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Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for local government reform, Robert Montague has informed that there are plans to construct a new building for the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) "You cannot have a disaster response agency that the first thing they worry about is if the headquarters is going to...

The 14th Annual International Diabetes Conference, aimed at increasing awareness of diabetes and seeking solutions to the challenges presented by the disease, is presently underway at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay. The conference, which is being held from March 6 to 9, is organized by the University Diabetes Outreach Programme (UDOP). Hundreds of local and regional health...

The fourth staging of an islandwide series of consultative workshops hosted by the Office of the Children's Advocate in Spanish Town on March 5 is being hailed as "very successful" by Children's Advocate Mary Clarke. Mrs. Clarke says that in fact, several issues that were unearthed during the workshop will be discussed at a meeting to be held with the...

Some 80 Justices of the Peace (JPs) have completed a training course, as part of the new approach being employed by the Justice Training Institute (JTI). Audrey Sewell, Director of the Justice Training Institute (JTI), told JIS News that part of the new approach is that it should be "compulsory for all Justices of the Peace to be trained, prior...

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste and Management Authority (NSWMA), Joan Gordon Webley, has said that the agency would be exploring an energy plan of converting waste into energy. "The plan would allow the NSWMA to take out of the Riverton area and indeed the other landfills, those garbage which have been there for a long time and use...

As part of measures to reform local government, Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for the reform, Robert Montague, has said that since September last year, the payment for street lighting, solid waste collection and standpipes have been returned to the local authorities. The Minister, who was speaking at a media round table on...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton has indicated that help is on the way for 87 farmers whose farms were recently devastated by fire in the community of Bigwoods, St. Elizabeth. Speaking yesterday (March 6), at the Bigwoods Primary School, Dr. Tufton noted that in all, more than 300 acres of land would have to be replanted. "Our initial figure...

Some 80 Justices of the Peace (JPs) have completed a training course, as part of the new approach being employed by the Justice Training Institute (JTI). Audrey Sewell, Director of the Justice Training Institute (JTI), told JIS News that part of the new approach is that it should be "compulsory for all Justices of the Peace to be trained, prior...

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste and Management Authority (NSWMA), Joan Gordon Webley, has said that the agency would be exploring an energy plan of converting waste into energy. "The plan would allow the NSWMA to take out of the Riverton area and indeed the other landfills, those garbage which have been there for a long time and use...

As part of measures to reform local government, Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for the reform, Robert Montague, has said that since September last year, the payment for street lighting, solid waste collection and standpipes have been returned to the local authorities. The Minister, who was speaking at a media round table on...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton has indicated that help is on the way for 87 farmers whose farms were recently devastated by fire in the community of Bigwoods, St. Elizabeth. Speaking yesterday (March 6), at the Bigwoods Primary School, Dr. Tufton noted that in all, more than 300 acres of land would have to be replanted. "Our initial figure...

As we once again observe International Women's Day, we express our pride in the women of Jamaica and salute them for the vital role they play in our society. The women of Jamaica have been called upon to bear an unfair share of the burden in cradling our society, raising our children and providing for our families. They have borne...