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Jamaicans with disabilities are to be provided with opportunities to improve their employability skills, while employers will be sensitised about the benefits of hiring these persons, when Enable 2005 begins today (July 13) at the Chinese Benevolent Society in Kingston. According to State Minister for Labour and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris, the employment fair was organised against the background...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) has forwarded a resolution to the Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport for the provision of a dedicated fund for the cleaning of drains and gullies in the corporate area and all other parish councils. Addressing the KSAC monthly press briefing at the Council's Church Street offices, yesterday (July 12), Mayor...

Some 300 students from the parishes of St. James and Hanover, who are slated to benefit under the National Youth Service (NYS) Summer Employment Programme, participated in an orientation exercise yesterday (July 12) at the St. John's Methodist Church Hall in Montego Bay. The exercise was scheduled for last week, but was postponed due to the passage of Hurricane Dennis.Under...

Minister of Development, Dr. Paul Robertson has said that recent economic developments had created viable opportunities for businesses in the country to experience substantive growth. "The economic development projects now taking place are real, tangible and present real opportunities for Jamaican business, large and small, to invest and so create wealth and jobs through linkages in the growth areas of...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Office of National Reconstruction (ONR), Danville Walker, has reported that the site earmarked for the relocation of over 200 families in Portland Cottage, Clarendon did not suffer any flooding in the recent passage of Hurricane Dennis. Mr. Walker told JIS News that the area, which was approximately 70 acres, was 60 feet above sea...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is distributing food, tarpaulin and medical supplies to communities in Western St. Thomas that have been cut off due to landslides from the torrential rains associated with Hurricane Dennis. Parish Disaster Coordinator, Millicent Blake told JIS News that food, mattresses and blankets were delivered to the Penlyne Castle, Seaforth and Mount...

Assistance is being provided for persons in Portland who were affected by Hurricane Dennis, with food packages and blankets being distributed to persons in a number of communities. Gloria Clarke, Parish Manager for the Portland Office of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security told JIS News that a total of 78 food packages and 48 blankets had been distributed...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson will officially open the 53rd staging of the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show on Sunday, July 31 at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon. Governor General, His Excellency the Most. Hon. Sir Howard Cooke; Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke and other dignitaries from China, Canada and the Caribbean, will also be attending the opening ceremony...

The Moy Hall Coffee Factory in Cedar Valley, St. Thomas has suffered extensive damage with the passage of Hurricane Dennis estimated at $70 million to $80 million. "At the factory, a number of buildings have been washed away, store houses flooded, the main office is covered in sand and silt. We have lost stock and we anticipate that it might...

The Apiculture Unit at Bodles in St. Catherine has undertaken a hurricane restoration programme valued at some $3.5 million, to partially restock the colonies of those bee farmers, who suffered losses during Hurricane Ivan last September. Reginald Peddy, Chief Apiculture Officer, informs JIS News that the Ministry of Agriculture has decided to purchase bees for the breeding of nucleus colonies...

The special subcommittee of Cabinet, which was convened by Prime Minister P. J. Patterson to look into claims of persons being trafficked locally, has submitted its report. Information Minister Burchell Whiteman, who divulged the contents of the document to journalists at yesterday's (June 11) post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that the subcommittee was guided by definitions of...

Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman, has said that piped water will be restored to the majority of hurricane-affected communities very shortly. Members of the public have been experiencing disruption in supplies due to damage to water systems as a result of Hurricane Dennis, while others were temporarily cut off to allow for treatment. Senator Whiteman, who was giving an update...