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Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller, on (June 11) officially commissioned into service the Seven Rivers Irrigation System, which will serve hundreds of farmers in South St. James. The project is the second of three flagship projects to be delivered under the government's National Irrigation Development Programme (NIDP) through some US$12 million in funding from the Inter American Development Bank (IDB). Under...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands will be training coconut growers and officers from the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in the detection of the red palm mite, which was discovered in the Morant Bay area of St. Thomas in April. In addition, coconut nurseries in the parishes of St. Elizabeth, St. Thomas, St. Mary and Portland will be checked...

Once upon a time, change was the bane of man. Everyone was content within his limited realm of faulty knowledge - simply because there was no one there to challenge his fallacy. This was the perfect world of zero competition - but I am sure you that agree this existence must have been dull, if it ever existed. Change was...

The Child Care and Protection Children's Home Regulations and the Child Care and Protection Advisory Council Regulations were approved on (July 10) in the House of Representatives. Minister of Health, Horace Dalley said that the Regulations, which are complementary to the Child Care and Protection Act 2004, will govern the establishment and control of children's homes in Jamaica. "The Regulations...

The House of Representatives on (July 10) approved a government guarantee for loans to the National Water Commission (NWC), from the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited, in the amounts of US$5.15 million and $1.28 million Euros, to assist in the financing of the Northeastern Parish Water Supply Project. "The NWC has been implementing this project since 2004 and it...

The House of Representatives on (July 10) approved amendments to three election bills, recommended by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica, which among other things, address the imposition of sanctions against persons who deliberately display their ballots. The bills are the Representation of the People Act, the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation Act and the Parish Council Act. Leader of Government...

Sixteen of 83 persons, who have completed payments under phase one of the Seaview Gardens, Duhaney Park and Cooreville Gardens housing development projects in Kingston, were today (July 11) presented with their titles by the Minister of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Robert Pickersgill. In his remarks at the handing over ceremony held at the Seaview Gardens Primary School, Mr....

Some 36 students from high schools across the island will be participating in the Consumer Affairs Commission's (CAC) inaugural Smart Consumer Club in Schools Energy Camp, slated for the Invercauld Great House in St. Elizabeth from July 12 to 15. Speaking with JIS News, Chief Executive Officer at the CAC, Dolsie Allen noted that the four-day camp is aimed at...

On July 10th at the Terra Nova Hotel, the Heart Foundation of Jamaica held its Breakfast Meeting to honour donors who have stepped up to the plate and donated over $50 Million to HFJ expansion initiative, which encompasses a wealth of new and improved programmes. Additionally, the HFJ, used this forum as an opportunity to plea to the Jamaican society...

Jamaican High Commissioner to London, Burchell Whiteman, has written to the British government, proposing an extension of the contracts of Jamaican teachers recruited to teach in the United Kingdom (UK), to allow them to meet the Qualified Teachers Status (QTS) to continue their employment. The QTS is the accreditation that enables teachers to teach in state-maintained and special schools in...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands will be spending approximately $2.4 million over the next six months to provide training in apiculture for 22 young men and women, under phase three of its Beekeeping Apprenticeship Programme. Chief Apiculture Officer in the Ministry, Reginald Peddy in an interview with JIS News recently, explained that the programme, which is expected to get...

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, on )(July 10) confirmed the presence of the pink hibiscus mealy bug in the island, and outlined a programme to contain the pest including the importation of the Parasitoid Wasp or Anagyrus Kamali, the natural predator of the bug. He said that one year's supply of the wasps will be imported, with the...