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In its quest to implement more creative ways to boost the image and academic potential of Jamaican school children in inner city schools, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture launched its Inner City Schools' Initiative Programme on Thursday (Sept. 25) at the Denham Town High School in Kingston. Denham Town High School is one of 20 schools where the...

Dining at the Jamaica Conference Centre is poised to become a tourist attraction with the launch of the new concessionaire services operated by Kaieteure Foods. According to Managing Director, Patricia Isaacs-Greene and President, Ms. Bevon Morrison, the dining experience in both the Delegates Dining Room and Cafeteria, is now a cultural experience, inclusive of live performances complemented by paintings on...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM), a pest management philosophy, which employs a multi-disciplinary approach to managing pests, will lead to less reliance on chemicals such as pesticides which are harmful to the environment. Speaking at JIS Think Tank, Phillip Chung, Senior Plant Protection Specialist at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), explained that IPM involved the use of all available means...

With Highway 2000 now open, construction of houses in the Inner City Housing Project is to commence shortly, said Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, in a radio broadcast on 'JIS Notebook', which has been aired on two radio stations on Saturday (Sept. 27). The message will be broadcast this evening (Sept. 28) on three other radio stations. Designed to provide modern...

Members of the Senate on Friday (September 26) accepted a motion moved by Government Senator and President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, Norman Grant, to give full support to the nation's farmers in their commitment to increase production of food. Government Senator and State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Noel Monteith, in his contribution, said the...

The October 1 commencement date for the Access to Information Act (ATI) has been pushed back to a later date in the month to allow for the ATI Regulations to be passed by both Houses of Parliament. Leader of Government Business, Senator Burchell Whiteman made the announcement at Friday's (Sept. 26) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House. Senator Burchell,...

Dolphin Cove, one of Jamaica's north coast marine attractions, in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, has become the preferred destination for many, outgrowing its present status, and so, has plans to expand its programme, at an estimated cost of $250 million. The expansion programme, which is expected to be completed for the new winter tourist season, will extend to Montego Bay,...

Approximately 45 workers in the sugar industry in Clarendon have received their letters of possession for lots of land in the Rowington Park scheme in that parish. The certificates were handed over by the National Housing Trust (NHT) on Thursday (Sept. 25) at a ceremony held at Rowington Park in the parish. Speaking at the ceremony, Managing Director of the...

The Research Department of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), will be staging a Book Fair at its headquarters at 58A Half-Way-Tree Road on Friday, October 3 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and on Saturday, October 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This will be the third fair to be staged at headquarters in the Corporate Area, since the...

National Senior Citizens' Week will be observed from September 28 to October 2, under the theme, 'Promoting Quality of Life for an Aging Society'. Beverley Hall-Taylor, Director for the National Council for Senior Citizens told JIS News that the theme was appropriate given the fact Jamaica had 260,000 senior citizens, which represented approximately 10 per cent of the population. "People...

The Embassy of Japan and the Board of Cornerstone Ministries have signed a US$76,483 contract to establish an automotive training centre at the Ministries' Connolley Avenue training facility in Kingston. The signing took place yesterday (Sept. 25) at the Japanese Embassy on Oxford Road in Kingston. The project is being funded under the Government of Japan's Grant Assistance to Grassroots...

Minister of Development, Dr. Paul Robertson has called on the country's producers to get organised to become more competitive and to enhance their ability to penetrate external markets. "Given the size of the domestic market, it will be necessary for our producers to export if their businesses are to expand and allow the economy to grow. We cannot simply rely...