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A contract valued at $8.5 million was signed on February 11 between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and contractors, D. Bisasor & Associates to expand the Mount Liberty All-age School in Clarendon. Managing Director of JSIF, Scarlette Gillings, who signed for the Fund, emphasized the need to have the work "properly done, on time and within the budget".The agreement...

Persons living with HIV/AIDS in Jamaica are having most of their human rights violated in one way or the other, said Dr. Yitades Gebre, senior medical officer and executive director of the Jamaica HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project in the Ministry of Health.The senior medical officer said the Ministry has been receiving "numerous reports" of discrimination against HIV/AIDS victims, with...

A Bill to amend three pieces of legislation paving the way for the introduction of the electronic voter identification and ballot issuing system into the island's electoral process is to be brought before the parliament. Making the disclosure at yesterday's (Mon. Feb.14) post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman said the proposed amendments to the...

The scheduled signing by Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, February 19 to mark the inauguration of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), has been deferred. Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman said the signing has been postponed to allow Jamaica's position to be regularized and make allowances for the other CARICOM member states to be able to...

The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), through a $20 million grant from the Committee for Voluntary Social Services (CVSS), is assisting farmers inSt. James to return to full agricultural production, after the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan last September. Some 600 farmers recently converged on the Montpelier agricultural show grounds, where they were presented with over 680 bags of fertilizer for...

Director General of Tax Administration, Clive Nicholas is warning company directors that in the event of tax deductions not being paid over to the government, the managing director, or another responsible person in the company, would be held accountable. The Director General was speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, where he highlighted the importance of companies meeting the March...

Commissioner of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), Norma Kerr-Clarke, is encouraging self-employed persons and companies to meet the March 15 deadline for filing income tax returns. She was speaking at the weekly JIS Think Tank, held recently at the agency's headquarters on Half- Way-Tree Road. "The deadline is March 15. Failure to do so can attract a penalty of up...

The cruise shipping trade fair, held in the Resort Town of Ocho Rios, St. Ann from February 7 to 11, proved a successful endeavour with hoteliers and operators of attractions marketing their products to some 11,000 visitors during the one-week event. The event, staged by the Ocho Rios and Runaway Bay Chapter of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA)...

The Jamaican woman, resilient, creative and determined, is claiming her place as an important player in the country's vibrant small and micro-business sector, blazing a trail of success and creating new markets in the industry. Harold Davis, Executive Director of the Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC), which is a leading provider of business and technical support for small business development,...

Banana and pimento farmers, who suffered losses as a result of Hurricane Ivan last September, will soon benefit from recovery assistance. Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke speaking to JIS News at the Hague Agricultural Show in Trelawny on February 9, informed that the European Union has provided $288 million to assist the banana farmers to "bounce back," while nearly $40...

On Tuesday last, I made a statement in Parliament on the ruling by the Privy Council concerning the creation of the Caribbean Court of Justice. Because the CCJ is of such importance to every single Jamaican in severing the links of dependency and fostering our economic development, I want this evening to take a little time to explain to you...

The Outpatient, Accident and Emergency Building at the St. Ann's Bay Hospital in St. Ann has been named in honour of the late Dr. Warren W. 'Buddy' Wilson.Dr. Wilson, an outstanding surgeon and Senior Medical Officer (SMO), served the St. Ann's Bay Hospital for over 30 years. On hand for the naming of the building on February 11 was Minister...