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The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), is imploring Governments around the world to create policies and fund programmes that will help people overcome hunger and poverty. Gladstone Barrett, assistant FAO local representative, said the call was in keeping with commitments made at the 1996 World Food Summit, where Governments agreed that by 2015, they would cut by half, the more...

Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Milton Brown, has outlined plans to improve the infrastructure in the parish of Clarendon at a press conference held recently at the Parish Council Chamber in May Pen. The Mayor highlighted what he described as priority areas, including repairs and upgrading of the May Pen market, establishing parks and green spaces, erecting street signs, establishing...

The Fire and Safety Committee of the Clarendon Parish Council is to spearhead the establishment of a voluntary police organisation, which is to assist the Clarendon Police in their crime fighting efforts. This announcement was made recently by Councillor Trevor Morris at a press conference called by the Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Milton Brown at the Parish Council chambers....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Errol Ennis, has said that the government was committed to empowering farmers to produce more, and to do so efficiently, so that farming could become more profitable and consumers could purchase their produce at competitive prices. "It is a cycle of progress. If you increase your production and lower your costs, you...

Pastor of the Mount Carey Circuit of Baptist Churches in St. James, Rev. Dr. George Simpson, will be among several distinguished Jamaicans to receive the prestigious Order of Distinction (OD), Officer Class, at King's House on National Heroes Day (October 20). Rev. Simpson has, over the years, distinguished himself as a true public servant, dedicating himself to service through the...

Reggae artistes Freddie McGregor and Hopeton Lewis as well as the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC), are the Jamaica acts slated to perform in the 2003/04 season of the Caribbean Celebration Series, which opened on October 12 at the Brooklyn Centre for the Performing Arts in New York. In an interview with JIS News, Rhea Smith, Brooklyn Centre's Marketing Manager,...

The newly installed bridge linking the community of Fort George and other districts in St. Mary was officially opened on Friday (Oct. 10), by Transport and Works Minister, Robert Pickersgill at a ceremony in Fort George. The bridge, which was constructed at a cost of $29.5 million, replaces the original structure, which was destroyed by flood rains in 2001. Construction...

Young people in St. Mary and St. Ann will be exposed to employment opportunities as well as self-development skills, when the National Youth Service (NYS) takes its Youth Opportunities Fairs to both parishes later this month. The fair in St. Mary is scheduled for October 17 at the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria, while on October 24, St. Hilda...

The Police Traffic Division has stepped up its enforcement action against illegal taxi drivers, especially in light of the increase in cases of rapes and assault allegedly being committed by some of these operators. Backed by the Transport Licensing Authority and the Ministry of Transport and Works, the law enforcement officers have been out in full force prosecuting, seizing and...

Jamaica's High Commissioner to London, Maxine Roberts, has lauded the Jamaica Manchester Society for its work over the years to assist nationals at home and abroad. High Commissioner Roberts, who was speaking at the organization's 40th anniversary celebrations recently, said the Society's leaders and members, "reflected all that is good and positive about Jamaica". "To survive for 40 years is...

The Hanover Parish Council has launched a special fund to raise money to finance the parish's annual Christmas programme. At the launch held at the October 9 meeting of the Parish Council, Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Lester Crooks, said the Council hoped to raise $1.2 million to stage a Christmas treat for children. Already, a contribution of $21,000 has come...

Dr. Blossom O'Meally-Nelson, Postmaster General and Head of the Postal Corporation of Jamaica (PostCorp), has said that the island's mail sorting and delivery systems were being restructured in order to improve efficiency. The programme has been operating as a pilot in the corporate area and Spanish Town over the last three months and Dr. O'Meally-Nelson said there have been "measurable...