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The way has been cleared for the Government's planned divestment of the Hampden Sugar Estate in Trelawny. Hampden Estate sought an injunction, until the Supreme Court heard a civil suit it had brought against the Government. The suit, if granted, would have barred the Government from subdividing and consequently privatizing the estate. The Court, however, refused the application for the...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, and senior officials of the Ministry, on Friday afternoon (July 10), briefed Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding on the current situation relating to the Influenza A (H1N1) virus. According to the Ministry of Health, the meeting took place in light of the second recorded death in Jamaica associated with the virus. The person,...

Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, is to seek guidance from the Cabinet on Monday July 13 on resolving the issue of the completion of the Mount Rosser Bypass segment of Highway2000, which has been temporarily halted since last Friday (July 10). Contractors, Bouygues Travaux Publics, laid off over 200 workers last week, retaining about 40 maintenance workers...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has urged parents to sensitise their children to the need to eat more locally produced foods. Dr. Tufton said that there are multiple benefits to be gained from this policy, including saving foreign exchange, promoting employment and creating a healthier population. "It is so fundamental for us to support agriculture, not...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has cautioned schools that they cannot treat the possession of offensive weapons by students as minor infractions. "Crime affects education as it affects the general society. The policy directive that I have given so far is that whatever is illegal in the society, is illegal in the school. So the schools cannot continue to...

The Jamaica Netball Association's (JNA) website, www.jamaicanetball.org.jm, boasting a new look with more user-friendly features was re-launched on Friday (July 10). The website was designed and will be maintained by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS). During the ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, Web Developer at the JIS, Joseph Curtis, who was instrumental in the design of the...

Members of the Senate, on Friday (July 10), debated and passed a Bill entitled the Trade (Amendment) Act, 2009, which seeks to increase penalties applicable to breaches of the Trade Act. The Trade Act provides for, among other things, the regulation of trade in goods, including the conditions of distribution, purchase and sale; and the importation and exportation, except under...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen has called on members of the St. Elizabeth Parish Council to stand up and offer effective representation to the people of the parish. "As the people's representatives you must guide its rebirth. You were placed in these positions by people, who have invested their confidence in your ability to carry out...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, today (July 10) visited the training camp of the Third Battalion, Jamaica Regiment (National Reserve) in St. Catherine, and also toured the site of the unit's outreach project. The National Reserve is a volunteer unit, comprised of approximately 800 men and women, most of whom are employed in the public and...

The Hanover Health Department is taking a proactive approach, including increasing surveillance, to prevent the Influenza A (HINI) virus from spreading to the parish. Hanover remains one of the parishes unaffected by the virus with no confirmed cases to date. Addressing the monthly meeting of the Hanover Parish Council in Lucea on July 9, Acting Medical Officer of Health for...

More than 5,000 residents of Golden Run, Carter, Bigwoods and Craighead in North East Manchester are now able to access potable water, as two water systems have been commissioned into service. The Mother Fleure and Golden Run water supply projects were handed over on July 9, at a ceremony at the Garden View Baptist Church in Bigwoods, by the Jamaica...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, said that Jamaica must go back to the basics, in seeking to rebuild and strengthen the family structure, as a solution to the country's problems. "We must now go back to basics...I believe that we can bring back the country from the precipice of social destruction if we speak with one...