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The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands today (March 27), received agricultural inputs valued at more than $120 million, on behalf of banana farmers whose crops were damaged during the passage of Hurricanes Dennis and Emily in 2005. These inputs form part of the continued hurricane relief assistance by the European Union (EU), under its Banana Support Programme, to rehabilitate some...

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of Crime, Mark Shields, has said that the police are still sifting through evidence that could possibly reveal the suspect or suspects who are responsible for the murder of the Pakistani Coach, Robert 'Bob' Woolmer. Speaking to journalists at a press conference held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel yesterday (March 26), the Deputy...

Captain of the West Indies cricket team, Brian Lara has said that although his team performed creditably during the group stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup, there is still need for improvement as they prepare for the Super Eight segment. "I am confident with the guys in the field, but we need to improve in our batting," Mr. Lara...

Bishop of King, the Right Reverend Robert Thompson, has said that the commemoration of the bicentenary of the Act to Abolish the Slave Trade, provided an inspiration to everyone on all sides of the Atlantic to break the silence of shame and to face head on the challenge of creating a new paradigm for the future. He said this future...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Fund (NHF), Rae Barrett has expressed concern that only a third of the Fund's cardholders with major depressive disorders, are accessing benefits on a regular basis. "We have a low enrollment and then of the number of persons who are enrolled, only one in three are using their card on a regular...

The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Thursday, March 29, beginning at 11:00 a.m.On that day the Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, will deliver the Throne Speech, in which he will outline the government's programmes and policies for the 2007/08 Fiscal Year, which begins on April 1. Later in the afternoon, Minister of Finance...

Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of crime, Mark Shields, is expressing satisfaction with the level of co-operation between the Governments of Jamaica and Pakistan, in the on-going investigation into the death of Robert 'Bob' Woolmer, coach of the Pakistan cricket team. The senior official of the Jamaica Constabulary Force(JCF) is also giving the assurance that visitors to Jamaica are...

Two Pakistani cricket team members have opted to stay behind in Jamaica, after the team's departure for home yesterday (March 24), from the tourist capital, Montego Bay, St. James. According to Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, First Secretary at the Pakistani Embassy in Washington D.C. in the United States, the two, Asad Mustafa, Pakistani Cricket Board operations manager, and Murray Stevenson, trainer,...

MY FELLOW JAMAICANS!"HISTORY IS THE LANDMARK BY WHICH WE ARE DIRECTED INTO THE TRUE COURSE OF LIFE." SO SAID MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY.TODAY WE REMEMBER OUR HISTORY. JAMAICA IS PROUD TO JOIN WITH PEOPLES OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA TO MARK THE STRUGGLE FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE TRANSATLANTIC TRADE IN AFRICANS AND THE PASSING OF THE BRITISH ABOLITION ACT, 200 YEARS...

The amended Agricultural Produce Act is impacting the agricultural sector in several positive ways. This legislation, which was amended in November of 2005, now includes new provisions, such as a compulsory receipt book system to be used by farmers in conducting their transactions. The definition of agricultural produce has also been extended to include fish, livestock and other items that...

Gill Woolmer, widow of the late Pakistani Cricket Coach, Robert 'Bob' Woolmer, has been informed that the body of her husband will not be repatriated on March 26, as was previously announced. "She is distressed. by the fact that Bob's body will not be repatriated on Monday, as perhaps was anticipated, but she fully understands that this is Jamaican law...

There are still no suspects in the murder of Pakistani Cricket Coach, Robert 'Bob' Woolmer, some seven days after his death on March 18, a day after the country was eliminated from the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007. Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of crime, Mark Shields, told journalists at a press conference at the Jamaica Pegasus on...