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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...

A steering committee consisting of eleven business leaders in Portmore, St Catherine has been established to spearhead the formation of a private sector organisation of Portmore. The committee was formed at a business sector meeting on Wednesday (Sept. 24) at the Lion's Civic Centre in Edgewater, St. Catherine and attended by a wide cross section of business leaders from Portmore....

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, K.D. Knight signed a Framework Convention on Tobacco Control at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Wednesday (Sept. 24), as part of a UN treaty event. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on May 21, and is designed to reduce the devastating...

Donations amounting to US$1,500, which were collected at the annual Independence Church Service hosted by the Jamaican Consulate in New York on August 10, have been sent to Jamaica Aids Support. "We are very pleased that we were able to use the occasion of the Independence Church Service to bring comfort and much needed relief to those deserving of support...

Corporate Communications Director for Sandals, Leo Lambert, has said that many of the country's senior citizens had a lot more to contribute to the country's development. He suggested that the nation's Values and Attitudes Programme could benefit significantly from the vast experience and knowledge that these seniors could share with younger Jamaicans. Mr. Lambert emphasised that too many of the...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Errol Ennis, has stressed the need for farmers to understand the various segments of the markets they supply, in order to realize profit and develop good business relationships with their customers. Addressing a production and marketing workshop organized by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) for farmers in St. Mary on Wednesday...

The historic town of Falmouth in Trelawny has again been placed on the World Monuments Fund's (WMF) 2004 List of the world's l00 most at risk historic sites.This is the first year that the WMF has published a list identifying historic sites on every continent in the world. The "at risk" sites around the globe include Africa and the Middle...

The Ministry of Water and Housing will be hosting a workshop for prospective bidders for the construction and operation of four water delivery systems under the Rural Water and Sanitation Programme. The workshop will be held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston from September 30 to October 1. Jointly funded by the Government of Jamaica and the International Development...

Regional examination body, Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is looking to expand its services across the region and generate income over the next several years, by making its expertise in examinations available to regional and international projects. Chairman of the CXC, and Principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Kenneth Hall, disclosed this in an interview with JIS...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has stated that the Government will enact a National Disability Act that will provide additional legislative support to the National Policy for the Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities. He said the country's vision for development cannot be accomplished if persons with disabilities are not provided with opportunities for social, economic, political and cultural advancement....