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The Jamaican community and a wide cross section of people from Manchester turned out on March 31 to pay their respects to one of the United Kingdom's most prominent community campaigners and social activist, Louise Da-Cocodia. Mrs. Da-Cocodia, who died on March 13 at age 73, was described as a passionate fighter for fairness and justice. Tributes were also paid...

The Jamaica HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control II Project has received $216.9 million, as set out in the 2008/2009 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. A major objective of this project is to provide support for selected activities outlined in the National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan. It also seeks to assist the government in curbing the spread of the...

The island's inaugural Greenhouse Technology Symposium was hosted by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and the Caribbean Agri-Business Association (CABA), yesterday (March 31), under the theme, 'Getting it Right.' State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, J.C. Hutchinson, in his presentation on: 'The Ministry's role in facilitating greenhouse production in Jamaica,' said that the technology was being targeted as...

The Jamaican community and a wide cross section of people from Manchester turned out on March 31 to pay their respects to one of the United Kingdom's most prominent community campaigners and social activist, Louise Da-Cocodia. Mrs. Da-Cocodia, who died on March 13 at age 73, was described as a passionate fighter for fairness and justice. Tributes were also paid...

The Jamaica HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control II Project has received $216.9 million, as set out in the 2008/2009 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. A major objective of this project is to provide support for selected activities outlined in the National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan. It also seeks to assist the government in curbing the spread of the...

The Duke of Edinburgh Award Programme, which has been operating in Jamaica since 1961, has been moulding the character of thousands of Jamaicans for over 40 years. Director of the programme in Jamaica, Vernon Derby, explains to JIS News that the Duke of Edinburgh's programme enables young people to participate in a number of activities and learn a skill. "Of...

The Hurricane Dean Rehabilitation project has received $981.55 million for the 2008/2009 financial year. This is outlined in the Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is funded by the Government and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), aims to complete the rehabilitation works and undertake 90 per cent of the sea defence works...

The Ministry of Transport and Works has been allocated $900 million to fund the Emergency Assistance for Hurricane. As revealed in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure which is now before the House of Representatives, the project seeks to restore flood damaged areas to pre-flood conditions in order to facilitate normal maintenance. Anticipated physical targets for the new financial year include...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) will, during the 2008/09 fiscal year, receive $1.17 billion to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable groups in the country. As outlined in the Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House, this is being done by the continued establishment of an efficient and demand driven mechanism to deliver basic services in order...

A sum of $3.09 million has been allocated in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure to the Natural Hazard Management in Urban Coastal Areas project, to strengthen disaster risk management in towns and cities located in such areas. Funded by the Government and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the specific objectives of the project are to improve co-ordination among the Office...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has been allocated $63 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the purchase of equipment and furniture. This money will be used to purchase a standby generator; computers and auxiliary equipment; televisions and other multimedia equipment; photography equipment; a Xerox work centre; and an air conditioning unit for...

Transport and Works Minister, Mike Henry, has called on the United Nations General Assembly to foster the establishment of a Global Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, to help keep down road fatalities worldwide. The proposal was part of the Minister's address to the 62nd Session of the General Assembly, yesterday (March 31), which focused on the global road safety crisis. A...