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The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands is developing a Heifer Rescue Programme to prevent the slaughter of heifers and as such, increase the stock of animals available to the beef industry. Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Hon. Roger Clarke, who made the announcement at the annual Minnard Livestock and Beef Festival in St. Ann recently, said that farmers could not...

The National Works Agency (NWA) will be implementing a one-way rotary system for motorists in Port Maria, in order to improve the flow of traffic in that town. The NWA's Senior Communications Officer, Collin Morrison, told JIS News that the system would be put in place on the completion of a new bridge, which is being constructed simultaneously with major...

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, has reassured farmers that the receipt book system is not a means of taxation being levied on them by the Government. Clarifying this perception in an interview with JIS News, Minister Clarke pointed out that the receipt book would be used as a means of protecting farmers. "If they are not willing to...

Acting Commissioner of Mines, Clinton Thompson, has said the fines for non-compliance with mining regulations have been upped to encourage compliance among mining companies. According to Mr. Thompson, this comes in response to complaints from communities that, "there are unsightly pits that remain year after year and not addressed". Speaking to JIS News today (November 15), at a Jamaica Bauxite...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wesley Hughes, has said that the economy grew by some 2.7 per cent for the period July to September 2006, relative to the corresponding period last year. The growth, he said, took place against the background of relative stability in the exchange rate market, with inflation being at 2.4 per...

Hocking College in the United States has established four scholarships in honour of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. The announcement was made by Dr. John Light, President of Hocking College, who paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister at Jamaica House on Wednesday (Nov. 15). Mrs. Simpson Miller expressed gratitude for the scholarships and said she looked forward to...

Minister of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, said today (November 14), that he is pleased with the progress of construction being undertaken at the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre, which is slated for completion in October 2007. The Minister, who toured the facility, along with officials from Belgium, said that the project has met the expectations of the Government....

A total of 326 public schools, from a list of 445, have been rehabilitated and upgraded under the Ministry of Education's Transformation Project. This represents upwards of a 73 per cent completion rate under the initiative, said State Minister for Education, Senator Noel Monteith. The State Minister, who was contributing to the State of the Nation Debate in the Upper...

Cabinet has given its approval for the awarding of a contract valued at $18.4 million, for the supply, installation and commissioning of a standby generator for the Logwood Treatment Plant in Hanover. The contract for the project has been awarded to Arima Engineering Limited. < Minister of Information and Development, Hon. Donald Buchanan made the announcement yesterday (November 13), at...

Cabinet has given its approval for a $15.8 million contract to be awarded to Ranger Protection and Security Services, for the provision of security services at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston. < Minister of Information and Development, Hon. Donald Buchanan, made the announcement at yesterday's (November 13), post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House....

Cabinet yesterday (November 13), approved a contract valued at over $102.6 million to J.H. Dunstan Associates Limited to supply and install equipment for the Twickenham Park Sewerage Treatment Plant Project in St. Catherine. Speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan pointed out that the National Housing Trust (NHT) was undertaking...

Minister of Information and Development, Hon. Donald Buchanan, announced yesterday (November 13), that Cabinet has approved the award of a contract for rehabilitation works on the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Water Supply Project. Mr. Buchanan, who was speaking at the post-Cabinet press briefing, held at Jamaica House, said Cabinet was aware that the National Water Commission (NWC), with assistance from...