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Scores of farmers from St. Elizabeth gathered at the Salvation Army Church Hall at Top Hill yesterday (Dec.14), to learn more about the receipt book system, which has been put in place by government, to address the problem of praedial larceny. The sensitization session, organized by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), was the first of a series of road shows...

Destination Marketing Manager for the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Janice Allen, has said that Jamaica was preparing to deal with the influx of visitors for next year's ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC), including the upgrading of airports and the addition of more hotel rooms. "We have undertaken significant expansion of both the Norman Manley and Sangster International airports and more...

Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has said that improvement to the region's security infrastructure, would be one of the major legacies from the staging of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. "Many of the things that we have put in place we have been trying to do for the longest time. In fact, the Secretary General of the...

An Order to increase the departure tax at both airports from US$5 to US$10, which is slated to be implemented by March next year, was approved by the Senate, yesterday (December 14). "The proposed $5 increase will result in the airports remaining competitive in what is called the mid-range of airport charges, when compared with regional airports," A. J. Nicholson,...

The Senate yesterday (Dec. 14) passed a Bill to Amend the Petroleum Act to allow for the establishment of the PetroCaribe Development Fund. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Anthony Hylton, who piloted the Bill, explained that the Fund would be financed from the proceeds of the PetroCaribe agreement between Jamaica and Venezuela. The resources of the Fund,...

Scores of farmers from St. Elizabeth gathered at the Salvation Army Church Hall at Top Hill yesterday (Dec.14), to learn more about the receipt book system, which has been put in place by government, to address the problem of praedial larceny. The sensitization session, organized by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), was the first of a series of road shows...

Fellow Jamaicans - I bring you warmest greetings on the occasion of the start of the 2006-2007 winter tourist season. As always, it is a new beginning rife with not just promises, but real possibilities. I have deliberately refrained from calling it a 'fresh start', because the buoyancy of the past season, and indeed calendar year 2006 have exceeded our...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said ways must be found to ensure that the construction of the North Coast Highway helps to boost economic opportunities in the communities along the highway corridor. She said this and other massive road works taking place across the country should help to transform the island's towns and villages and bring new hope for the...

The Ministry of Health has commenced Phase Two of the vector control programme in order to further stem the flare-up in malaria cases in the island. Phase two involves field inspectors revisiting and re-treating the 16 confirmed breeding sites in sections the capital Kingston for the anopheles mosquito. Speaking to JIS News, Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry...

With the winter tourism season now officially underway, Minister of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture, Aloun Ndombet Assamba, has said that a target of 15 per cent increase in visitor arrivals for the period January to April has been set, with 10 per cent of the figure being stopover visitors. "We have been working hard all year to ensure that we...

More than 70 students and teachers from schools in London were recently treated to a traditional Jamaican Christmas at the High Commission located in the British capital. The children, many of whom are studying Jamaican culture for school projects, learnt about how Christmas was observed on the island with information about tradition activities like Jonkonnu parades, and the Christmas grand...

Fellow Jamaicans - I bring you warmest greetings on the occasion of the start of the 2006-2007 winter tourist season. As always, it is a new beginning rife with not just promises, but real possibilities. I have deliberately refrained from calling it a 'fresh start', because the buoyancy of the past season, and indeed calendar year 2006 have exceeded our...