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Plans are advanced for the staging of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) Northern Region Festival of Foods. The event is slated for Friday (April 11) at Gray's Inn Sports Ground in St. Mary. Manager for the JCDC's Northern Region, Marlene Pusey-Reid, told JIS News that the "grand festive occasion", which will run from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., will...

The Rural Water Supply Programme in the Ministry of Water and Housing, has been allocated $394 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The purpose of the project is to investigate the water supply needs of rural townships and districts; plan, design, construct and upgrade major and minor water supply schemes for the benefit...

The government will soon announce new policies and programmes to be implemented, to improve the welfare of the nation's children. This is according to Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, who cited that among the strategies currently under discussion in the Cabinet, was a national parenting policy as well as the creation of a national parenting commission....

The Caribbean leg of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) workshop on agricultural commodities concluded in Montego Bay recently, with organizers promising to return to the region within four to six months to put in effect the agreed action plan. The three-day consultation of the All ACP Agricultural Commodities Programme, a European Union-funded initiative, brought together some 90 participants from...

The government will soon announce new policies and programmes to be implemented, to improve the welfare of the nation's children. This is according to Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, who cited that among the strategies currently under discussion in the Cabinet, was a national parenting policy as well as the creation of a national parenting commission....

The Caribbean leg of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) workshop on agricultural commodities concluded in Montego Bay recently, with organizers promising to return to the region within four to six months to put in effect the agreed action plan. The three-day consultation of the All ACP Agricultural Commodities Programme, a European Union-funded initiative, brought together some 90 participants from...

The Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, through the Bureau of Women's Affairs, has organized a Sisters to Sisters mediathon, for Sunday, April 13, at the studios of the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC) in Kingston. This event, which is also in collaboration with women in the Jamaican Entertainment Fraternity, is a seven-hour (1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.)...

The Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, through the Bureau of Women's Affairs, has organized a Sisters to Sisters mediathon, for Sunday, April 13, at the studios of the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC) in Kingston. This event, which is also in collaboration with women in the Jamaican Entertainment Fraternity, is a seven-hour (1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.)...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has been appointed to act as Minister of National Security in place of the Hon. Derrick Smith who underwent surgery last night. (April 7). On the advice of the Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, the Governor-General has charged Senator Nelson with responsibility for the...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has been appointed to act as Minister of National Security in place of the Hon. Derrick Smith who underwent surgery last night. (April 7). On the advice of the Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, the Governor-General has charged Senator Nelson with responsibility for the...

Minister of Health and Environment, Rudyard Spencer, has said that the elimination of user fees at public health facilities was a sustainable venture, that would continue to improve. "This is sustainable (fee removal).there is a team in place that continues to monitor and will be monitoring and whenever there are any deficiencies or problems, we will address those. This is...

The Jamaican Diaspora, Southern USA will host a one-day Youth Forum on April 12, at the University of Miami campus, beginning at 9:00 a.m. It will target high school and college students of Caribbean descent from 16 to 30 years of age. The theme of the event is: 'Shaping our Future, One Aim, One Destiny', and it will seek to...