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Sixty yam farmers from Albert Town, Wait-a-Bit, and other yam-producing areas of South Trelawny, have been selected to spearhead the restoration of two popular varieties of yam. They are the sweet, and negro yams, which have been challenged and severely affected by the Nematodes and Anthraxnose diseases. According to the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, who was addressing farmers...

Chief Justice, Zaila McCalla, is calling on media practitioners, to acquire a working knowledge of the court system, to better ensure that information is accurately disseminated to the public. "I make bold to say that a news reporter ought to be concerned, not only with the special desires of news editors and directors of news, but also with the presentation...

Most schools in Portland have reported a successful start for the new academic year, despite the dislocations caused by the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav. Among the schools reporting a smooth start are: Port Antonio High, Titchfield High, Buff Bay High, Port Antonio Primary, Fellowship Primary and Junior High, Ken Wright Primary, and Drapers All-age. Several Principals told JIS News...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, on Wednesday (September 3), officially launched the National 'Eat Yam' Campaign, in Albert Town, Trelawny. The campaign is aimed at encouraging and engendering greater consumption and appreciation of yam, and its value, by more Jamaicans, as well as augmenting the 'Eat What We Grow, Grow What We Eat' initiative. Speaking to farmers in South...

Jamaica's newly appointed Consul General to the Southern United States, Sandra Grant-Griffiths, assumed her position on September 2, at the Consulate in downtown Miami. She will be responsible for consular affairs in the region's 13 Southern states. Mrs. Grant-Griffiths succeeds Ricardo Allicock, who returned to Jamaica to take up the position of Director of Protocol, in the Ministry of Foreign...

Optimists from all over the Caribbean will gather in Ocho Rios from Friday, September 5 to Sunday September 7, 2008, for the Annual Convention of The Caribbean District of Optimist International. Friday will see the Lieutenant Governors for the 2008-2009 Administrative Year being taken through the paces in training seminars which will equip them for their year in office. The...

Director of the National Council for Senior Citizens, Beverley Hall Taylor, is appealing to citizens across Jamaica, to assist in this year's observance of Senior Citizens Week. According to Mrs. Taylor the Council has received overwhelming sponsorship support from organisations, but there is still need for persons to give a helping hand in every parish. "We have received wonderful support...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), has announced that it will be registering some 1,000 farmers each month, over the next six to nine months, in an effort to compile data on all farmers and farms across the island. Making this announcement at yesterday's (Sept. 3) JIS Think Tank session, Executive Director of RADA, Alexander Powell, said the Agency was...

Minster of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang yesterday (Sept. 3), presented cheques valued at $1.3 million, to Food for the Poor's Gloria's Place Cottage for Women and Children in Crisis, and the St. Peter Claver Women's Housing Cooperative. The presentation was made at the Minister's New Kingston office. The Minister was responding to a call for assistance from both...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, is defending his Ministry's right to uphold the law, while at the same time providing adequate shelter for all Jamaicans. He was speaking against the background of the recent demolition of squatter settlements in Whitehall, Westmoreland, last week. "The Ministry of Water and Housing will always follow the law to protect all...

The St. Catherine Parish Council is to enforce regulations regarding no-build zones, and will be seeking the support of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), to ensure compliance. Chairman of the St. Catherine Parish Council, Mayor Dr. Andrew Wheatley, told JIS News that following the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav last week, and Prime Minister Bruce Golding's statement that no-build zones...

Chairman of the St. Catherine Parish Council, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, has said that all the drains in the parish could not accommodate the volume of water brought by Tropical Storm Gustav. Several communities in St. Catherine suffered from flooding, with the passage of the tropical storm. "If all the drains were well kept, they still could not have accommodated the...