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Pig farmers are poised to 'take home the bacon' as they seek to fill the high demand for pig meat on the local and overseas market. And with the opening up of new markets through the CARICOM Single Market Economy, farmers are seeking more ingenious ways of breeding and rearing the product in order to remain competitive. Delroy Manya, President...

More than two decades after its establishment, the Jamaica Constabulary Staff College (JCSC) has remained true to its vision of providing training to senior officers in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in such key competencies as management and leadership. The JCSC, which was founded in 1984, acts as a responsive educational institution catering not only to the needs of various...

Over a period of two centuries, some fifteen million young Africans were crowded into slave ships, propelled by the winds that sweep the Atlantic at this time of year. Family victims of the pernicious system of slavery were separated forever according to the dictates of the plantocracy in the Caribbean, North, Central and South America. So, no matter in what...

Minister of Water and Housing, Donald Buchanan has said that the government has made much progress in providing Jamaicans with access to affordable housing solutions. The Minister, who was speaking at the official launch of the Jamaica National Building Society's Signature Homes programme in Mandeville on Thursday (Sept. 22), lauded the work of pubic entities such as the National Housing...

Staff and students at the Golden Spring Basic School in St. Ann have expressed gratitude to members of the Jamaica Basic School Foundation in London for their invaluable contribution to the development of the institution. Board Chairman of the School, Custos Radcliffe Walters, told JIS News that the school was in a rebuilding process and the assistance of the Foundation...

As the Ministry of Agriculture reinforces its relevance as one of the driving forces in the economic and social development of Jamaica, its headquarters on Old Hope Road will be buzzing with excitement when the best in agriculture is showcased on September 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The agricultural exposition is being held for the first time and...

The Portland 4-H Club will be embarking on an extensive training programme next month in preparation for the special achievement day exercise to be held in April of 2006. The event is being organised to mark the 65th anniversary of the 4-H movement in Jamaica. Clinton Brown, 4-H Organizer for Portland, told JIS News that the training programme would commence...

The Registration of Strata Titles Act is being amended to address the problem of non-payment of maintenance fees and to give the Real Estate Board responsibility for the supervision of strata corporations. The amendments, which are expected to be completed and approved later this year, would see the creation of a department within the board to look into complaints brought...

A number of churches in New York City are putting their support behind Jamaica Homecoming 2005, with special services of worship on Sunday, October 2. The move is in response to an appeal from members of the New York City Committee for Jamaica Homecoming 2005/HANDS Across Jamaica For Righteousness, headed by Consul General, Dr. Basil K. Bryan, who is the...

Security Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips called for the development of international protocol as it relates to the deportation of persons, who have been convicted of criminal offences. The Minister told a meeting of media, community and business leaders at the Jamaican High Commission in London yesterday (Sept. 22), that this was one of the issues that would be discussed with...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, K.D. Knight has hailed the election of South Africa to the chairmanship of the Group of 77 & China as a "good choice". He said that the overwhelming support of South Africa's candidacy was a clear indication that it was the right choice. Minister Knight's remarks came at the end of the 29th...

The Government of Jamaica has said it was fully committed to combating doping in sports, and "will do everything in its power to safeguard the integrity, values and spirit in sport." Local Government, Community Development and Sport Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, in a speech delivered by Chairman of the Institute of Sport (INSPORT), Dr. Winston Dawes, at the CARICOM Taskforce...