Farmers islandwide are being encouraged to send in their requests for grass, under the Pasture Improvement and Fodder Bank Development Programme. The programme aims to sustain adequate nutrient supplies of grass for grazing by cattle by supporting pastures across the island. Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), Devon Sayers, told JIS News that the Programme has...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, on Friday (March 4), handed over 50 water storage tanks to farmers of the Short Hill, St. Elizabeth. The 650-gallon tanks were procured through the Tourism Linkages Network (TLN) division of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), and forms part of a $4 million three-month training and support initiative for farmers in the area. The storage...

In its drive to boost domestic crop production, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be seeking to expand the ‘Mother Farm’ concept across the island. Speaking with journalists during a tour of Dencon Foods Jamaica Limited in Clarendon on March 5, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., said the Government will be moving to implement this model islandwide. “This...

Twenty students copped prizes at the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) Essay Oratory, Poster and Preforming Arts competition (EOPP) awards ceremony on Friday (March 4). The event was held at the Sts. Peter and Paul Church Hall in Kingston. The awardees largely represented primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions across Jamaica. One student was from the University of the West Indies...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, views the body of late veteran journalist, Winston Witter, at Perry’s Funeral Home in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on Saturday (March 5). With her is the establishment’s Chief Executive Officer, Peter Perry.

Schools with established shift systems have an additional two weeks to streamline their operations to facilitate the full resumption of face-to-face classes. This was disclosed by Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe. She said the timeline will enable the schools to “work through their challenges [and] communicate with [parents], so [they] can...

Technology will remain a permanent feature of instructional delivery in schools, says Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams. Her announcement comes as schools prepare for the full resumption of face-to-face classes on Monday, March 7. “We will still have all the technology that you’re used to. We will [also] have lessons on Television, because the Ministry has its...