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Some 100 students from Jamaica College, as well as the Papine Comprehensive and Mona High Schools and their parents are expected to benefit from a vision-screening programme to be hosted by the Foundation for International Self Help (FISH) medical clinic. This exercise is to be held on October 12, in commemoration of World Sight Day, at the FISH clinic on...

Plans are afoot to use the Eleven Miles Community Centre and the Llandewey Community Development Centre in St. Thomas to provide computer training for students and adults in the communities. A proposal for the initiative has been submitted to the Community Management Committee of the HEART Trust/Social Development Commission (SDC) Training Programme. Chairman of the Yallahs Development Area Committee, Howard...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, has emphasized the importance of sport in the development of the individual and the country. "As a country that is seeking to develop positive values and attitudes in young people, we need to understand and appreciate the value of sport. Sport is the most powerful and unifying force in the world. Sport brings joy to...

For the April to June quarter this year, agricultural production in Hanover increased by 42 per cent, when compared to the similar period in 2005. In an interview with JIS News, Deputy Parish Manager with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in Hanover, Ransford Barnes, pointed out that there was also a 29 per cent increase in the hectares of...

Since its inception in May 2005, the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has committed to funding projects at a total cost of $251 million. Speaking at a press briefing, Minister of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture, Aloun Ndombet Assamba pointed out that these projects included the beautification, general maintenance and clean-up of the island's resort towns and some heritage tourist sites as...

There is a renewed drive by the Veterinary Services Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands to eliminate the new world screwworm. Veterinary experts at the Ministry say the screwworm fly, if left unchecked, could pose one of the biggest threats to livestock farming. Targets set for this fiscal year include the production, processing and distribution of 20 million...

Residents of St. Thomas have suggested that a victim of crime should be given the opportunity to make a presentation to the Court, before a convicted person is given a sentence for the crime committed. However, the residents said this was not necessary at a parole hearing. They were making their contribution at a public consultation on a Victims' Charter,...

Additional facilities which were built by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), at the Cacoon All-age School in western Hanover, was officially handed over to the school's administration on October 5. The project was carried out at a cost of approximately $9.5 million, and involved constructing and equipping a kitchen, relocating and equipping a classroom, constructing sanitary facilities, and painting...

Heritage Week 2006 will be celebrated from October 8 to 16 under the theme: 'Celebrating Our Heritage.The Strength of Our Nation'. Speaking with JIS News, Director of Communication at the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Joan Andrea Hutchinson noted that the Trust would collaborate with all the other agencies under the Ministry of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture to host a...

A Bill to amend the Legal Aid Act was unanimously passed in the Senate yesterday (October 6). The Bill seeks to amend the Legal Aid Act to avail legal aid to witnesses of a person who is charged with offences, including those categorized as excepted, and who has raised the defence of an alibi. Leader of Government Business in the...

Plans are in high gear for the 2006 St. James 4-H food festival, 'Nyamins and Jammins', scheduled for Monday, October 16 at the Catherine Hall entertainment complex in Montego Bay. According to Co-ordinator of the event, Marlene Stephenson-Dalley, the event is aimed at tantalizing the taste buds with typical mouth watering Jamaican foods, while at the same time showcasing the...

The Chief Executive Officer of Dehring, Bunting and Golding (DB&G), Peter Bunting, has put forward a three-pronged approach, to improve employee participation and productivity, which he has urged employers to adopt. Mr. Bunting, who was speaking on the topic: 'Employee Participation and Productivity' at a recent Friday Policy Forum at the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), said that firstly,...