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The Jamaica 4-H Clubs and the United States Peace Corps/Jamaica, yesterday (June 30), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will ensure the sustainability of the International Four-H Youth Exchange Programme (IFYE) between both countries. In addition, the MOU will establish a framework for a lasting partnership between the Jamaica 4-H Clubs and the Peace Corps, which will assist in...

New Mayor of Spanish Town, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, has vowed to clean up the old capital and to come up with new initiatives and social programmes to deal with crime and violence. "The laws of this land dictate that expenditure that is currently being used by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NWSMA) should be spent by the (Parish) Council...

The Sergeant Ville Primary School in St. Catherine has emerged winner of the St. Catherine HIV/STI Awareness quiz competition, scoring a high of 37 points at the finals held recently at Cecil's Restaurant in Linstead. Second place went to St. Catherine Primary with 29 points while Ascot Primary placed third with 28 points. The competition, which aimed to heighten students'...

The Ritz Carlton Hotel in St. James officially reopened its doors for business today after being closed for approximately two months to repair damage from flood rains in April. More than 300 of the 427 rooms on the property are now being marketed and according to General Manager, Martin Nicholson, the full complement of rooms would be available by the...

Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke has said that the Ministry was taking the necessary precautions to ensure that beef imported was free of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease. Recently, there were two reported cases of the disease in the United States. The Minister, in his address at the Jamaica Agricultural Society/St. Catherine Association of Branch Societies...

The US$800 million expansion project, to be undertaken at the Jamalco plant in Clarendon, is expected to create employment for thousands of residents of the Hayes community where the plant is located, in addition to persons in surrounding areas. The company's Managing Director, Jerome Maxwell, told JIS News that the three-year project would require the services of some 3,500 persons...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Culture, Dr. Donald Rhodd, has said that the national E-Learning project was designed to enhance student learning in preparation for the world of work. Dr. Rhodd, who was making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on June 28, explained that the project was aimed at improving the quality of education in...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Dr. Donald Rhodd has said that Parliament has committed to promoting greater collaboration among youth serving agencies through the Jamaica Social Policy Evaluation (JASPEV) process. Minister Rhodd informed that the troika of politicians in Parliament, which includes Opposition Member of Parliament for West Central St. Andrew, Andrew Holness, State Minister...

Some $23 million was generated from partnerships with 168 private sector companies, in which the National Youth Service (NYS) successfully delivered customized training in 2004/05, Dr. Donald Rhodd, State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture has said. Making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House on Tuesday (June 28), he noted that as part...

Strong representation is being made at several levels for an extension of the implementation date to meet the requirements under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), for Americans travelling to Jamaica to hold passports for re-entry to the United States as of January 2006. This was noted by Industry and Tourism State Minister, Dr. Wykeham McNeill during his contribution to...

Jamaica recorded its best ever year in tourism in 2004, reflecting an overall growth of 4.8 per cent, with a record 1,414,786 stopover visitors. This was reported by Dr. Wykeham McNeill, State Minister in the Ministry of Industry and Tourism, when he spoke in the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House on Wednesday, June 29. He said the industry recorded...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has introduced an Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) system to ensure greater efficiency in the dispatch of buses and to ascertain the precise location of vehicles at any point in time. Nimal Amitirigala, Manager of the Information Technology Department at the JUTC, said that the bus company recently introduced the AVL system on three of...