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The Ministry of Agriculture has earmarked $20 million in grant funding to help get farmers engaged in the use of greenhouse technology back on their feet, after the devastation caused by Hurricane Dean. "This will be to a maximum of $800,000 per farmer and will be made on the condition that recipients observe the recommended criteria for reconstruction," Agriculture Minister,...

Ambassador to the United States (US), Professor Gordon Shirley and Consul General to New York, Dr. Basil K. Bryan, are among a distinguished group of professionals, who were recently honoured by the New York-based Mavis & Ephraim Hawthorne Golden Krust Foundation, for their work in the fields of education, justice, entertainment, government and business. At an awards banquet held recently...

The Ministry of Health will continue to be vigilant against disease outbreak in the post-hurricane period, as it mobilizes its health teams to educate the public on sanitary practices and food safety issues, and conduct vector control interventions. Ministry of Health emergency team representative, Dr. Irving McKenzie, has said that the health authorities were paying keen attention to areas like...

The Portland Health Department has been working assiduously to minimise environmental health risks in the parish, following the passage of Hurricane Dean on August 19. Lorenzo Humes, Public Health Inspector for the Portland Health Department, told JIS News that several measures have been implemented in pursuit of that objective. He said the measures include a vector control programme to prevent...

My fellow Jamaicans. I wish again to offer my condolences to those of you who lost loved ones as a result of hurricane Dean. I express our deepest sympathies to the families of JPSCo workers who died, while trying to restore electricity. We grieve with you. Let us remember how God has spared us from the full strength of this...

Just two Sundays ago, the powerful category four storm Hurricane Dean, lashed the island leaving four persons dead in its wake and several others homeless. As people try desperately to get their lives back to normal following the onslaught of the hurricane, several Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have stepped in to assist in the recovery process. One such group is United...

Retaining the services of a lawyer can be a significant burden for some persons, particularly in instances where cases extend for months and even years. It was in an effort to assist such persons that a group of lawyers came together and founded the Kingston Legal Aid Clinic in 1971. Originally created to provide legal representation for the very poor,...

The Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James now has a new state-of-the-art 40-slice Computerized Tomography CT) scanner and a digital fluoroscopy machine, which were acquired by the Ministry of Health at a cost of US$1.5 million. The machines, which form part of a US$10 million project to comprehensively enhance radiography and radiographic services in the public health sector, has equipped...

Farmers in St. Catherine, who suffered losses as result of Hurricane Dean, will be provided with fertilizer to bring their farms back to productivity. Branch Manager for the Jamaica Agricultural Society's (JAS) St. Catherine office, Janet Pullen, told JIS News that the distribution of fertilizer will be monitored by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and the JAS. " I...

More than 600 persons in St. Mary have been assessed so far for damage and losses suffered, as a result of the passage of Hurricane Dean on August 19. The assessment, which began on Monday, August 20, is being carried out by the Port Maria office of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. Hundreds of persons in various communities...

A Proclamation revoking the State of Public Emergency and the Emergency Powers Regulations 2007 was issued by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall on August 24. The State of Public Emergency was declared by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on August 19, following the passage of Hurricane Dean. Following is the Proclamation issued on August 24 by...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall has appointed the Hon. Dennis Lalor, O.J. (Hon. Ll.D) and the Hon. Mr. Justice Ransford Langrin, C.D., as members of the Constituted Authority. This has been done in accordance with Section 44A of the Representation of the People Act, and after consultation with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Leader of...