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Five outstanding Jamaicans head the list of 113 persons to receive National Honours and Awards, as released by the Office of the Prime Minister. The awards will be conferred on the recipients on National Heroes Day, October 16. The five recipients of the Order of Jamaica (OJ), the nation's fourth highest honour, are: Dr. Rae Davis, CD, for his contribution...

Residents of Montego Bay recently benefited from a hurricane preparedness forum organized by the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS). The forum, which was held at the Montego Bay Civic Centre, is the third of 11 being held across the island, to help Jamaicans prepare what is forecasted to be a very active hurricane season. Leslie Williams, Senior Regional Manager of...

Deputy Director of Research at Bodles Research Station, and Chief Judge of the Livestock Competition at the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, Jasmine Holness has described the quality of the livestock in this year's competition as "excellent". "The 15 farms and entities that entered maintained the high standard demanded," she said in a JIS News interview yesterday (August 6) at...

Jimmy Jackson has followed in the winning footsteps of legendary veteran farmer Moses Jumi, having won the National Champion Farmer title for the second consecutive year. Mr. Jackson who hails from the parish of Westmoreland, bested some 24 farmers to win the title at the 54th annual Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, being held in May Pen, Clarendon from August...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant has expressed satisfaction at the turn-out for the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, which is now underway at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon. In his remarks at the official opening on Saturday (Aug. 5), he noted that "in my recent opportunity to lead the Denbigh Show over the...

The Denbigh Agricultural showground is to be upgraded at a cost of $1 billion. This was disclosed by President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant at the opening ceremony of the 54th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, at Denbigh, Clarendon on Saturday, August 5. He pointed out that the improvement project had already begun...

As a result of the influence and support of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), the island of St. Maarten will experience its first ever agricultural trade show on the 11th and 12th of November this year. Rose Ann Rumnit, Director of the St. Maarten Agricultural Society made the announcement during the official opening ceremony of the 54th Denbigh Agricultural Show...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant has proposed that a 30- year US$250 million bond be established for investment in agriculture and rural development. He made the suggestion on Saturday (July 5) at the opening ceremony of the 54th Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial show, at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon. According to Senator Grant,...

The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) is on the threshold of implementing an agreement to export JAS purified drinking water to St. Maarten. President of the JAS, Senator Norman Grant, made the disclosure at the opening ceremony of the 54th staging of the annual Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, on Saturday (August 5). "Before this show ends," Senator Grant indicated, "we...

Executive Director of the National Youth Service (NYS) Rev. Adinhair Jones has lauded the recently concluded NYS 'Success Camp' as the "most successful" since its inception in 2002. Speaking at the graduation ceremony held recently at the Garvey Maceo Comprehensive High School, Rev. Jones said that compared to previous years this year's camp had shown significant improvement in terms of...

Leighton Davis, a 26 year old farmer of St. Mary who has twice won the National Young Champion Farmer title has won again for the third time. Speaking with JIS News at the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show now underway in May Pen Clarendon, Chairman of the National Champion Farmer Competition, Derrick Vermont said Mr. Davis first copped the title...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands is seeking to develop a National Minerals Policy for Jamaica and has organized a series of three public consultations aimed at garnering feedback from a wide cross section of Jamaicans with vested interest in the mining sector. Senior Director of the Minerals Policy and Development Division in the Ministry, Oral Rainford, told JIS News...