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Chairman of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo.), Audrey Marks-Dunstan, has encouraged players in the industry to work hard to improve the local product, particularly those doing business along the country's unspoilt south coast. "On the drive down here to St. Elizabeth, I could not help but reflect on the natural wealth that we as a people possess. I saw...

A contract for the construction of a building to house the George Cohen Basic School in Port Antonio, Portland, was signed on April 28 by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The project, which is sponsored by the George Cohen Basic School Parent Teachers' Association (PTA), will cost about $7. 3 million. Direct beneficiaries of the project will be the...

As part of the strategy to identify roads in the city where traffic is dense and widen them to facilitate ease of movement, the National Works Agency (NWA), is carrying out expansion work on Old Hope and Half-Way-Tree Roads under the Road Maintenance Fund. A statement from the Ministry of Transport and Works has said that the road widening/traffic management...

A contract for the construction of a building to house the George Cohen Basic School in Port Antonio, Portland, was signed on April 28 by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The project, which is sponsored by the George Cohen Basic School Parent Teachers' Association (PTA), will cost about $7. 3 million. Direct beneficiaries of the project will be the...

As part of the strategy to identify roads in the city where traffic is dense and widen them to facilitate ease of movement, the National Works Agency (NWA), is carrying out expansion work on Old Hope and Half-Way-Tree Roads under the Road Maintenance Fund. A statement from the Ministry of Transport and Works has said that the road widening/traffic management...

Representatives of the international financial community have praised Jamaica for its economic openness, and have recognized the country's efforts to reduce regulatory impediments to foreign investment. This came out of a successful investment briefing in Washington D.C., on April 29, which also provided participants with a comprehensive overview of the Jamaican economy and highlighted current activity in key productive sectors...

Representatives of the international financial community have praised Jamaica for its economic openness, and have recognized the country's efforts to reduce regulatory impediments to foreign investment. This came out of a successful investment briefing in Washington D.C., on April 29, which also provided participants with a comprehensive overview of the Jamaican economy and highlighted current activity in key productive sectors...

Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman on Tuesday (March 30) officially launched a new entrant to the local media landscape at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. The company, Caribbean Internet Broadcast Network (CIBN), is an electronic network of radio and television stations that are totally Internet-based. CIBN seeks to deliver streaming radio and television to a global audience and...

With just over a month before the start of the 2004 Hurricane season, the Hanover Parish Council is preparing to undertake a major drain rehabilitation programme in the town of Lucea. The Venture Gutter, which is the main drain that flows through the town, will come in for special attention. In an interview with JIS News, Secretary/Manager of the Hanover...

The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Hanover branch, is moving to assist farmers to make their activity more profitable, and empower them to meet the challenges of globalization, through a series of training sessions. To this end, a farmers' sensitization programme is to be carried out in the parish of Hanover during the month of May under the theme: 'Farming as...

Jamaica's Minister of Development, Dr. Paul Robertson, has expressed confidence that the economy would continue to rebound, and pointed to several indicators that demonstrated a resurgence in key sectors in the country. His comments came at a press briefing following his address at a trade and investment forum in Washington on April 29, which was organized by the Embassy of...

Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman on Tuesday (March 30) officially launched a new entrant to the local media landscape at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. The company, Caribbean Internet Broadcast Network (CIBN), is an electronic network of radio and television stations that are totally Internet-based. CIBN seeks to deliver streaming radio and television to a global audience and...