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Parliament has approved a Resolution to make permanent, a 40 percent rate of duty for grey building cement and other hydraulic cement under the Provisional Collection of Tax Act. Tabling the Resolution in the House on Tuesday (Nov. 30) Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies said the move was to deter attempts made by importers to bring cement into...

The St. Andrew office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) today (Dec. 1) hosted a production workshop for tomato farmers to expose them to agronomic practices that can enhance the growth potential of the crop. Speaking to JIS News at the workshop, which was held at the Authority's parish office on Old Hope Road, RADA Parish Agricultural Manager, David...

Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Science and Technology, Dr. Arnoldo Ventura has said that Science and Technology was the most powerful of the tools needed to put individuals in a position to provide the means of helping themselves to live a decent quality of life. He explained that eradicating poverty meant more than simply rescuing many from pain...

Ten fishermen from the Bluefields Bay fishing area in Westmoreland, who suffered significant loss as a result of Hurricane Ivan in September, are to benefit from rehabilitation efforts initiated by the Bluefields People's Community Association (BPCA) and a local-based tour company, Reliable Adventure Jamaica (RAJ). The two groups have contributed some $450,000 and the money has since been used to...

The reinstatement of a school bus system in the Corporate Area was among the resolutions put forward by 40 representatives of the Junior Council when they met at the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) Church Street chambers recently. Students from primary and secondary schools made their contribution by making recommendations, passing resolutions geared at advancing the education system. The...

Reconstruction work is to be carried out on some 14 schools in Clarendon under the first phase of the Hurricane Ivan Reconstruction programme being carried out by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). In a JIS News interview on Monday (November 29), Omar Sweeney, Operations Manager at JSIF said that the schools are part of a total of 47 schools...

Disability Awareness Week is being celebrated in Clarendon from November 28 to December 3 under the theme: 'Nothing about us, without us'. Michelle O'Connor, Co-ordinator of the Clarendon Group for the Disabled, told JIS News that several activities have been planned to commemorate the week, which began with a church service on November 28 at the Kellits New Testament Church....

Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia Simpson Miller has called for the revival of the strong community spirit, which has in the past enabled the country to rise above difficult experiences and challenges. Mrs. Simpson Miller was giving the keynote address at the official launch of the Charles Town multi-purpose complex in Charles Town, Portland on Sunday,...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract for the Kingston Container Terminal billing and collection system to Belgium based company, Cosmos N.V., in the sum of US$370,000. Making the announcement at yesterday's (November 29) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman explained that this was done, "in pursuance of the Port Authority's efforts to improve...

Former Attorney General, David Coore has said that the pending establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), would mark an end to Jamaica's institutional linkage to its colonial past, and signalled the beginning of a new phase in the regional integration process. This new phase, Mr. Coore remarked, "is connected with the CCJ, in that the establishment of the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn has called for support of the implementation of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), particularly from persons who might be wary that the Court can succeed. Senator Franklyn argued that while admittedly, there were financial challenges and securing unanimous support from all Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...

Cabinet has approved proposal for Jamaica to become a member of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), at the next meeting of the IOM, scheduled for today (November 30) in Geneva, Switzerland. Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman made the announcement yesterday (November 29), at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. "Jamaica has observer status and we are...