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As the Government seeks to boost meat safety initiatives, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is to model a processing structure for local consumers. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that certified slaughter facilities will be established to cater to the formal meat trade. Dr. Tufton was addressing the official launch of World Veterinary Year, as...

The Port Antonio Baptist Church, Portland, has embarked on a number of missions to improve the lives of persons in the parish. One initiative is a breakfast programme which feeds approximately 30 homeless persons in Port Antonio each Monday, and a lunch programme providing a hot meal for over 50 indigents/shut-ins on Thursdays. Dubbed God’s Table Initiative, the project is...

With Black History now an important part of the school curriculum, it has created the perfect opportunity for students to dig deep into their past, to learn about aspects of the Jamaican cultural heritage. Visitors to the Charles Town Maroons’ Museum and Safu Yard in the Buff Bay Valley, Portland, can get the thrilling experience of tracing the footsteps of...

What’s in an Orchid? For some it is the beauty, for others it might be the unique shape of the flower, but for the residents and staff of Jacob’s Ladder, a Mustard Seed Community project in Haddon, St. Ann, it is the hope for continuous assistance. For years, the Ocho Rios Orchids Society has been hosting its annual show catering...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has reported a positive turn in the performance of the cruise sector since the start of the year, with the month of January recording a 10.5 per cent growth in cruise passenger arrivals over the similar period last year. “This is very significant, because what it means is that cruise has now turned the...

The Office of the Children's Advocate (OCA)is reporting that it received 1,778 complaints of incidents relating to infringements of the rights and welfare of children over the five-year period leading up to December 2010. These include cases involving violence against children, including physical and sexual abuse; sudden deaths of children in state care; children of parents, who are incarcerated; children...

Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, yesterday stoutly denied that he had said the extradition of Christopher Coke would “cause the government to collapse." “I never uttered any such words or any words that could be interpreted as such, ”Senator Nelson said during his testimony at the Commission of Enquiry into the extradition request, which is being held at...

Commissioner of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ), Elaine Wallace, is urging the public to become familiarised with the recommendations in the Electronic Media Regulatory and Policy Framework Consultation report. She said that the report, available at the BCJ’s website: www.broadcastingcommission.org proposes new policies for the regulation of the electronic broadcasting sector, and to improve the service provided to the...

Proceeds from the performance of the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) in South Florida, on February 13, will benefit the Rex Nettleford Foundation of the University of the West Indies UWI). The special three-hour performance titled, ‘Caribbean Dance Celebration 2011’,  highlighted outstanding dance presentations by the internationally acclaimed dance company, to a packed house of almost 900 patrons,...

Come Monday, February 21, exporters will be introduced to a new world of convenience through the services available under the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) ‘Fast-Track Facility’. The facility seeks to provide a solution for new and existing exporters, who will be able to conduct most of their export-related transactions under one roof in the convenience of JAMPRO’s offices in Kingston...

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, is forecasting marginal growth in economic activity for the March quarter, which should spill over into fiscal year 2011/2012. The growth, he said, will be driven by continued expansion in mining and quarrying, hotels and restaurants, and electricity and water supply, which should offset declines in other sectors. Mr. Wynter was addressing the...

KINGSTON — Mandeville businessman, Michael Levy, Thursday (February 17), denied that he signed on to a 55 percent interest rate on a $4 million loan from Eagle Commercial Bank in 1992, which ballooned into his over $1 billion indebtedness to the Jamaica Redevelopment Foundation (RDF) Inc. in 2008. Attorney for JRF, Sandra Phillips, while cross examining Mr. Levy, as the...