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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...

A new state-of-the-art computer classroom valued at some $2 million has been opened at the Prospect College in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. The facility, along with 12 new computers, donated by the Mitchell Green Foundation, will provide training opportunities for 30 male students at the institution as they focus on the latest in computer technology, and prepare themselves for lifelong...

The Jamaican Consulate in New York, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society, will host a health fair for Jamaican women in the tri-state area on Sunday, May 16, at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. The event, spearheaded by the Community Relations Office, will run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is expected to serve close to...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has rejected suggestions by Opposition Spokesman on Finance that government had attained its fiscal deficit target by facilitating the inflation of the 2003/04 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures. Dr. Davies emphasized that Jamaica's data collection agency, the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) had a world-wide reputation of excellence and integrity. "Neither political...

A new state-of-the-art computer classroom valued at some $2 million has been opened at the Prospect College in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. The facility, along with 12 new computers, donated by the Mitchell Green Foundation, will provide training opportunities for 30 male students at the institution as they focus on the latest in computer technology, and prepare themselves for lifelong...

The Jamaican Consulate in New York, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society, will host a health fair for Jamaican women in the tri-state area on Sunday, May 16, at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. The event spearheaded by the Community Relations Office will run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is expected to serve close to...

The Government is currently formulating a new national energy policy, which should be completed within the next six months. The policy which will extend to 2015 is expected to focus on alternative sources of energy among other things. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson who made the disclosure in his contribution to 2004/05 Budget Debate at Gordon House on Tuesday, April 27,...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has said that while a fixed exchange rate system, provided a greater level of certainty and stability, and would temper inflation, there were critical factors as it related to the removal of flexibility to respond to domestic and external shocks. Dr. Davies' remarks came as he closed the 2004/05 Budget Debate in...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has described the Opposition Leader's suggestion that a five per cent reduction on government domestic bond offers could yield $22 billion in one year, thereby removing the fiscal deficit, as a proposal that was "simply not feasible". Dr. Davies was closing the 2004/05 Budget Debate in Gordon House on Wednesday (April 28)....

The St. Ann's Bay Community Development Fund (CDF) has disbursed $62.3 million in loans to 598 small business operators over the last decade. In her report at the institution's 10th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the St. Ann's Bay Baptist Church Hall on April 29, Secretary/Treasurer, Delrose Mott, said that during the ten-year period, 118 persons received $10.9 million for...