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During the 2007/08 financial year, the Scientific Research Council (SRC) initiated the implementation of a project, which focused on the development of neutraceutical supplements from two selected Jamaican plants to address hypertension and diabetes. As contained in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House of Representatives recently by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, the project, funded in...

Opposition Spokesperson on Education, Maxine Henry Wilson, has urged the Education Ministry to look at the problem of anti-school sub-culture among students, where underachievers are seen as heroes. "There is existing in schools, what you can call a deeply anti-school sub-culture, where the bad boy or the girl who do not perform are lionized and treated as heroes.it's a societal...

Member of Parliament (MP) for South West St. Ann, Ernest Smith, has commended the Government for the establishment of the Constituency Development Fund, which he said, has greatly enhanced the ability of MPs to take care of their constituencies. "Every Member of Parliament must give thanks to the government for the Constituency Development Fund, because it makes all the difference...

State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Arthur Williams has disclosed that there has been an 80 per cent reduction in the amount of cocaine smuggled through Jamaica to the United States from Colombia since 2004. Speaking at the opening of a three-day Bi-Annual European Union-Latin America and Caribbean (EU-LAC) intelligence sharing workshop at the Hilton Kingston Hotel,...

Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, has informed that the Transport Authority is to complete an all-island rationalisation survey of public passenger vehicles (PPV) and commercial carriers by the end of next month. "This survey should help to more clearly, establish the real needs in terms of licensing and operational requirements of the authority on the nation's roads," Mr....

Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester, is urging health care providers, parents, schools, and day care providers to ensure that all children are appropriately immunized, as to do otherwise would be breaking the law and may endanger their health. Dr. Campbell-Forrester's reminder comes against the background of the Ministry's confirmation of the first local case of Measles since...

The ongoing international food crisis and reforms of international institutions were among the main topics during the talks between Prime Minister, Bruce Golding and Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh, Sharma at Marlborough House on May 21. During their discussions Mr. Sharma briefed Mr. Golding on the June 9 and 10 summits of leaders that has been convened to discuss the reform of...

Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Glenn Cruickshank has disclosed that a public education campaign targeting police officers and citizens about the importance of Duty Counsel would come on stream later this year. The Legal Aid Act makes provisions for persons who are detained at lockups, police stations or correctional institutions, to be afforded the services of an attorney...

Draft amendments for the entrenchment of Local Government in the Jamaican constitution have been completed, and are with the Ministry of Justice for scrutiny and comments. Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with special responsibility for Local Government Reform, Robert Montague, made the disclosure on May 26, while giving opening remarks at the Regional Local Government...

Wife of Prime Minister Bruce Golding, Lorna Golding, was the special guest at assembly at the Maryland Primary School in Stratford, East London on May 20. Mrs. Golding accompanied her husband on his first official visit to the United Kingdom as Prime Minister, from May 19 to 25. During the visit to Maryland, where the principal, Lorna Jackson is of...

State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Local Government Reform, Robert Montague, has said that the greatest challenge in the reform process is the human element, which involves the participation of the citizens. He was delivering opening remarks at the Regional Local Government Consultation and Conference, at the Rose Hall Resort and Country Club in...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton has said that the high cost of purchasing imported food items has given local farmers an opportunity that they must seize and make good use of. Addressing the St. Elizabeth Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS)/Rural Agricultural Development Agency (RADA) Food Fest held on (May 23) at the Essex Valley Show Grounds in St. Elizabeth, he...