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The Rural Water Supply Programme in the Ministry of Water and Housing, has been allocated $394 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The purpose of the project is to investigate the water supply needs of rural townships and districts; plan, design, construct and upgrade major and minor water supply schemes for the benefit...

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...

The Rural Water Supply Programme in the Ministry of Water and Housing, has been allocated $394 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The purpose of the project is to investigate the water supply needs of rural townships and districts; plan, design, construct and upgrade major and minor water supply schemes for the benefit...

The government will soon announce new policies and programmes to be implemented, to improve the welfare of the nation's children. This is according to Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, who cited that among the strategies currently under discussion in the Cabinet, was a national parenting policy as well as the creation of a national parenting commission....

The Caribbean leg of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) workshop on agricultural commodities concluded in Montego Bay recently, with organizers promising to return to the region within four to six months to put in effect the agreed action plan. The three-day consultation of the All ACP Agricultural Commodities Programme, a European Union-funded initiative, brought together some 90 participants from...

The government will soon announce new policies and programmes to be implemented, to improve the welfare of the nation's children. This is according to Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, who cited that among the strategies currently under discussion in the Cabinet, was a national parenting policy as well as the creation of a national parenting commission....

The Caribbean leg of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) workshop on agricultural commodities concluded in Montego Bay recently, with organizers promising to return to the region within four to six months to put in effect the agreed action plan. The three-day consultation of the All ACP Agricultural Commodities Programme, a European Union-funded initiative, brought together some 90 participants from...

The Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, through the Bureau of Women's Affairs, has organized a Sisters to Sisters mediathon, for Sunday, April 13, at the studios of the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC) in Kingston. This event, which is also in collaboration with women in the Jamaican Entertainment Fraternity, is a seven-hour (1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.)...