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Eighteen-year-old LaToya Ottley is the 2006/2007 recipient of the Arts and Culture Jamaica (ACJAM) Scholarship Award. The presentation was made to the first-year York University student by ACJAM's founder, Paula de Ronde, at the organization's recent Christmas bazaar held at the Jamaican Consulate General in Toronto, Canada. Mrs. de Ronde said LaToya was very deserving of the award, which is...

Eighteen-year-old LaToya Ottley is the 2006/2007 recipient of the Arts and Culture Jamaica (ACJAM) Scholarship Award. The presentation was made to the first-year York University student by ACJAM's founder, Paula de Ronde, at the organization's recent Christmas bazaar held at the Jamaican Consulate General in Toronto, Canada. Mrs. de Ronde said LaToya was very deserving of the award, which is...

My fellow Jamaicans, each January we have the opportunity to review our personal, corporate, social and national lives as we enter a new calendar year, and resolve to make it a better year. The same is true for 2007, as we stand on the threshold of the seventh year in this 21st century. The New Year brings unlimited prospects for...

I trust that you had a happy and peaceful Christmas, and my prayer is that the New Year finds you in good spirits and with hope in your hearts. This past year brought with it many changes and challenges. There were unprecedented national developments, particularly on the political landscape and spectacular performances by our sportsmen and women which made us...

2006 was an eventful year. It was a year in which, thank God, we were spared any major natural disaster although some people in Port Maria are still trying to recover from the recent flood rains. Sadly, we ended the year with an outbreak of malaria, a terrible disease which we had eliminated 50 years ago. This should not have...

My fellow Jamaicans, each January we have the opportunity to review our personal, corporate, social and national lives as we enter a new calendar year, and resolve to make it a better year. The same is true for 2007, as we stand on the threshold of the seventh year in this 21st century. The New Year brings unlimited prospects for...

I trust that you had a happy and peaceful Christmas, and my prayer is that the New Year finds you in good spirits and with hope in your hearts. This past year brought with it many changes and challenges. There were unprecedented national developments, particularly on the political landscape and spectacular performances by our sportsmen and women which made us...

2006 was an eventful year. It was a year in which, thank God, we were spared any major natural disaster although some people in Port Maria are still trying to recover from the recent flood rains. Sadly, we ended the year with an outbreak of malaria, a terrible disease which we had eliminated 50 years ago. This should not have...

A number of farmers and persons living in rural communities were provided with land titles last year, in keeping with government's commitment to provide Jamaicans with legal access to land. "There can be no sustainable agricultural development unless farmers have legal access to land, nor can there be meaningful economic development in rural communities without the rationalization of land titles...

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, has said that despite the challenges poised by globalization and the erosion of preferential access to overseas markets, the country's traditional export crops "held its own" this year. Minister Clarke, who was addressing an end-of-year press conference at his Hope Gardens offices in Kingston yesterday (Dec. 28), said that during the 2005/2006-crop year,...

Agriculture Minister, Roger Clarke has said that the Ministry's islandwide investment road shows were a success, with potential investors expressing interest in partnering with the Ministry in profit making ventures. "I am delighted to report that the level of interest shown has been remarkable. Based on follow up contact to date, 60 potential projects are being reviewed with 20 currently...

Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, has said that during the year, the Ministry worked aggressively to create production enhancement opportunities for rural farmers through a number of projects and programmes. Mr. Clarke, who was addressing an end-of-year press conference at his Old Hope Road offices in Kingston yesterday (Dec. 28), cited the flagship Agricultural Support Services Project (ASSP), as one...