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Agriculture Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has announced plans to recruit 74 additional Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) extension officers, who will be stationed across the island to provide assistance to farmers. Speaking at one in a series of islandwide farmers' fora, at the Lucea Parish Church Hall in Hanover on September 17, Dr. Tufton said one of the benefits of...

The St Thomas Fire Brigade, will be undertaking a series of safety education programmes, aimed at sensitising community-based groups and service clubs in the parish, on fire protection and prevention measures. This initiative is part of the Jamaica Fire Brigade's Community Fire Safety Programme, launched in July under the theme: "Awareness: The Key to a Fire Safe Community". The programme,...

The Mile Gully High School, in Manchester, was on Tuesday (Sept.16), established as a Centre of Excellence, by the Mutual Building Societies Foundation, a partnership between Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), and Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS), seeking to improve the quality education offered by rural high schools. Speaking at a function held at the school, where the announcement was...

Although in the midst of what was a happy setting, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, the Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, felt compelled to warn the parents and guardians in her audience to be more vigilant than ever in the care and protection of their children. Minister Grange was addressing an awards luncheon on Friday, September 19, put on...

In what was a first time press briefing to welcome home Paralympians, Sports Minister, Olivia "Babsy" Grange, told those returning from the Paralympics in Beijing, China today, that she would definitely be working to get improved facilities for the country's disabled. "Ministry will be working with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in this effort, Minister Grange said in...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has cited the influence of media and travel experiences of Jamaicans, as the major causes for negative attitudes toward local foods. Addressing the launch of a hydroponics project at the Knockalva Agricultural School, in Ramble, Hanover, on September 17, the Minister said that the changing tastes of Jamaicans over time, towards imported items, as...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says the Government is developing a new approach to agricultural education and training, with a view to motivating more young people to play their role in increasing food security. "We are now in discussion with a number of stakeholders, looking at establishing a centre of excellence for agricultural research and training, which will tap...

Some 40 persons from the Bluefields People's Community Association (BPCA), Sandals Whitehouse Hotel, and Bluefields Bay Fishermen Friendly Society, will tomorrow (Sept. 20), collaborate to clean half mile of the Bluefields Bay Fisherman's Beach in Westmoreland. The beach clean-up activities, will see several young people from Bluefields and surrounding communities participating and will be carried out, as part of the...

Deputy Chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Earl Jarrett, has called on nationals in the Diaspora, to become proactive and recognise and seek the opportunities for investment in Jamaica, for their own wealth creation, as well as for the development of the nation's economy. The long term development plan, he said, is to position Jamaica as a developing country...

The St. James Parish Disaster Preparedness Committee, is in the process of seeking help for three families, who were severely affected by heavy winds and flooding, resulting from Tropical Storm Gustav, which lashed sections of the island recently. The families, numbering about eight persons, and residing in Pear Tree, Niagra, Maize Land in Catadupa and Spring Mount, all in South...

The establishment of a new national honour, Order of Jamaica Heritage, to be awarded to individuals or groups for outstanding contribution to the nation's tangible and intangible heritage, has been recommended by a committee set up to review the system of National Honours and Awards. According to a Ministry Paper, tabled in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (Sept.16), by...

It perhaps comes as no surprise that tourism accounted for a significant percentage of the record $22.9 billion in Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), that Jamaica earned during 2007/08. For upwards of the last two decades, the sector has been the nation's flagship foreign exchange earner. What may, however, raise some eyebrows, is that Spain accounted for more than half of...