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The Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division (FSPID) of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce continues to mitigate rodent infestation in food/feed stores, post offices, prisons and hospitals. Stakeholders in the food industry have been empowered, through various training programmes and consultations, to take responsibility for rodent control through proper environmental management, according to a Ministerial Report on...

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) continues to facilitate the development of national standards, by engaging representatives from various industries in identifying and developing standards relevant to the areas they represent. Currently, there are a total of 66 standards in various stages of the promulgation of the process. Of these, there are 31 standards being revised, 18 being adapted and...

The first annual symposium on 'Sustainable Tourism, Attractions, Heritage and Heritage Restoration', was held at the Runaway HEART Hotel, in St. Ann, on May 27. The forum, which was organised by the HEART Trust/NTA, was held under the theme: 'Securing our Future by Preserving our Past'. Director in the Institutional Based Department (IBD) at the HEART Trust, Samuel Brown. told...

The paediatric ward at the May Pen Hospital, in Clarendon, was painted recently, and the children presented with books by volunteers at the bauxite/alumina company, Jamalco. The company also plans to donate items of furniture to the ward. The volunteers also cleaned the shelter for homeless persons in the parish capital, operated by the Clarendon Association of Street People (CLASP)....

To enable the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) to better serve its many clients, consideration is being given to expanding the complement of staff. LAMP, which operates out of the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), was established by the government in 2000, out of a need to assist individuals secure titles for lands they occupied, for which they...

The Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) is moving to strengthen relief assistance being extended by several charitable and business entities to residents of West Kingston, affected by last week's stand-off between the security forces and gunmen. Honorary Secretary of the PSOJ, Earl Jarrett, told JIS News that the organisation is currently looking at what can be done "immediately", to...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is developing a welfare plan, which will address the needs of children affected by the police/military operation in West Kingston. Deputy Director General at ODPEM, Richard Thompson, told JIS News that the agency has contacted the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in an effort to assist the children. He informed that...

Corporate Communications Manager at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Reginald Allen, has advised that full bus service will resume in the corporate area and Spanish Town tomorrow (May 31). "Come tomorrow morning, we will be 100 per cent operational; uptown, downtown, Spanish Town, everywhere," Mr. Allen told JIS News during an interview today (May 30). Since Thursday (May 27),...

As the search continues for illegal weapons in West Kingston, eight more guns have been found bringing the total number of guns recovered to date to 36. Of the total, five were found on Saturday (May 29) and three pistols (handguns) were located today. The police reports that 356 assorted rounds of ammunition have also been unearthed, bringing the total...

Approximately 104 young entrepreneurs from the Tel Aviv and South Side communities, in Kingston, have received training in small business management, under the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)/Urban Renewal project. According to a Ministerial Report, tabled in the House of Representatives recently, by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, 32 businesses have been approved to benefit from a...

The Ministry of Education is advising that schools in Kingston and St. Andrew will be open on Monday (May 31) with the exception of some institutions located in the West Kingston area. According to a release from the Ministry, the Tivoli Gardens and Denham Town high schools, as well as all adjoining primary, all-age, junior high, infant and basic schools,...

The Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) sold four properties, realising net proceeds of $43.4 million, during the financial year 2009/10. According to a Ministerial Report, tabled recently in the House of Representatives by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, 15 properties are in the process of being sold, totalling $560.2 million, with anticipated net sale proceeds of...