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The St. James 4-H Club staged its annual Parish Achievement Day Thursday(March 5), with clubbities and leaders across the parish coming out in their numbers to display their skills and win attractive prizes. The event, held at the Irwin Primary School under the theme: 'Youth response to food security,' included displays in agro processing, project work, recycling, floral arrangement, culinary...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has emphasised that the sector has the greatest multiplier impact, and is the most effective short-term economic response to the immediate challenges facing the country. "In a sense, agriculture could be described as a social stabilising factor, because of the short term response that is possible. It represents a stabilising force that allows an...

In a bid to herald and energise a new approach to agriculture, Prime Minister Bruce Golding, says a new investment driven approach must be taken to the industry and that it must be looked at as a business to create wealth, not as something to help out rural poor people. In the creation of this new thinking, Mr. Golding says...

Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Henry, has indicated that he would be meeting with the Belgian delegation that is now in the island, to discuss the financing of 200 more buses, to beef up the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) fleet. Mr. Henry, who made the disclosure at Tuesday(March 4), post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said the offer...

The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), on Wednesday (March 4), launched its much anticipated CD-ROM, 'Afro-Jamaican Religions: Kumina, Revival and Rastafari', at the Institute of Jamaica, in Downtown Kingston. Addressing an audience of some 200 high school students and teachers, Professor Emerita at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Maureen Warner-Lewis, said the CD-ROM represented an...

Secretary/Manager for the St. Ann Parish Council, Clinton Gordon, has said that the Council would be putting strict measures in place to ensure that persons conform to building laws. He told JIS News, that people often build without the proper permits and they disregard notices served for them to discontinue. "The buildings they construct are sometimes not safe and also,...

The Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), has revamped its annual high school photography programme. On Tuesday (March 3) it launched a 'Resolution Project,' which, in addition to exposing the creativity of students, aims to encourage them to focus on issues that can bring about positive change to their communities. Speaking at the launch held at the Bloomfield Great House in...

Thirty-year old Kim Marie Spence, has been selected to represent Jamaica in the team of eight women from countries across the Commonwealth, who will participate in the Women's Antarctic Expedition. Representing five continents, six faiths and seven languages, the team of diverse women, some of whom have never seen snow before, will come together to tackle the immense mental and...

Superintendent of Police for Manchester, Ryland Salmon, has said that the close collaboration among community groups, citizens, and the police over the past three months, was yielding results, with the capture of many wrongdoers. "It is clear to us that our community-based policing is working in certain critical communities and that our work is producing results where we have recovered...

Jamaican sled dog musher, Newton Marshall, has been awarded the 'Challenge of the North' award for best exemplifying the spirit of the Yukon Quest, during the recent 1,000-mile international race held in the United States. The award, a polished caribou antler trophy, was presented to Marshall at the Yukon Sled Dog Race closing banquet held recently in Fairbanks, Alaska. The...

Hundreds of citizens in possession of land in the parish of Westmoreland, participated in a Road Show put on by the National Land Agency (NLA), at the Savanna-la-Mar High School, in Westmoreland, on March 4. The event was geared towards persons who were experiencing challenges in acquiring legal documents, such as land titles, for their properties. Speaking with JIS News...

The Parliament of Jamaica will be observing Commonwealth Day, on Monday, March 9, at the Medallion Hall Hotel, in Kingston, beginning at 10:00 a.m., under the theme: 'The Commonwealth at sixty, serving a new generation'. This year's activities will see students from two schools highlighting the theme by depicting, through drama, the 60 years of the Commonwealth, with specific attention...