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Heritage Week 2007 provides us with yet another valuable opportunity to gain new insights into the journey of our people. The theme of the Week, "Respect for our heritage . commitment to our nation", is really a formula for successful nation-building. We build strong foundations for nationhood by embracing our heritage; applying its valuable lessons to present circumstances and enriching...

The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) is taking its public education and awareness campaign to western Jamaica this week in an effort to achieve a higher compliance level among businesses in terms of company registration and the filing of annual returns. Business operators in St. James and its environs are invited to participate in the COJ's three-day mobile outreach service...

The Cocoa Industry Board is reporting that it has exceeded by approximately 168 tonnes, its target of exporting 600 tonnes of cocoa for the crop year which ended in September. Speaking with JIS News, Secretary Manager of the Board, Naburn Nelson said achieving this feat is very good for the industry considering the many challenges the sector faced in previous...

The Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which focussed on Youth and Culture, was convened at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana on 10-12 October 2007 under the theme, Realising the Potential of Youth and Culture in the Development of the Community. The Hon. Cynthia Forde, Minister of State in...

The National Works Agency (NWA) has reopened most of the roadways affected by the recent flooding. These include the Bog Walk Gorge, where work to clear debris from the roadway is continuing. Communication Manager at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says the Agency is advising motorists to the use the road in the Bog Walk Gorge with extreme caution. "In the...

Minister of Industry, Commerce and Investment, Hon. Karl Samuda has said that come Monday (October 15), the marketplace will be seeing an increase in the price of flour. Speaking at a press briefing at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston yesterday (October 12), the Minister explained that this increase stems from a dramatic increase of about 67 per cent in...

My fellow Jamaicans at home and abroad, as we celebrate National Heritage Week, there are four key words in the theme for the celebration of National Heritage Week - respect, heritage, commitment and nation. As a people, we should strive to make them come alive and resonate in our lives beyond the celebration of National Heritage Week, as we show...

The National honours and awards ceremony, originally scheduled for the lawns of Kings House, will take place instead at the National Indoor sports Centre on Monday, October 15, National Heroes Day, starting at 9:00am. The change of venue has come as a result of the uncertainty with the weather conditions. The organisers have been forced to change the venue to...

Minister of Industry, Commerce and Investment, Karl Samuda, has said that the recent importation of 4,000 metric tonnes of rice from Louisiana in the United States was a "one-off importation," noting that the decision was in the best interest of the local consumers. Mr. Samuda was speaking to JIS News on (Oct. 11) shortly after meeting with Guyanese Agriculture Minister,...

With the increase in the number of dengue cases over the past three months, the Government has approved an additional $25 million towards vector control, with focus to be placed on five parishes. The parishes are St. Catherine, Clarendon, Kingston and St. Andrew and Portland, which according to Minister of Health and Environment, Rudyard Spencer "have been identified as the...

The Japanese Policy and Human Resource Development (PHRD) Grant Agreement between the Government of Jamaica and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), was signed on (Oct. 12) at the offices of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service in Kingston. The US$500,000 agreement will provide financing for the second National Community Development Project (NCDP II), which seeks...

Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Henry, has said that he is in full support of the Road Safety Unit's Defensive Driving Campaign, which will be launched next month. "Should motorists become sensitive to the need to be cautious, responsible, responsive, proactive, pre-emptive, disciplined, courteous, patient, and discerning, such actions will reduce the number of road deaths we are experiencing...