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More than 100,000 persons are expected to visit the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show this year from the local, regional and international arena. Launched under the theme: 'Grow What We Eat and Eat What We Grow', the show promises to provide a number of new as well as traditional features, which patrons can enjoy. In addition to the traditional activities,...

My visit here, though brief, has given me the opportunity to witness first hand the marvelous developments that are taking place in China. I cannot believe that Shanghai is the same city that I visited seven years ago. I am impressed with the growth and obvious signs of prosperity in all the areas that I have visited. I am grateful...

Transport and Works Minister, Robert Pickersgill has said that the recent passage of amendments to the Road Traffic, and Transport Authority Acts, would better enable law enforcement personnel and the Transport Authority to crack down on the problematic issue of illegal taxis on the nation's roads. Speaking yesterday (June 22) at a meeting at the Hilton Kingston Hotel with representatives...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is currently implementing a new A-road patching programme, valued at over $31million, to benefit all 14 parishes in the island. "This A-road patching programme addresses the main arterial roads that link township to township," Petra-kene Williams, Acting Communication and Customer Services Manager at the NWA told JIS News in an interview. She said that given...

The National Works Agency (NWA) has completed 90 per cent of the rehabilitation work on the road network and infrastructure damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Ivan, which lashed the island last September. "We have a programme, funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - the Hurricane Ivan Repairs Programme - which is basically a programme that focuses on replacing damaged...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Errol Ennis, has said that small agro-processing enterprises that utilise good manufacturing and management practices could become profitable. Making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday (June 22), the State Minister cited Twickenham Industry, which produces bammies, as an example of a small business that has...

More than 100,000 persons are expected to visit the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show this year from the local, regional and international arena. Launched under the theme: 'Grow What We Eat and Eat What We Grow', the show promises to provide a number of new as well as traditional features, which patrons can enjoy. In addition to the traditional activities,...

My visit here, though brief, has given me the opportunity to witness first hand the marvelous developments that are taking place in China. I cannot believe that Shanghai is the same city that I visited seven years ago. I am impressed with the growth and obvious signs of prosperity in all the areas that I have visited. I am grateful...

Let me extend warmest congratulations to you on behalf of the Jamaican delegation on your election to preside at this the 93rd Session of the International Labour Conference, I also extend to your Vice Presidents our heartiest congratulations. In the last six years the ILO has been working assiduously to give effect to the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights...

Dean Peart, Minister of Land and Environment, has said that the government will be seeking to identify issues relating to squatting and to establish a framework of guidelines to deal with this on-going problem. Minister Peart, who was making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on June 21, pointed out that squatting was often the result...

The government will be amending the Registration (Strata Titles) Act to address concerns associated with apartment complexes. Minister of Land and Environment, Dean Peart, who made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday, said the amendments would deal with issues such as regulation, monitoring and supervision of the strata corporations, dispute...

The Ministry of Land and Environment piloted a number of legislative reforms in 2004/05 to promote the effective administration, management, use, preservation, development and control of the island's natural resources. Land and Environment Minister, Dean Peart, who was making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House yesterday (June 21), said that among the laws amended and passed...