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The Harbour Street and Old Fort craft markets in Montego Bay are to benefit from extensive rehabilitation and upgrading works at a total cost of $26.2 million, with the work to be completed in time for the staging of the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2007. Minister of State for Tourism, Entertainment and Culture, Dr. Wykeham McNeill, who toured the...

Minister of Health, Horace Dalley, has said that a review of the regional health authorities was being undertaken, to assess whether they were serving the purposes for which they were created, including the reduction of bureaucracy within the health service. Mr. Dalley, who was speaking to JIS News, said that while he supported the decentralization of the health services, he...

Agriculture and Lands Minister, Roger Clarke, has called on persons with capital to invest in sustainable agricultural ventures. The Minister, who was addressing the Ministry's road shows on 'Profit-making ventures in agriculture' on November 1 at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, noted that while some persons may have capital, they preferred to place it in fixed deposit accounts and...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has re-opened the Canoe Valley Interpretive Centre in Clarendon. The facility is an information centre, which provides data on the flora and fauna of the Canoe Valley area, popularly known as Manatee Hole. Speaking at the re-opening ceremony held on Wednesday (Nov.1), Chief Executive Officer of NEPA, Dr. Leary Myers, emphasized the importance...

The government's fight against HIV/AIDS is being boosted through support from the City of Kingston Cooperative (COK) Credit Union, which is providing grants to organizations, which carry out prevention, care and education programmes. General Manager of COK, Brenda Cuthbert, told JIS News that up to $500,000 is granted per year under the COK HIV/AIDS Fund. "It may be awarded to...

The Rural Water Programme is currently hosting training activities in St. Elizabeth, as part of the overall capacity building of its Project Implementation Unit. Community Development and Outreach Consultant of the Rural Water Programme in the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Audrey Rose, informed JIS News that, "we are currently conducting training in St. Elizabeth with the Five...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands held its third investment road show in Montego Bay on (Nov. 3), with several farmers, potential investors, technical officers and other sector stakeholders in attendance. The shows, which are being held across the island, are aimed at harnessing greater private investment in agriculture, by highlighting opportunities in the sector where profit-making exist. Agriculture Minister,...

Activities in commemoration of Local Government month are slated to commence in the parish of St. Elizabeth today (Nov. 5) with a service at the Glen Stuart United Church in Maggoty, St. Elizabeth beginning at 10:00 a.m. Speaking with JIS News, Secretary Manager of the St. Elizabeth Parish Council, Opal Beharie noted that eight different events would be taking place...

When I look around this room and feel the energy of powerful women, I know that something exciting is happening. Some of those hands made steady and sure by rocking the proverbial cradles are now at the helm of leadership, rocking the boat and getting ready to rock the world. We have not yet arrived at the destination, but thank...

Inmed Partnership for Children has donated 70 electronic and acoustic guitars to be used to train disadvantaged children in Jamaica. Making the presentation to Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Professor Gordon Shirley, Inmed's Chairman, Linda Pfeiffer said that the guitars were made available through the Gibson Foundation and that this was their first international donation. The presentation took place...

A public education campaign, aimed at making Spanish Town a smoking-free zone, was launched recently at Cecil's Restaurant in the town. The campaign, a collaborative effort of the Ministry of Health and the Smoke-Free Action Coalition (SAC), will involve the distribution of literature, which will serve as guidelines for a smoke-free environment and increase awareness of the deadly effects of...

Jamaica's first ornamental fish exposition, which was held last weekend at the Jamaica College campus in Kingston, was a resounding success, with some 7,000 patrons attending the two-day event. The exposition was organised jointly by the Jamaica Ornamental Fish Farmers Association (JOFFA), and the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands. "We estimate that we had maybe in...