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The North Eastern Regional Health Authority (NERHA) has embarked on a project, which is geared at promoting healthy lifestyles in schools within that school region. Regional Health Promotion and Education Officer, Frank Beecher, told JIS News that the project sought to facilitate actions for positive changes in behaviour, as effective health promotion helped to strengthen the skills and capability of...

Member of Parliament for South West St. Elizabeth, Dr. Christopher Tufton was officially sworn in as Opposition Senator at today's (June 24) sitting of the Upper House. Mr. Tufton's appointment fills the vacancy left by Opposition Leader, Bruce Golding, who tendered his resignation four months earlier, to assume his Member of Parliament seat in the House of Representatives. Leader of...

State Minister for Agriculture, Errol Ennis has announced that several state-owned land will be put into commercial agricultural production. Mr. Ennis, who was making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in Parliament on June 22, said that among the properties earmarked for development are some 95 hectares of land at Thetford, St. Ann. The project will be financed by...

State Minister for Agriculture, Errol Ennis has said that the targets to increase cocoa production were attainable and plans had been activated to increase and sustain the crop. Mr. Ennis, who was making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday (June 22), explained that the demand for Jamaica's fine flavoured cocoa internationally stood at...

The banana industry is well on its way to achieving the pre Hurricane Ivan production target of an average of 770 tonnes weekly and 50,000 tonnes per year. State Minister for Agriculture, Errol Ennis, in his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 22, noted that the signs were already positive, with the industry...

United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Office Minister, Ian Pearson has said that the UK sees good, timely transitional arrangements which are acceptable to all African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries as integral to the reform process for sugar. We strongly support early decisions on an action plan to give effect to this, so that properly funded, effective and country specific measures...

Executive Chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority (SIA), Ambassador Derrick Heaven said Jamaica would need approximately US$200 million to get its sugar diversification programme off the ground. Ambassador Heaven, who spoke to JIS News in London recently, said that, "the industry has been working assiduously to put in place a proposal to deal with a diversified sugar industry, which recognizes...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson, has called for a new "consensus on education" in partnership with the Jamaican Diaspora which will assist the Jamaican government in its thrust to improve educational standards in the country while also structuring effective curricula that will prepare young Jamaicans for a dynamic global environment. Minister Henry-Wilson was speaking at a community...

Managing Director of Jamalco bauxite company, Jerome Maxwell has said that his company was poised to begin its US$800 expansion programme, which will see a doubling of capacity to 2.8 million tonnes of alumina. The development, he told JIS News, was made possible because of "the performance of our workforce at the refinery over the last few years", adding that,...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday (June 22) referred to a House Committee, a resolution to grant the use of laptop computers during Parliamentary sessions, as a means of increasing the efficiency of sittings and allowing members to easily access information related to House proceedings. Member of Parliament for Central St. Mary, Dr. Morais Guy, who moved the resolution, explained...

As the Jamaican Diaspora prepares for the 43rd anniversary of Independence, entries are now being accepted for the sixth annual Independence Essay Competition, which will be a part of celebrations throughout the Florida communities. Launched by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) in Miami, the contest is open to all Jamaican children (first and second generation), residing in Florida State. The...

State Minister for Agriculture, Errol Ennis has announced that several state-owned land will be put into commercial agricultural production. Mr. Ennis, who was making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in Parliament on June 22, said that among the properties earmarked for development are some 95 hectares of land at Thetford, St. Ann. The project will be financed by...