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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...

Some $40 million has been provided through the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), to implement a new traffic system in downtown Montego Bay. Government Senator, Dennis Meadows noted that the plan calls for the introduction of one-way roads, traffic lights, and a traffic management system that will be automated and adjustable to various conditions. "This system will be in place within...

The 51st annual international convention and the 37th annual general meeting of the Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions (CCCU), is underway at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios. The convention, which began on June 29, is expected to last until July 2. It is being held under the theme: 'One Unified Co-operative Sector for Competitive Advantage'. Over the...

The Office of the St. Elizabeth Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), has reported that in an effort to increase agricultural output in the parish, the agency has conducted many training sessions with students and farmers. These included training in food production, preparation and preservation of meals, and menus for persons with special health needs. Giving the annual RADA report at...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, along with other Government Ministers, will leave the island this afternoon to attend the 29th regular meeting of the conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to be held July 1-4, in Antigua, Barbuda. The four day conference of CARICOM Heads will be chaired by The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Winston...

Mister Speaker let me begin this afternoon by acknowledging my creator the Lord God Almighty, for this is the day that He hath made and we need to rejoice and be glad in it; and I am certainly glad to be alive to witness this day for many reasons; chief of which is to be the voice of the people...

Ground was broken on June 26 for the construction of phase two of a training centre at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, by Her Excellency, the Most Hon. Lady Rheima Hall. Work is expected to begin in July and should be completed within the next six months. Construction of the centre is being spearheaded...

Government Senator, Dennis Meadows is urging the administration to adopt the habitual offender law, so as to protect the society from "career criminals." Popularly called the Three Strikes Law in the United States (particularly in California), it requires the courts to hand down mandatory and extended period of imprisonment to persons who have been convicted of serious criminal offences on...

An exhibition looking at the contribution of West Indians in the war, and stories of those who later settled in Britain, is the focus of an exhibition that opened last week at the Imperial War Museum in London to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the 'Empire Windrush' . The arrival of the Windrush at Tilbury, in Essex,...

State Minister for Transport and Works, Joseph Hibbert is urging strict adherence to the regulations governing the usage of explosives in Jamaica. He is also lobbying the support of the umbrella organization representing explosives engineering professionals - the Jamaica Association of Explosives Engineering Professionals (JAEEP) - to safeguard the industry. Speaking at the opening of a two-day JAEEP workshop at...