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The National Land Agency (NLA) will be adding a number of features to its web-based service, as the agency continues to use technology to enhance the level of service that it provides to customers. The new features would be part of elandjamaica phase two, which would be launched shortly, disclosed Customer Service Manager at the NLA, Lori-Ann Thompson, at a...

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) will be extending its opening hours at 11 collectorates on March 14 and 15, to facilitate the anticipated increase in the number of persons filing their income tax returns for 2006. Speaking with JIS News, Director of Public Relations at the Tax Administration Services Department (TASD), Meris Haughton, informed that the King Street, Cross Roads,...

The number of Jamaicans working on farms in Canada could increase, as officials in Jamaica and Canada are looking to expand the farm work programme to other areas of the North American country. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Derrick Kellier, was in Canada recently for discussions with farmers and officials involved in the programme. He also met with representatives...

A group of students and one teacher from Shortwood Teachers' College in Kingston were hosted by PACE (Canada), recently at the Jamaican Consulate in Toronto. The group was on a two-week study tour organized by George Brown College, one of the largest community colleges in Toronto. The members visited several of George Brown's child care centres, which are used as...

A regional training workshop, to provide International Labour Organization's (ILO) member states with technical support on reporting on the child labour conventions, got underway this morning (March 6) at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in Kingston. During the four-day workshop, Caribbean member countries of the ILO will be assisted in preparing timely and comprehensive reports on Conventions No. 138 and...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) office in Hanover has collaborated with the Heart Trust/NTA to offer a training course in gardening techniques, to satisfy the need for trained gardeners for homes, hotels and other properties. RADA Parish Manager, Bernard Goffe, told JIS News that the first batch of 12 participants were in training and at the end of the...

A health promotion team from the Ministry of Education and Youth is currently hosting a two-day HIV/AIDS Prevention and Life Skills Management workshop for students, at the Kendal Camp in Manchester. This is being done in collaboration with Women's Media Watch and the Ministry of Health. The workshop, which ends on March 7, is aimed at sensitizing student leaders or...

Caribbean Business Club, whose mandate is to drive the business aspect of the legacy of Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007, will be temporarily located in the 3M Building at 20-24 Barbados Avenue in New Kingston, during the Group Stage matches from March 11 to 27. Previously, the networking facility could be accessed at its virtual reality domain at www.caribbeanbusinessclub.com., to...

Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller said today (March 6), that Spanish investments over the last few years have been significant, and have played a major part in the island's booming tourism sector. Speaking at a special meeting of the Spanish Confederation of Entrepreneurial Organisations in Spain, Mrs. Simpson Miller said that "the impact of Spanish tourism investment...

'No Place Like Home' a film produced by the late Jamaican director Perry Henzell, will have its United States premier at the 24th annual Miami International Film Festival, now underway in downtown Miami. Mr. Henzell's film is among 112 others selected for the annual festival, which began last Friday (March 2) and runs through to Sunday (March 12). Films from...

Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has said that the government intends to expand the Ministry of National Security's Justice Programme, as part of measures to tackle crime and violence. She said the programme has already had tremendous success in the pilot communities where it had been implemented. The Prime Minister, who was speaking at a community meeting at the Royal...

The ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 will provide an opportunity for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to test its new radio communication system. "You will see us during the tournament having, for example, islandwide coverage, so that the people working in the tournament can communicate with each other right across the entire grid of Jamaica where tournament activities are...