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Approximately 20,000 tonnes of cement from the Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) will be available this week. 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 Jamaica Chamber of Commerce. At a joint meeting at the Ministry today (July 31), the...

The National Water Commission (NWC) has received some $19 million in grant funding to undertake an Institutional Strengthening Project, which is aimed at improving its capacity to supply water, especially to rural communities. The project, which will be undertaken over a 20-month period beginning this week and ending in February 2008, is being funded by the European Union (EU). Speaking...

The Ministry of Education and Youth has allotted more than $890 million for the purchase of academic textbooks to be used in the 2006/2007 academic year. In an interview with JIS News, Chief Education Officer in the Ministry, Adelle Brown said $315.7 million would be used to purchase primary level books, while $576 million is to be used to purchase...

The Jamaica 4-H Clubs will again be joining the team of exhibitors at the 54th Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, which gets underway in May Pen, Clarendon on Saturday, August 5. Public Relations Officer for the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Karelle McCormack, told JIS News that the clubs would be displaying agro-processed, agricultural and home economic products, as well as craft...

Organisers of the 54th Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show are putting the final touches on the May Pen showground, to ensure that it is ready to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of patrons expected for the three-day event. Kingsley Clarke, Denbigh Showground Manager for the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), told JIS News on Friday (July 28), that the ground preparations...

The Jamaica Local Organising Committee (LOC) is in the process of finalising contracts with owners of selected park and ride sites for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. Among the park and ride sites currently under negotiation for Sabina Park are the National Stadium, Up Park Camp, National Heroes Park and a nearby Urban Development Corporation (UDC) parking lot. On the...

Minister of Local Government and Environment, Dean Peart has announced that the Government of Jamaica is in the final stages of dialogue with the United States government, regarding a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of a tsunami early warning system in the island, and the rest of the Caribbean. "A tsunami warning system is one in which sensory...

The Ministry of Local Government and Environment is currently in discussions with Food for the Poor to effect repairs to the Hanover Infirmary. Minister Dean Peart, who disclosed this last week during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate, said rehabilitation work is also being carried out on the St. Thomas Infirmary. "Contracts are out to tender for the Westmoreland and...

With the number of diabetes diagnoses increasing in the island, particularly among children and teenagers, the organizers of Camp Yellow Bird have continued to give young persons hope, by helping them to manage the illness for a longer, healthier life. The annual event, established for children and adolescents with diabetes, is aimed at teaching them how to manage their condition,...

An Ackee Festival, highlighting a variety of dishes made from the fruit, will be held on Emancipation Day (August 1) on the grounds of the Dinthill Technical High School in Linstead, St. Catherine. This is the second staging of the event, which is being organised by the Linstead Area Development Committee. Chairman of the Linstead Ackee Festival Committee, Ansel White...

State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Victor Cummings, has said that new technology and legislation, which was incorporated in the operations of the National Land Agency (NLA), through the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) in the last fiscal year, has improved management of the Lands portfolio. Making his contribution to the 2006/07 Sectoral Debate in the...

Patrons visiting this year's Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, will be able to feast their eyes and whet their appetites, as they watch 20 members of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs displaying their culinary skills and vying for top prizes in a 'Cook -Off' Competition on August 5 and 6. Speaking with JIS News, Home Economics Coordinator for the Jamaica 4-H...