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The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has forged a number of partnerships with local and international sources, to facilitate improvements in solid waste management. Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sports, Portia Simpson Miller, who was making her contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate to the House of Representative on Tuesday (May 31), disclosed that collaborative links were...

Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia Simpson Miller has said that a programme to re-organise and modernise the Jamaica Fire Brigade was presently underway. She said a six-man team from overseas was currently in the island to conduct a review of the operational effectiveness, the administrative systems and the governance arrangements in the Brigade. The programme is...

The Government of Jamaica has acquired property at Twickenham Park in St. Catherine to construct a training school for personnel employed to the Jamaica Fire Brigade in a bid to improve their overall training and development. Local Government, Community Development and Sport Minister, Portia Simpson Miller made the disclosure yesterday (May 31) during her contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate...

Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke, has encouraged farmers to take advantage of available technology to move the sector forward. "More farmers need to adopt a holistic approach to production involving the integration of appropriate tools into their production systems as this will better enable them to modernize their operations.the hoe, the fork, the machete have their place, but if you're...

Farmers affiliated to the Rhymesfield Dairy Cooperative were recently taught how to produce cheap animal feed, which could decrease overall production cost by at least 50 per cent and result in a 25 per cent reduction in the price of milk. At a three-day training session held recently in Clarendon, the farmers were introduced to the Total Mixed Ration (TMR)...

School attendance in the North West Clarendon constituency is at an all time high, said Member of Parliament for the area, Richard Azan. Mr. Azan, who was making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House on Tuesday (May 31), said the improvement in the attendance levels could be attributed to the introduction of a school feeding initiative,...

Following Cabinet's approval of the Jamaican Policy Against Doping in Sport on May 16, the 52-page document was tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday (May 31). The policy provides the basis for Jamaica's anti-doping programme and consists of the general principles, rules and standards for national sports federations, their affiliate members, clubs, teams, associations or leagues; national leagues not...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke has re-appointed Ambassador the Hon. Donald Mills, O.J., Hon. Dennis Lalor, O.J., Professor Elsa Leo-Rhynie, CD; and Hon. Headley Cunningham, CD, as Privy Councillors. A release from King's House today (May 31), said that the Hon. Mr. Justice Kenneth Smith has advised of his inability to accept re-appointment. He has been...

The Government of Jamaica (GoJ) will be seeking to cash in on the fast growing area of sports tourism during the 2005/2006 fiscal year. Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia Simpson-Miller, has said that with the Jamaican athletes adding to the value of Brand Jamaica, the Ministry, through the Institute of Sports, would be exploring ways and...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has forged a number of partnerships with local and international sources, to facilitate improvements in solid waste management. Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sports, Portia Simpson Miller, who was making her contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate to the House of Representative on Tuesday (May 31), disclosed that collaborative links were...

The House of Representatives yesterday (May 31) gave approval for the withdrawal of an amount not exceeding $61 million from the Capital Development Fund (CDF), to be paid to the Jamaica Bauxite Institute for budgetary support for the financial year 2005/06. Moving the resolution in the House, Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies informed that the withdrawal from the...

Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia Simpson Miller has said that a programme to re-organise and modernise the Jamaica Fire Brigade was presently underway. She said a six-man team from overseas was currently in the island to conduct a review of the operational effectiveness, the administrative systems and the governance arrangements in the Brigade. The programme is...