and four Local Government by-elections will be held in April. He said that Nomination Day will be next Wednesday, March 16, and Election Day for all five contests will be on Monday, April 4. Mr. Golding made the disclosure Tuesday (March 8) at a press conference at Gordon...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, has said that, although the government has not made a formal pronouncement on the rationalization of the public sector, the recommendations of the transformation team are being worked on. “In some areas where the recommendations are pretty straight forward and practical, work is already being done to begin the process,”...

Jamaica is one of 28 countries shortlisted to receive assistance to bolster agricultural outputs so as to enhance food security over the next two years, under the European Union's (EU) €1.02 billion Food Facility programme. The medium-term global development initiative, which is being implemented by the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is in support of the UN...

Islandwide inspection of  bee hives are to begin in the next two weeks to determine the extent of the incidence of the American Foul Brood Disease (AFB), as part of Government’s efforts to eradicate the disease. Expected to last for six months, this exercise is being undertaken by the Apiculture Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and forms...

The Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) has reported that at least two foreign nationals have been convicted within the past six years for attempting to sell a Jamaican child overseas. In its 2009/10 annual report, the OCA points out  that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Trafficking in Persons Unit indicates that since 2005, five incidents of child trafficking cases,...

National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Sampars Cash & Carry and the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) signed a 2-year contract to landscape, beautify and maintain a section of Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston, Monday (March 7). The project costs $4.17 million, of which approximately $1 million is start up capital. The remaining funds will be allocated over a 2-year...

Residents of Middleton, St. Thomas, are gearing for the annual Sports Day at Middleton Primary School, on Tuesday, March 8. The best performers from the event will run against other schools in the parish, in two rounds of competition for a place to represent St. Thomas in the finals at the National Stadium in May. The 116-year-old school, with some...