The Government has commenced distributing equipment and plants to coffee farmers in the Blue Mountain Ridge, whose crops were destroyed by fire recently. This was made possible through the $25 million allocated by the Government to assist the affected farmers. Under the rehabilitation project, a total of 20 farmers have received support varying from 650-gallon water tanks to coffee seedlings....

The Electricity Sector Enterprise Team (ESET) is reporting that they are “fairly satisfied” with the progress being made to procure additional electricity generating capacity for Jamaica’s power grid. This additional electricity, which will be realised through the implementation of several energy projects, will enable Jamaicans to see a drop of at least 30 per cent in fuel costs by 2018, resulting...

All five websites which are hosted by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) have been successfully restored. This was done before 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, after the JIS and five websites were attacked by “hactivists” between 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Monday, June 22.  The JIS website was restored within four hours of the attack. The websites defaced were the...

Some US$9 million is expected to be injected into the economy of Montego Bay, St. James, during the staging of Reggae Sumfest 2015, at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, in the city, from July 12 to 18. Speaking to JIS News during the Montego Bay launch of the festival, at the IberoStar Resort in Rose Hall, St. James, on June...

The Electricity Sector Enterprise Team (ESET) is reporting that they are “fairly satisfied” with the progress being made to procure additional electricity generating capacity for Jamaica’s power grid. This additional electricity, which will be realised through the implementation of several energy projects, will enable Jamaicans to see a drop of at least 30 per cent in fuel costs by 2018,...

The Government of Jamaica is taking urgent steps to ensure the security of public sector websites. Speaking with JIS News, today (June 23), Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, said that “since a breach last year, we have acquired well needed equipment, trained a number of officers and have been focusing...

Executive Director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker, is warning of the deleterious effects of drug use on the young brain, and the direct correlation between drug use, particularly ganja, and criminal behaviour. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on June 23, Mr. Tucker said it is important to note what drug use, and in particular...