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The Bill to amend the National Housing Trust Act to allow for the diversion of funds to finance the Education Transformation project was passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 26) after much debate. The government is seeking to divert $5 billion in a one-off transfer to finance the upgrading of education facilities across the island this financial...

Jamaica is to put forward its position on the reform of the United Nations (UN) and the Security Council, during its participation in the 60th General Assembly to be held in New York this September. Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister K.D. Knight speaking during his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on Tuesday (July 26) said...

Solicitor General, Michael Hylton, has said that critical to the government's victory in the Portmore toll road case, was the court's acceptance of the Mandela Highway as the most reasonable alternative to the Portmore causeway. "The claimants had argued that the Minister's (Robert Pickersgill) designation of this route as a toll road was unlawful because the designation of the Mandela...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is reporting significant damage to agriculture in the parish of Portland as a result of the passing of Hurricanes Dennis and Emily. Estimates prepared by the organization reveal that a total of 626 hectares of crop and livestock were destroyed by the hurricanes at a cost of $250 million, with 3,500 farmers being directly...

The government of Jamaica will be introducing a "passport system" in the cattle industry as part of efforts to prevent disease outbreak and address animal theft. The system, which will initially be introduced in Kingston, and later move to all other parts of the island, will see plastic and metal tags being affixed to the ear of cattle, with numbering...

The government of Jamaica has awarded a $200 million contract to French company SAGEM SA to supply the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) with an Automated Palm and Fingerprint Identification System (APFIS). Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips, speaking at the signing ceremony held this morning (July 26) at his Oxford Road offices, informed that the acquisition was in keeping...

The Government has distributed a sum of $51 million to 10,200 persons in Clarendon who were affected by Hurricane Ivan, which devastated the island in September last year. Delroy Palmer, Parish Manager for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security told JIS News that this was the final payment to persons in the parish. "Starting Monday (July 25), we distributed...

With the July 30 start of the 2005 Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show just four days away, Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant has informed that all the booths for the inaugural and much anticipated food court have been sold out. "The booths are all gone, all sold out," Senator Grant told JIS News. He noted that the more...

Tourism interests, including hoteliers, service providers and purchasers from across the region, participated in a two-day tourism linkage seminar, which ended at the Wyndham Rose Hall Resort and Country Club, today (July 27). The seminar, which was organized by Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), under the theme: 'Winning business opportunities - maximizing local links in the tourism chain', was held to...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Her Excellency Gail Mathurin continued her official tour of Jamaican communities in the UK when she visited the city of Leeds last weekend. During her visit, the High Commissioner called on the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor William Hyde and Lady Mayoress Patricia Hyde. The High Commissioner had dialogue with Superintendent Richard Jackson,...

Resources available for the medium and long-term development of the agriculture sector might have to be reallocated to enable farmers to recover from the blow dealt to the industry by the passage of Hurricanes Dennis and Emily. Information Minister Senator Burchell Whiteman, speaking to journalists at yesterday's (June 25) post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that Agriculture Minister,...

The St. Ann Branches of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) are making preparations for the parish's participation in the annual Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, to be held in May Pen, Clarendon from July 30 to August 1. "St. Ann has been the defending champion at Denbigh for the last two years and...