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Inventors and innovators are being asked to submit their creative work to the first biennial National Innovations Awards for Science and Technology. Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell officially launched the competition today (July 25) at the Ministry's Trafalgar Road offices in Kingston. The awards are targeted at the private sector companies, community groups, academic institutions and persons,...

The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has embarked on a public education drive, aimed at better equipping the public to deal with issues relating to that organization. Officers of the company have already visited the parishes of Portland, St. Mary and Manchester, and will be at the Inland Revenue Department in Montego Bay, St. James from Tuesday, July...

Ground has been broken in the Old Harbour Bay community of St. Catherine for the construction of a new housing scheme by the Office of National Reconstruction (ONR) in partnership with the Government of Venezuela, to relocate 120 persons who were severely affected by Hurricane Ivan last September. The ground-breaking ceremony took place on Thursday (July 21) in the Bourkesfield...

Preparations for Portland's participation in the annual Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show are in high gear as the parish's farming community works feverishly to make an impressive show at the event, which will be held, from July 30 to August 1. Planning for the parish's participation is being spearheaded by the Portland Denbigh Show Committee, which comprises representatives of the...

The Montego Bay Street People Programme, operated under the auspices of the St. James Parish Council's Poor Relief Department, will receive a big boost, with the acquisition of a 2001 Toyota Hiace Mini Bus valued at $1.07 million. The vehicle was purchased with funds allocated by the Ministry of Local Government, Community Development and Sport and will soon be officially...

The coconut industry like many others is vulnerable to the predicted active hurricane season, which has already manifested itself in the form of Hurricanes Dennis and Emily, and measures are therefore being implemented to protect coconut growers and the industry against the possibility of extensive losses. Director of Research at the Coconut Industry Board (CIB), Basil Been tells JIS News...

Farmers in the parish of St. Ann are being encouraged to practice low cost land husbandry throughout this hurricane season, as this will reduce the risk of major agricultural losses. Parish Manager for the St. Ann branch of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Pedro Worghs, told JIS News that the passage of hurricanes, Dennis and Emily, had resulted in...

At age 14 when most girls are taken up with music, fashion and friends, Simone had to be concerned about taking care of her new-born baby. A child herself, she was at her wits end when she found out she was pregnant as all she could visualise was failure. Today, 14 years later, Simone has realised her career dream and...

Water and Housing State Minister, Harry Douglas, has announced the appointment of a new board, with island wide scope, to hear rent disputes now being handed by the Corporate Area Rent Assessment Board and Resident Magistrate Courts. Mr. Douglas, who was making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on July 20, explained that since the closure...

The National Youth Service (NYS) has received some $4 million in sponsorship towards Success Camp 2005, a six-week residential re-orientation and behaviour modification programme for students. The camp is being conducted in two segments and Chairman of the NYS, Keith Duncan, informed that $3 million of the amount, which was given by the Jamaica Securities Dealers Association (JSDA), would be...

Plans are in high gear for the staging of the internationally acclaimed Seville Emancipation Jubilee 2005, at the Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann's Bay. The event, renown for highlighting traditional and oral culture in an invigorating form, will begin on Sunday, July 31 and go through to Emancipation Day on Monday, August 1. It is expected to attract thousand...

Dr. Omar Davies, Minister of Finance and Planning, has said that Jamaican firms seeking to secure funding from multilateral agencies for expansion projects, must have their books and expansion plans of a high standard to withstand the strongest scrutiny. The Minister made this statement in light of the US$105 million financing package, which Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL), the parent company...