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Students and teachers of the Trout Hall All-age School in Clarendon now have new sanitary facilities, through $4.5 million in funding from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). Speaking at the handing over ceremony held on Wednesday (Feb.15) at the school, principal Shudley Bryce expressed his gratitude to the JSIF for answering the request of the Trout Hall Citizen's Association,...

Work on the refurbishing of a large earth drain adjoining the Georgia district in western St. Thomas, should be completed next week. The $2 million project, which is being undertaken under the Lift-Up Jamaica programme, included the paving of a 2,590,800-metre (850 feet) drain and the placing of stones along its 1.77-metre wall (seven foot). "We are about 95 per...

Minister of Industry and Tourism, Aloun Ndombet Assamba, has called on hotel managers and executives to implement HIV/AIDS workplace policies, to promote prevention activities and reduce discrimination. "Get involved in this process. Do not just go for the minimum acceptable standard .take it on as if your very lives depend on it," Mrs. Assamba said, as she addressed an HIV/AIDS...

His Excellency The Most Hon. Kenneth Octavius Hall, was installed as Jamaica's fourth native Governor-General yesterday (Feb.15), and in his inaugural speech, declared his intent to work to build social capital and to project a self reliant, self-confident Jamaica. He pointed out that as one of the symbols of national unity, the office of the Governor-General would be an active...

Coffee farmers in the Rowlandsfield area of Eastern St. Thomas could soon realize a reduction in production costs, through the use of the diluted injection fertiliser pump. At a one-day training workshop organised by the Coffee Industry Board (CIB) recently at the Rowlandsfield Community Centre, the farmers were introduced to the system, which according to CIB Parish Advisory Officer, Damion...

As Canada week is being observed from February 13 to 19, the Association of Local Government Authorities (ALGA) has expressed appreciation to the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for its valued contributions to the organsiation. Mayor of May Pen and President of ALGA, Councillor Milton Brown told JIS News today (February 16), that CIDA had provided major support to the...

Come tomorrow (Feb. 17) a team of 30 Cubans and 30 Jamaicans would begin distributing energy saving bulbs to households in East Kingston and Port Royal in exchange for incandescent bulbs, which will be destroyed on receipt. The move is part of the joint energy saving project between Jamaica and Cuba, which provides for the replacement of incandescent bulbs with...

Today, we are gathered as a nation to witness not only the installation of a new Governor General, but also to participate in the creation of several historical precedents. It is the first time that a native Governor-General on his retirement presents the new holder of the position with the Instrument of Office. In addition to ensuring a seamless transition,...

I am honoured that you have all found it possible to join us for this ceremony this afternoon. For me this is both a humbling and an uplifting experience. The Office of Governor General and its historic association with Her Majesty the Queen, has a mystique of tradition as well as the symbolism of our evolution to independent statehood. Growing...

Jamaica has much for which we ought to be thankful. We have a fruitful and beautiful land, and our people have a resourcefulness, vitality and warmth that cannot be matched anywhere in the world. Over the years, I have seen phenomenal developments in housing, road infrastructure, education, land reform, health and international diplomacy. And, our successes up to this time...

The House of Representatives yesterday (Feb.14) approved the transfer of some $2.5 billion from the Capital Development Fund into the Consolidated Fund, $261 million of which will go to the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) for its Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP). Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, who piloted the resolution seeking the transfer of funds, explained that the...

The Ministry of Transport and Works this morning (Feb. 15) officially launched its pedestrian crossing project, which is designed to encourage increased use of crossings to reduce pedestrian deaths. The project involves collaboration with the National Works Agency (NWA) and leading global payment services company, Moneygram International, which will provide $23 million to put in new pedestrian crossings and remark...