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Eighty persons involved in banana production in St. Mary were trained in the areas of safe food handling and proper personal hygiene, at a workshop sponsored by the Banana Export Company held at the new Covenant Ministry Church in High Gate recently. The workshop was staged as part of the effort to ensure that the banana industry meets the standards...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, has lauded the work of the late veteran record producer Joe Gibbs, who died of a heart attack on Thursday night. Minister Grange hailed Gibbs as a visionary, whose tenacity helped him jump numerous hurdles to achieve success. The producer, who was responsible for a significant number of reggae hit...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding the morning of Feb. 22 signed a petition calling on the United Nations to agree on a General Assembly Resolution to reduce road deaths and injuries caused by road accidents. The petition is part of a global initiative which is being spearheaded locally by the Jamaica Automobile Association and Jamaica National Building Society. Mr. Golding said...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has charged HEART/NTA with the responsibility of equipping students with training that will prepare them for the real world of work and employment. He said that under the government's education transformation programme, where the school leaving age will be extended from 16 to 18 years, HEART/NTA will have the greatest responsibility, as they will have to...

Plans are advanced for this year's annual Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial show, which is scheduled to be held at the show grounds in Montpelier, St. James on Easter Monday, (March 24). The show, expected to attract in excess of 10,000 patrons, will boast exciting and educational displays in agricultural produce, horticulture, fruit trees, livestock - including the best in cattle,...

Debate on amendments to the Pensions (Prime Minister) Act, to allow for changes to the formula by which a retired Prime Minister receives pension, began in the Senate on February 22. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, explained that under the existing Act, a Prime Minister, on ceasing to hold that...

More than 1,000 persons are expected to take part in a community peace march being spearheaded by the Grants Pen Community Policing Consultative Committee, as part of activities to mark Peace Month. The March, which will take place on Thursday, February 28, will involve 7th to 9th graders from the New Day Primary and Junior High and Shortwood Practicing schools,...

Jamaica's world famous Jerk cuisine has received another accolade after being named by the Guardian Newspaper's Travel section as being among the best 'Street Food to Die for ' and Boston Bay was named as the place to eat it. "Away from the bland international menus of the all-inclusives, the island's roadside jerk huts serve fiery slow-cooked jerk chicken and...

Minister of National Security, Derrick Smith has assured Jamaica Constabulary Force personnel in Portland of the government's commitment to providing the necessary recourses to ensure success in the fight against crime. Addressing police personnel during a two-day tour of police stations in the parish on February 20 and 21, Mr. Smith said this commitment includes the improvement of the stations;...

The Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC) will host its first one-day small business exposition at the Hilton Kingston Hotel on April 2. The event is part of the JBDC's continued thrust to facilitate the sustainable development of micro and small enterprises in Jamaica. Dubbed 'Today's Business for Tomorrow's Growth', the exposition will focus on new regulations, technology, laws and policy...

Eighty persons involved in banana production in St. Mary were trained in the areas of safe food handling and proper personal hygiene, at a workshop sponsored by the Banana Export Company held at the new Covenant Ministry Church in High Gate recently. The workshop was staged as part of the effort to ensure that the banana industry meets the standards...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, has lauded the work of the late veteran record producer Joe Gibbs, who died of a heart attack on Thursday night. Minister Grange hailed Gibbs as a visionary, whose tenacity helped him jump numerous hurdles to achieve success. The producer, who was responsible for a significant number of reggae hit...