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Exporters will now have a place to store their produce overnight with the official opening of the Air Jamaica Cargo Cooler Facility, at the Ministry of Agriculture's Agricultural Export Complex at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke in his remarks at the opening ceremony today (June 12), said that the facility will...

Twelve new garbage compacters were handed over to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) today (June 12), at the offices of the Ministry of Local Government and Environment in Kingston. Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of State in the Ministry, Harry Douglas, said that the new trucks would greatly enhance the capability and efficiency of the NSWMA. Stressing that...

Minister of Tourism, Entertainment & Culture, Aloun Assamba, is suggesting that Caribbean Heads of State attending next week's Conference on the Caribbean in Washington, D.C., should lobby the United States (US) Government for an extension on the new travel initiative requiring persons entering the US to have a valid passport. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), a US Homeland Security...

The Ministry of Health marked a milestone in nursing history, yesterday (June 11), with the inaugural launch of the Nephrology training programme for nurses, at the Kingston Public Hospital. It was also the commencement date for the programme, with four nurses in the all-female batch that will receive training as specialists in nephrology nursing. Two are from the Kingston Public...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has expressed confidence that a social pact, similar to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government and trade unions, but involving a broader level of stakeholders, should be developed shortly. Dr. Davies, who was addressing the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica's (PSOJ)/Citigroup annual economic forum at the Hilton Kingston Hotel recently,...

State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Fitz Jackson has urged employees to view their pension fund as a long term investment and not as a regular savings account. "Too many Jamaican workers at all levels of the employment continuum tend to see pension as a regular savings," he said The State Minister, who was speaking at a...

The University of Technology (UTech) will be establishing a campus at Ballards Valley in St. Mary.To be named the Carlton J. Walter Campus, it will be built on 20 acres of land donated by Mr. Walter. The agreement for the establishment of the campus was signed at the Ballards Valley Estates on June 8. In attendance were Minister of Education...

A high level delegation from the Hartford City Council and public school system in Hartford, Connecticut is to arrive in Jamaica within the next three months to have discussions with Education and Youth Minister, Maxine Henry-Wilson, with a view of incorporating Jamaica's basic school curriculum into their public school system. According to Jamaican-born Hartford City Councilwoman Veronica Airey-Wilson, who will...

The creation of a United Kingdom (UK) Diaspora Lobby Group and the official launch of the Jamaica Diaspora Youth Group will be among the objectives of the second national conference of the Jamaica Diaspora UK, set for West Bromwich, West Midlands on Diaspora Day, June 16. Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board representative, Paulette Simpson told JIS news that the time was...

Air Jamaica is playing an integral role in Caribbean Week celebrations, which got underway in New York City last weekend. A key sponsor of the June 9 to 15 events, which are produced by the newly formed Caribbean Tourism Development Company (CTDC), Air Jamaica has teamed up with the Caribbean Media Corporation and its new CaribVision television product to sponsor...

Jamaica's Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Gordon Shirley, has called on international financial institutions to give assistance to researchers engaged in energy sustainability within the Caribbean region. Addressing the recent 37th Regular Session of the OAS General Assembly on 'Energy for Sustainable Development', in Panama City, Ambassador Shirley said that, "we believe that the investments...

The Jamaican Justice System Reform Task Force has recommended that the government establish a mental health court for offenders, who commit crimes because of a mental disorder. As contained in the final report from the Task Force, which was presented to Justice Minister Senator A.J Nicholson at his Oxford Road offices recently, the court, which would deal with "less serious...