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The Registrar General's Department (RGD) has donated five new computers and a printer to the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Statistical Unit, which will boost the unit's ability to collate vital data on sudden and violent deaths. Speaking with JIS News at the presentation ceremony held yesterday (July 12) at the Office of the Commissioner of Police on Old Hope Road,...

Emancipation and Independence celebrations in the United Kingdom (UK) will this year be highlighted by a series of performances from a combined Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) band. The combined Jamaica Military and Jamaica Regiment band, which is in the UK to support the JDF contingent that will engage in ceremonial duties including the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace...

Data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) show the inflation rate, or the rate of price increases, for May 2007 at 0.7 per cent, the same as the level registered for the month before. While this is slightly higher that the 0.5 per cent recorded in March this year, the net result is that the inflation rate for the...

The $40 million Caribbean Egg Processors Limited, which will produce pasteurized liquid eggs for local and regional markets, is now open for business. Preliminary plans are already in place for the export of pasteurized liquid eggs to hoteliers in the region, said the company's Vice President, Roy Baker. Commissioned into service in February, the facility, which is located in the...

Jamaican farmers are poised to benefit from an agreement between Jamaica Trade and Invest and Exotic Farm Produce Limited for the production of fresh produce, which will be exported worldwide. In an interview with JIS News, Executive Director of the Markets Division at Jamaica Trade Invest, Kirk Kennedy, said the partnership will see the United Kingdom-based firm investing in Jamaica...

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, yesterday (July 11) broke ground for the construction of a new building to house the Montego Bay regional office of the National Land Agency (NLA). The new facility will be located at 3 Federal Avenue, the site of the existing facility, which has outgrown its space. "Our customer service officers dedicated to this...

Director of logistics at the United Kingdom (UK)-based Exotic Farm Produce Limited, Clive Lawrence, is commending Jamaica for its friendly approach to foreign investors. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Mr. Lawrence said his experience with the Jamaican business climate has been a positive and successful one. "I've been in a lot of companies globally and all the negativity...

More than 1000 Jamaicans are to be recruited for jobs in Canada by the end of 2008, under the Overseas Employment Programme. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Derrick Kellier, told JIS News that emanating from discussions with the Canadian Federal Minister of Labour, business leaders and other officials, during an official visit to Canada in June, the need was...

Director of the Rent Services Unit, Cecile Croll, is advising persons, who are having problems with their landlords or tenants, to visit the Rent Services Unit, before taking their cases to court. Ms. Croll, who was speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, explained that the unit has the responsibility to handle all matters relating to rent with the exception...

A total of 321 secondary and tertiary level students from inner-city communities across the island will be gainfully employed this summer through the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the National Youth Service's Summer Employment Programme. Social Development Officer at JSIF, Mareeca Brown, told JIS News today (July 12) that the programme, which is the first between JSIF and the...

Executive Director of the Education Transformation Team in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Frank Weeple, has said that his team will facilitate literacy training for parents as a central part of the reform process. Dr. Weeple, who was addressing the National Parent Teachers' Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ) first annual conference held recently at the University of Technology Auditorium...

Nurses Week will be observed from July 15 to 21 under the theme, 'Positive Practice Environments: Quality Workplaces Equal Quality Patient Care'. This focus originated with the International Council of Nurses, of which, the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) has been a member since 1953. This international body mandates a different focus annually for the special week. General Secretary of...