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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...

Head of the Environmental Unit at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Worrell Lyew-You, has said that bauxite companies have been complying with the required standards as it relates to the level of dust emission in the environment. According to Mr. Lyew-You, dust nuisance was the main complaint from persons living in bauxite communities, but through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...

The Jamaica Coalition on the Rights of the Child (JCRC) will be launching two books, which seek to promote the protection of the rights of children.The launch will take place at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville this Friday, June 3, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Executive Director of JCRC, Carol Samuels told JIS News that the activity formed part of...

The Northern Jamaica Conservation Association (NJCA), has embarked on an environmental education project. The project, supported by the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ), CHASE Fund, St. Ann Chamber of Commerce and Macmillan Caribbean, is aimed at beautifying the town of Ocho Rios with artwork in an attractive, long-lasting format that will promote appreciation and conservation of the natural environment. Environmentalist...

A report submitted to Cabinet has identified obesity and its related conditions as the leading cause of death and poor health among Caribbean nationals. This was noted by Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, yesterday (May 30). The Minister told journalists that Cabinet was furnished with a presentation detailing the risks...

The 2005 staging of the Calabash literary festival, has been touted as a huge success, with the staging of the event last weekend in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth described as the best ever in the festival's five year history. Principal Organiser of the event, Justine Henzell told JIS News, that there was vast improvement in the "on the ground organisation"...

Head of the Environmental Unit at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Worrell Lyew-You, has said that bauxite companies have been complying with the required standards as it relates to the level of dust emission in the environment. According to Mr. Lyew-You, dust nuisance was the main complaint from persons living in bauxite communities, but through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...

The Jamaica Coalition on the Rights of the Child (JCRC) will be launching two books, which seek to promote the protection of the rights of children. The launch will take place at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville this Friday, June 3, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Executive Director of JCRC, Carol Samuels told JIS News that the activity formed part...