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A multi-million dollar Centre of Excellence in applied research and training in advanced agricultural technology, is to be established at the Ministry of Agriculture's Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine. Agriculture Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton said there have been discussions with the Spanish Agency for International Development to fund the facility that would be a CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Centre of...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has announced that plans have been advanced in the policy stage process, to facilitate the issuing of an islandwide wireless cable licence. "I will not say much more, but I am putting you on guard that this is coming," the Minister disclosed at a Digital Switchover Workshop, hosted by the Broadcasting...

Amendment to the Pensions (Prime Minister) Act, to allow for changes to the formula by which a retired Prime Minister receives pension, was passed in the Senate on February 29. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, explained during a sitting of the Senate on February 22, that under the existing Act,...

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Michael Stern, has stressed the need for sector interests to take steps to ensure they are fully prepared to take advantage of market access, particularly in Europe Union (EU) member countries. Speaking at the opening of a three-day Technical Assistance to the Caribbean (TACARI) Regional EU Market Access Seminar, at the Knutsford Court...

A multi-million dollar Centre of Excellence in applied research and training in advanced agricultural technology, is to be established at the Ministry of Agriculture's Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine. Agriculture Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton said there have been discussions with the Spanish Agency for International Development to fund the facility that would be a CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Centre of...

Several activities aimed at enhancing agricultural output, have been undertaken by the Crop Research Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture's Research and Development Division, situated at the Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine. These activities are mainly in the areas of field and horticultural crop research, orchard research, and plant germplasm development. Acting Principal Research Director in the Division, Michael...

Several activities aimed at enhancing agricultural output, have been undertaken by the Crop Research Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture's Research and Development Division, situated at the Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine. These activities are mainly in the areas of field and horticultural crop research, orchard research, and plant germplasm development. Acting Principal Research Director in the Division, Michael...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Michael Stern, has said that the government has adopted a broad-based approach to increase the competitiveness of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). This is being done through the Export Centre and Business Information Point (EC/BIP), in collaboration with the Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP), Jamaica Trade and Invest...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang has said that within 10 years, every Jamaican would have access to potable water. Recent statistics have revealed that some 70 per cent of the population had access to potable water. Speaking at a JIS 'Think Tank' Session on February 28, the Minister noted that the figure was heavily skewed towards urban...

Ground was broken by the Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, for the construction of the Colbeck Heights/Bartons/Red Ground water supply scheme, at Red Ground, St. Catherine on February 29. The project, which is to be undertaken at a cost of some $40 million, will serve over 6,000 residents in the communities of Red Ground, Bartons and Colbeck...

A Community Access Programme was officially launched at the Golden Eye Resort in Oracabessa, St. Mary on February 26, making computer service more readily available to the people of the parish. Under the programme, residents of some 30 communities will be able to access affordable computer service. The computers, which have been donated by Microsoft, will be placed at strategic...

Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke, has said that violence and abuse pose the greatest threat to the well-being of children. Addressing a consultation on the rights of children on February 26, at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, where children and teachers were updated on the work of the Office of the Children's Advocate, Mrs. Clarke said that the violence occurring...