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Three hundred and nine members of the public service, who have served for 25 years or more, were yesterday (Nov. 23) honoured at the Civil Service Long Service Awards ceremony held at King's House. The function, which marked the 20th occasion of the awards, was held as part of the commemorative celebrations of Civil Service Week 2005. In the citation...

The Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education (CANQATE) will stage its second annual conference in Port of Spain, Trinidad from November 28 to 30. The conference, which will be held under the theme: 'Quality Tertiary Education in Single Market Economies: Challenges and Benefits', will bring together a number of CARICOM countries including Jamaica, Antigua, Bermuda, Guyana, Barbados...

Farmers in Clarendon have benefitted from a wealth creation seminar, to help them to better manage their money.The session, which was organized by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), was held on Tuesday (Nov. 22) at the Denbigh Agricultural Showground in May Pen. Thomas Mayne, Regional Manager at the JAS, told JIS News that the objective of the session was to...

Deputy Group Managing Director of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Ruth Potopsingh has lauded the Scientific Research Council (SRC) on its sustained promotion of science and technology. She was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 19th Annual National Conference and Exposition on Science and Technology on Tuesday (Nov. 22) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel. "It takes vision, courageous...

An array of traditional and non-traditional jerk foods will pique the interest and palate of patrons who attend the 4-H Clubs' Hanover Jerk Festival and Fun Day, which will get underway this Saturday, (November 26), at Ruseas High School in Lucea, Hanover. In an interview with JIS News, Errol Wynter, 4-H Parish Development Officer for Hanover, noted that the event,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn, whose portfolio includes the Jamaican Diaspora, will be visiting Toronto, Canada, from Friday, November 25 to Tuesday, November 29. While in Canada, Minister Franklyn will participate in several activities including a community forum on November 25 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Jamaican Canadian Association...

The European Union (EU) agriculture ministers have reached a deal to reform its sugar policy, agreeing to a 36 per cent cut in sugar subsidies over a four-year period. The decision was reached after a marathon meeting in Brussels today (Nov. 24). As part of the deal, beet growing farmers, who wish to abandon their fields, would be paid 64.2...

With 472 days to go before the opening ceremony for the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, the much-anticipated ticketing programme was unveiled yesterday with news that tickets for the general public will go on sale on May 1, 2006 on a phased basis, while special combinations, tour and travel packages will go on sale as of January. In addition, Corporate...

Plans are underway to modernise the country's Island Traffic Authority (ITA) by redefining its role and functions, simultaneously making it a more efficient and accountable entity. As part of the modernisation of the ITA, the government also intends to privatise the Motor Vehicle Inspection Services. "The modernisation of the Island Traffic Authority is one of our priority projects and the...

Valuable Pathways, the values and attitude manual for secondary schools, will be launched on Friday (Nov. 25) at the Jamaica Conference Centre downtown Kingston. Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson, will be the guest speaker at the launch, which is expected to get underway at 10:30 a.m. The manual is a project of the HEART Trust/NTA in association...

Some 58 members of staff of the Montego Bay, Savanna-La-Mar and Lucea family courts, including three judges and other senior officers, were presented with certificates of participation having completed an eight-month training course aimed at strengthening the family court system. The course is part of an island-wide project being carried out by the Ministry of Justice under the Citizen Security...

The Portmore Municipal Council will be pushing the government for additional resources to improve roads in the community and the establishment of a disaster evacuation plan. Mayor of Portmore, George Lee, speaking at a recent council meeting, said that the local representatives were expected to meet with the Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and a technical government team soon, to discuss...