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Professor at the University of the West Indies, Anthony Clayton, says Jamaica needs a strong national planning agency to address matters relating to the environment and there are plans ahead to upgrade the National Environment Planning Agency (NEPA) into such an entity. Professor Clayton made the observation while addressing the first in a series of public meetings on Friday, October...

MONTEGO BAY - Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has said that the National College in Educational Leadership is to commence the training of 30 school principals and vice principals by year end. Rev. Thwaites, said the Government's quest to develop school leadership is on track, noting that, "over 30 principals who are now serving, but who have...

London - The head of JAMPRO's United Kingdom and European office, Laurence Jones, has said that the Ministry of Agriculture in Jamaica and a Birmingham based shipper/distributor are in talks with a view towards establishing a significant distribution hub in Birmingham for Jamaican goods. Mr. Jones told a Caribbean Trade Conference in Birmingham on Wednesday (October 10), that JAMPRO intends...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will on October 17, 2012 participate in the first of a series of parish aimed at providing the public with information on key aspects of national development and local parish level concerns. The forum will take place at the Jose Marti Technical High School in St Catherine and will get underway at 4.00 pm. The...

Some six hundred students and parents, along with a number of guidance counsellors in St. James, are benefitting from a 12 month intervention and behavioral programme sponsored by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at a cost of over $24 million. Executive Director of the Family and Parenting Centre in St. James, Dr. Beverly Scott, whose organisation spearheaded the programme,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, says that government has been strengthening existing and emerging micro financing institutions to help in the eradication of poverty, especially among female headed households. “There are no visible barriers to women’s access to the financial sector.  Women have access to all types of financing and...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator Sandrea Falconer left the island today (October 14) for Seoul, South Korea where she will participate in an invitation programme for Foreign Congressmen and Ministers. The Programme is being hosted by the South Korean Government. While in Korea Minister Falconer will visit that country’s National Assembly, industrial and cultural sites, as well as engage...

Montego Bay - Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeil, says Jamaica is the perfect destination for weddings and should maximise its potential income from this market. The Minister was speaking at the official opening of Montego Bay’s first "Jamaica Bridal Expo", at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in Rose Hall, St. James on Saturday October 13, 2012....

LONDON - The Jamaican Patois translation of the New Testament of the Holy Bible had its official launch in London recently at the Jamaican High Commission. General Secretary of the Bible Society of the West Indies, Reverend Courtney Stewart, told JIS news, that the launch, held on October 9, was an acknowledgement of the strong ties between Jamaica and the...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, says a solution is in sight for students facing difficulties in financing their tertiary education. He made the announcement while addressing the opening session of the 20th Conference of the Association of Principal and Vice Principals held October 11, 2012, at the Bahia Principe hotel in Runaway Bay, St. Ann.    The development...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be enhancing extension support to farmers, by increasing the time officers spend out in the field. “I want to see the extension officers out there in the field, working with the farmers on a daily and continuing basis,” said portfolio Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke. He was addressing the graduation ceremony for over 30...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, has expressed the need for students to be educated about the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and Jamaica’s role in the framing of the treaty. He said his Ministry is willing to partner with the Education Ministry on an initiative, which will raise...