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Farming equipment valued at just over $580,000, has been handed over to 25 farmers from the Sanguinetti community in North Clarendon, who have formed a co-operative called the 'Sanguinetti Action Group'. The equipment was presented on Monday, September 4, by missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in collaboration with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), at...

Four students have received the Kiwanis Club of Kingston 'Youth in Excellence' awards, which were presented yesterday (September 5), at the Hilton Kingston Hotel. The students were awarded the top prizes for outstanding performance in the categories of, the Arts, Academics, Sports and Leadership. For the arts, Stephanie Channer came out on top; in the category of academics, Daniel Pottinger...

Cabinet has given its approval for a delegation, headed by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, to attend the 14th Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), in Havana, Cuba from September 11-16. This was announced by Minister of Information and Development, Senator Colin Campbell at the post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on September 4....

Minister of Information and Development, Senator Colin Campbell, has disclosed that the Government has acquired 17 houses in Caribbean Terrace, St. Andrew, that were severely damaged during the passage of Hurricane Ivan in September 2004. The Minister, who was speaking to journalists at yesterday's (September 4), weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that, "based on evaluation of the...

The Forensic audit report into the Sandals Whitehouse construction project in Westmoreland has concluded that, "the hotel constructed is of the highest quality and substantially there is value for money, as indeed everyone who examined the property has recognised". It has also noted that the US$41 million cost overrun was in keeping with the size and specification of the hotel....

Yet another measure has been implemented by the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works to expedite the process of easing traffic congestion along major roads in the Corporate Area. Speaking to JIS News yesterday (September 4), at the National Works Agency (NWA) Command Centre at the Ministry's head office on Maxfield Avenue, Minister of Housing, Transport, Water and Works,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has urged retirees and seniors with specialist skills to become more involved in voluntary projects, community initiatives or development programmes, where their expertise and experience can be utilized. "I do not think that anyone with specialist skills, who can still make a contribution, if we (the government) can use the expertise, that...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has said that the government was committed to protecting the interest of pensioners and would continue to periodically review the benefits and programmes for seniors. She noted that it was as part of this commitment that some $300 million had been earmarked in the 2006/07 budget to provide for the increase in...

Executive Director of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC), Barbara Lee has said there was need to examine the relationship between competition and regulation in order to balance the benefits of special interest groups with that of the consumers. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Mrs. Lee pointed out that while special interest groups such as lawyers, doctors and engineers...

Some 42,000 tonnes of bagged cement are expected from Mainland International between September 8 and 12. In addition, Buying House is to provide an additional 30,000 tonnes of cement by September 24. This is the word from the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce (MITEC), in conjunction with the Incorporated Master Builders Association, the Hardware Merchants Association, and the...

Improvement work is being carried out by the National Water Commission (NWC) on water supply systems in eastern Portland. These projects were inspected by Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Dr. Fenton Ferguson during a tour on Friday, September 1. The tour followed a similar visit to western Portland by Dr. Ferguson on Friday,...

Minister of Housing, Transport, Water & Works, Robert Pickersgill said today (Sept. 4), that he was pleased with the rate of traffic flow in the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA), at the start of the new school year. Speaking to JIS News at the Command Centre of the National Works Agency (NWA) on Maxfield Avenue, the Minister said that from all...