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The Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency (STEA), organizers of the annual Trelawny Yam Festival, has added a number of new features to the festival this year, with the aim of taking advantage of the staging of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. STEA's Executive Director, Hugh Dixon, told JIS News that the Easter Monday (April 9) carnival, which is the highlight...

A number of residents from the parishes of Portland, St. Thomas and St. Mary, are slated to benefit from a free eye clinic, which will be provided by doctors from Voluntary Ophthalmic Services for Humanity (VOSH), an international charity organization. The three-day clinic, which is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Port Antonio, will be held in the town from...

The first supplementary estimates for the 2006/07 fiscal period were tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday (Feb. 27), reflecting a $13.88 billion increase in government spending from $358.19 billion to $372.07 billion. The estimates were tabled by State Minister for Finance and Planning, Fitz Jackson. Of the amount, capital expenditure increased to $147.55 billion, up from $146.46 billion, while...

The committee of inquiry, set up to probe the integrity of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) system, has found that there were no irregularities in the process, and that examination results were sound and credible. Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry Wilson, told the House of Representatives yesterday (Feb. 27) that the report from the committee, which has...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has adopted a number of the recommendations made by the Committee that was set up last year to probe the integrity of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) system. Chief among these is the critical issue of additional spaces, Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry Wilson told the House of Representatives yesterday (Feb...

As the excitement mounts for the historic staging of the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007, more than 500 volunteers working at Sabina Park will be "kitted out" with uniforms and other accoutrement on March 7, in addition to receiving supplementary training between 9: 00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.Co-ordinator of the Volunteer Programme for the Jamaica Local Organising Committee (LOC),...

The Customs Department is encouraging persons travelling with more than US$10,000 to declare it to Customs officials on entering any of the island's airports. Customs regulations mandate that individuals entering the country must indicate if they are carrying currency or monetary instruments over US$10,000 or equivalent. Commissioner of Customs, Hector Jones notes that in recent times a number of persons...

Today we pull into a 'rest stop of celebration' along the route of a long road with 'many a winding turn'. We have not reached our destination, but one thing has become very clear to me in life and that is the need to pause from time to time to mark each major milestone, and to give thanks. Today's exercise...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is reporting that 24 of the 50 buses that will be used during the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC), have arrived in the island. While 20 of the buses are expected to be cleared off the wharf this week, four of them arrived previously, one of which has already been put into service for...

Thousands of residents from communities in North West Clarendon are slated to benefit from improved road conditions, under a project being undertaken by the Housing, Transport, Water and Works Ministry under the $3.5 billion Flood Damage Rehabilitation Programme. State Minister in the Ministry, Richard Azan, on Friday (Feb. 23) toured the projects in Moravia, Silent Hill, Lampard, Quarry, Coffee Piece...

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Lenworth Fulton, has emphasized that more persons should access training offered by the organization, to ensure a better way of life for themselves. Speaking at the graduation ceremony for 145 participants of the Tractor Operation and Food Preparation programmes, held on February 22 at the Denbigh Training Centre in Clarendon, Mr. Fulton said...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is currently implementing a greenhouse farming project in the Highgate area of St. Mary, to boost agricultural production and promote the use of this technology among farmers in the parish. Speaking with JIS News, Victor Edwards, RADA Parish Manager for St. Mary, said the project is being developed at a cost of $880,000, and...