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Prime Minister Bruce Golding said only the people of Jamaica can decide if the country should enter into a unified political structure with the rest of the region. His comments were made yesterday (Tuesday, Apr. 8) during a courtesy call at Jamaica House by H.E. Stuart Jack, Governor of the Cayman Islands. In responding to a question from Governor Jack...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has noted that while Government has been emphasizing the importance of ensuring that students are able to read and write before they are allowed to sit the GSAT examine, efforts must also be made to identify whether students are facing deficiencies which could be preventing them from learning to read and write properly. He said it...

Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Carlton Davis, outlined a number of steps, which has been taken over the years to facilitate good governance in the country, noting that every citizen has a role to play in this regard. Speaking at the Electoral Commission of Jamaica's long service awards at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel yesterday (April 8), he said that Jamaica has a...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sport, Olivia Grange, has said that there is a need to restore the presence of uniformed groups in schools. "Jamaica has suffered from a fall off in the influence of uniformed groups for children over the last decade," she remarked at the official launch of Child Month 2008 at the Institute of Jamaica on...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said only the people of Jamaica can decide if the country should enter into a unified political structure with the rest of the region. His comments were made yesterday (Tuesday, Apr. 8) during a courtesy call at Jamaica House by H.E. Stuart Jack, Governor of the Cayman Islands. In responding to a question from Governor Jack...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has noted that while Government has been emphasizing the importance of ensuring that students are able to read and write before they are allowed to sit the GSAT examine, efforts must also be made to identify whether students are facing deficiencies which could be preventing them from learning to read and write properly. He said it...

Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Carlton Davis, outlined a number of steps, which has been taken over the years to facilitate good governance in the country, noting that every citizen has a role to play in this regard. Speaking at the Electoral Commission of Jamaica's long service awards at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel yesterday (April 8), he said that Jamaica has a...

Sixteen law enforcement officers from Jamaica and 18 from other English speaking Caribbean countries, began an intensive two-week training course, yesterday (April 7), at the Twickenham Park based Caribbean Regional Drug Law Enforcement Training Centre in St. Catherine. The course is intended to strengthen their interdiction capabilities in relation to precursor chemicals diverted to make illegal drugs. Held annually, the...

An allocation of $23.7 million has been earmarked in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure for the Jamaica 4-H Clubs. The sum will be used to undertake activities under the Youth Development, and Production and Training Enterprise Programmes. Under the Youth Development Programme, it is aimed to develop the interest and capabilities of children and young adults in agriculture and community-related...

The Ministry of Agriculture's Veterinary Services Division has been allocated $34.4 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The sum comprises $14.4 million to undertake further strengthening of its programme of surveillance and prevention of avian influenza and $20 million for the maintenance of buildings and equipment. As stated in the document, the surveillance...

Dr. Eva Lewis-Fuller, Director of Health Promotion and Protection in the Ministry of Health and Environment, has said that while no country is insulated against the effects of climate change, it is the poorest and most vulnerable countries that will be adversely affected. She also said that climate change will have a pervasive effect on the environment and as a...

Plans are advanced for the staging of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) Northern Region Festival of Foods. The event is slated for Friday (April 11) at Gray's Inn Sports Ground in St. Mary. Manager for the JCDC's Northern Region, Marlene Pusey-Reid, told JIS News that the "grand festive occasion", which will run from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., will...