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Prime Minister Bruce Golding says that effective September, Government will be making it mandatory for motor vehicle fuel to include ten-percent ethanol. Mr. Golding said the decision comes against the background of the new trading arrangements that will govern the export of sugar to Europe which will come into effect next year. Addressing the third and final day of the...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, officially launched the National Agricultural Disaster Risk Management Programme, at the opening ceremony of the Annual Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show in Clarendon, on August 1. The programme was initiated in May 2008, against the background of some $3.7 billion in losses, following the passage of Hurricane Dean in 2007. It will be managed...

The Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Hyacinth Chen School of Nursing, will open its doors to students on August 10. This new facility has been made possible by a $142 million donation in September 2007, by Chairman of the National Commercial Bank (NCB), Michael Lee Chin, and a further $105 million in February 2008. The school is named in honour of...

Data collated by the Westmoreland Health Services, reveal that diabetes and hypertension topped the list of health disorders that affected residents during 2007, Medical Officer of Health (MoH) for the parish, Dr. Dianne Campbell-Stennett has disclosed. Speaking at the annual review of the Health Services' operations at the Sean Lavery Faith Centre in Savanna-la-mar recently, Dr. Campbell-Stennett said that other...

Ambassador to the United States, Anthony Johnson, has said that the country's 46th anniversary of Independence, to be celebrated tomorrow (August 6), is a fitting occasion to reflect on the sterling achievements of the island. Delivering the keynote address at the Jamaica Association of Maryland (JAM) Independence Ball on August 2, at Martin's West Conference Centre in Baltimore, Ambassador Johnson...

The Scientific Research Council (SRC), is to expand its capacity to better facilitate new and upcoming small businesses and to provide them with improved services in the areas of product development, research, marketing, and intellectual property protection. The SRC is Jamaica's principal public sector agency, responsible for the fostering and coordination of scientific research and the promotion of its application....

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has called on Jamaicans to show respect for each other's freedom and the right of everyone to live peacefully and seek after their well being. He said that as free people, Jamaicans must strive and work together to attain the happiness and prosperity that were denied for so many years under slavery In his Emancipation day...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has called on Jamaicans in the Diaspora to reflect on the struggles of their forefathers and not to allow their hard won victories to die in vain. In his Independence message to the Diaspora, read at a Thanksgiving Service to mark the country's 46th Anniversary of Independence at Howard University on August 3, Mr. Golding said...

Managing Director of Churches Cooperative Credit Union, Basil Naar, has said that successful business models must help to transform communities by providing micro credit to support creative ideas. Speaking recently at the official opening of the Churches Micro and Small Business Loan Centre in Mandeville, Mr. Naar noted that there are a lot of people in Jamaica, who have bright...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), will be conducting a textbook survey this month, which will provide the public with a price list of books available in stores across the island, to help parents better plan their budget for back-to-school shopping. "The CAC has, for the last 11 years, conducted a textbook survey and this survey is primarily to serve the...

President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Wayne Cummings, has called on farmers to take advantage of the "huge opportunities" that exist in the tourism sector. Mr. Cummings, who was addressing a tourism forum held as part of the recently concluded Denbigh Agri-Industrial Show, said that the tourism sector takes pride in purchasing fruits and vegetables that are...

More than 8,000 Jamaicans and friends of the country, converged on the grounds of the Organization of American States (OAS), in downtown Washington, DC on August 3 to celebrate Jamaica's 46th anniversary of Independence. The occasion was the Independence Sunday Market, hosted by the Embassy of Jamaica. The grounds of the OAS were converted into a grand market, with more...