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More than 100 persons have been trained by the Justice Training Institute (JTI) to address human trafficking in Jamaica, as the country seeks to improve its international status on the issue. "We trained 56 police officers across the island, 46 persons from the courts, 11 persons from the Victim Support Unit of the Ministry of Justice including social workers and...

Within two years, some 80,000 kilolitres (80 million litres) of ethanol will be produced locally, under the Heads of Agreement between the Government of Jamaica and the Brazilian firm, Infinity Bio-Energy (IBE) Limited. This will be increased to 135,000 kilolitres (135 million litres) in 2013. Prime Minister Bruce Golding on June 27, signed a Heads of Agreement with the Brazilian...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton has assured sugar workers that all the necessary redundancy payments would be made on time, consistent with labour laws and the contracts signed between the Trade Unions and the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ). In a statement to the House of Representatives, today (July 1), he pointed out that the Government expects that by...

We have gathered again, as we do so frequently, this time in the beautiful islands of Antigua and Barbuda, and we must thank the government and people of Antigua and Barbuda for receiving us as splendidly as they have done. We have come together as leaders of the 15 member countries and 5 associate countries that make up this Community....

"So much things to say right now, so much things to say..." Madam Chairman; Professor Laurent Manderieux (pronounce Man-deh-ree-you); Professor Vanus James, Consultant, lecturer in Economics at UTECH; Ms. Andrea Davis and other members of Jamaica Arts Holding; Members of Staff of the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization; Representatives of the creative and financial sectors;...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said a number of initiatives were being developed to help with student re-socialization, as the country tries to fix some of the problems in the education system. He said the problems in education were not entirely about resources, but related to the fact that some students were not receiving the kind of parental and family support...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says the debate about teaching patois as a second language and translating the Bible into patois, signifies an admission of failure. He said 'we have failed to impart our accepted language of English so we are giving up. This one can't work, so let us find another one that can work'. Mr. Golding was addressing the...

National Hero, the Right Excellent Norman Washington Manley was yesterday (June 29), hailed as an unselfish nation builder, by Senior Lecturer at the United Theological College of the West Indies, Dr. Hyacinth Boothe. Delivering the sermon at a service held at the Wesley Methodist Church in Porus, Manchester, to commemorate the 115th anniversary of the birth of the National Hero,...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw has announced that reclassification of health professionals would be done during the current fiscal fear. Delivering the main address at the annual conference and awards ceremony of the Manchester Health Services, held on June 26 at the Mandeville Seventh Day Adventist Church, he noted that with the advent of the abolition...

Eleven members of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force will visit St. Vincent and the Grenadines on July 17 for 12 days, where they will participate in cultural, recreational, and other activities with other CARICOM cadets, and some from the Cayman Islands. The camp is held every four years across the region and a major objective is to widen and deepen...

Since the commissioning of the Pedro Plains Irrigation system in June 2007, many farmers in South St. Elizabeth have been benefiting from the facility, which has provided well needed water for their crops. Steve Lawrence, Programme Director of the National Irrigation Development Programme tells JIS News that the constraining factor in that region of St. Elizabeth has always been the...

The Government's message of fostering sustainable agriculture has caught on with at least one community-based organization. The Ewarton Watershed and Farmers' Cooperative Society Limited, (EWFC) is currently embarking on a re-forestry project to plant approximately 100 acres of fruit trees on Mount Rosser above the town of Ewarton, over two years. This will be accomplished through the support of the...