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The Seaward Primary and Junior High School held its inaugural Literacy Fair at the school, Olympic Way, West Central St. Andrew on Wednesday (March 31). The event was aimed at encouraging students and parents to engage in activities promoting literacy and numeracy at school, in the home and the wider community. Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Education and Member...

A major international conference on Jamaica's National Hero, Sam Sharpe, will be held in April at the prestigious University of Oxford, England. The conference titled: 'Sam Sharpe and the Quest for Liberation: Context, Theology and Legacy for Today' is a collaboration involving the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture at Regent's Park College, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the...

A public education programme aimed at increasing land titling and registration is to get underway next month. A sum of $6.3 million has been set aside in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives, for the six-month project, which ends September. It is being funded by the Inter-American Development Bank, with the National Land Agency as...

The sum of $31 million has been earmarked for the Piloting Natural Resource Valuation within Environmental Impact Assessment project in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. This project, which is being implemented by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) aims to develop a set of natural resource valuation tools, which will form an integral...

The development of sport and recreational facilities islandwide has been boosted with a provision of $1.25 billion in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) aims to expand and develop cultural and sport facilities under the programme. It is anticipated that this will enhance the blossoming of local creative talents; promote...

In order to achieve an effective transition to a sustainable sugar cane industry, the government has set aside $857.6 million for the Sugar Transformation Project in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. As stated in the Estimates, the project aims to develop a sustainable private sector- led sugar cane industry by 2015; strengthen...

As fifth and sixth form students islandwide finalise their career plans, third formers at Morant Bay High School in St. Thomas have already taken the all-important decision, with the majority opting for business, followed by science and mass communication. This was revealed by third year Supervisor, Miss Karleen Grant, in an interview with JIS News, at the school's Career Week...

A project aimed at developing a technologically driven and modern agricultural sector has been allocated $66.3 million for the 2010/11 financial year. This is outlined in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. As stated under the Improving Jamaica's Agricultural Productivity Project, the objectives are to increase productivity and sustain production and marketing of...

Micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) are to receive a boost this year with a $24.4 million provision in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, for that sector. The funds are to be channelled into the Productive Integration of Micro-Enterprises in Jamaica/Industry Modernisation Project being implemented by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC). The project aims to assist the micro,...

The Government's implementation of the Public Sector Modernisation Programme (II) will, this year, be enhanced through a $335.5 million allocation in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. The project, being implemented through the Cabinet Office, is aimed at: enabling ministries, departments and agencies to develop and deliver high quality integrated service programmes, meeting customer/client needs;...

Budgetary support, in the sum of $14.5 million, has been provided in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure currently before Parliament, for the development of a National Statistics System by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The undertaking, which started in October 2009, aims to support the development of an effective system that will enhance data management in the private and...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has been allocated an additional $35.6 million in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before Parliament, to continue its Natural Hazard Management activities in urban coastal areas. The three-year project, which commenced in April 2008, aims to strengthen disaster risk management in towns and cities on the island's coasts. The move,...