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The Clarendon office of the Social Development Commission (SDC) is moving to strengthen community organization through the establishment of Development Area Committees (DACs). Nakeima Peters, SDC Field Services Manager for Upper Clarendon, told JIS News that the DACs were being developed to fulfill the Commission's long-term mandate of promoting sustainable development by setting up the proper governance structures locally. "Clarendon...

The Jamaica Values and Attitudes Project for Tertiary Students, (JAMVAT), has recorded significant growth in the number of applications it received this year - a 105 per cent increase - when compared with 2001 when the programme began. Speaking with JIS News, Manager for JAMVAT, Captain Paul Barrett said that a total of 1,850 students applied to the programme this...

A Memorial Service will be held tomorrow (Oct. 4) for two Jamaican farm workers who were killed last week in a traffic accident in Ontario, Canada. The service for 54 year-old William Bell of Sandy River, Clarendon and 39 year-old Desmond McNeil of Lennox Bigwoods in Westmoreland, will take place at Murphy Funeral Home in Delhi, Ontario, from 2:00 p.m....

GraceKennedy & Company Limited and Western Union International will be honoured by the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) at the organization's 24th annual benefit gala to be held on November 5 in New York. Both companies are being recognized for their outstanding contributions to the Jamaican society, particularly in the area of education. "We feel very happy this year to...

The island's private sector, including the financial agencies, is again being urged to do more to support the agriculture sector. The call came from President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) Senator Norman Grant, as he addressed a workshop and exposition put on by the Goat Breeders' Association on October 1 at Bodles in St. Catherine. He noted that while...

Dunstan Campbell, newly appointed resident representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Jamaica, has said that the agency was committed to assisting the 4-H movement in its efforts to improve food and job security. "We see through this organisation, elements of sustainability and therefore, we will continue to work with the 4-H. The impact you can have by...

The Ministry of Agriculture will be spending some $22 million for the printing of 100,000 receipt books to verify the legitimacy of produce under the project to stamp out predial larceny. Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) President, Senator Norman Grant, who made the disclosure as he addressed the Goat Breeder's Society of Jamaica exposition on October 1 at the Bodles Agricultural...

The Fifth Inter-American Dialogue on Water Management, which will take place from October 9 to 14 at the Half Moon Conference Centre in Montego Bay, will include discussions on issues affecting Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Co-chair of the Inter-American Water Resources Network, Basil Fernandez stressed that, "without water there is no development," and pointed out that many countries in...

Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman has urged students participating in the Access to Information (ATI) Schools competition to use the contest as a means of increasing their understanding of the Jamaican society, and improving their ability to advance the development of their community and country. "The broader society will benefit from the infusion of a cadre of young persons...

Debate on the Bill to amend the Maintenance Act continued in the Upper House on September 30, after a motion by Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate, Anthony Johnson, to refer the Bill to a joint select committee of both Houses, was turned down. The Bill seeking to amend the Act to place equal maintenance obligations on both sexes...

Livestock farmers are being urged to focus more on the rearing of dual purpose animals, particularly in the provision of both milk and meat. The charge came from Dr. Joseph Lindsay, Director of the Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine, during his address at a Goat Breeders Society exposition and workshop, held on October 1 at the station. Dr. Lindsay...

Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke has described the Ministry's exposition, which was held at the Old Hope Road head office on September 29, as "tremendously successful". In an interview with JIS News, Minister Clarke said that the Ministry saw it fit to place in public view the various offerings of the Ministry. "What we have put on display," he noted,...