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State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Arthur Williams, has called for the strengthening of coordination and cooperation mechanisms in the region in order to address the issue of human trafficking in the Caribbean. "I believe that there is need to strengthen co-operation at the regional level, (as), increasingly, the Caribbean region is being used by international criminal...

His Excellency, Governor General, the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall has called on young Jamaicans to engage in productive agriculture, in light of an aging farming population, and the need to be self-sufficient. He was speaking at the Fifth Anniversary of the Jamaica Agricultural Society's "Eat Jamaica Day" at the Denbigh Show grounds in Clarendon on Friday, November 28....

In order to ensure better garbage collection, the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is, among other things, negotiating to install Global Position Systems (GPS) tracking devices on collection units in order to maintain contact with drivers and to alter schedules where necessary. Like other parishes, St. Thomas is set to benefit from an improved garbage collection schedule, Regional Operations...

Twenty-six students from educational institutions across St. Elizabeth recently participated in the staging of the Parish Council's 'Junior Council' meeting. The event, which was held at the offices of the St. Elizabeth Parish Council was held as part of the Council's scheduled activities in observance of November as Local Government Month. His Worship the Mayor of Black River, Jeremy Palmer...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government, Robert Montague, has signed a Letter of Intent with Cuban Ambassador, Gisela Garcia Rivera to undertake a literacy programme in St. Mary. The signing, which took place at Local Government Department's Hagley Park Road offices in Kingston on Nov. 27, represents phase two of an...

Farmers and producers in Portland and St. Mary, were sensitised about the benefits of Geographical Indications (GIs) in certifying the quality of Jamaican produce and to attract and maintain a reliable customer base in a globalised marketplace, at a seminar held recently at the St. Theresa's Church Hall in Annotto Bay, St. Mary. The seminar, organised by the Jamaica Intellectual...

World AIDS Day will be observed on Monday, December 1 under the theme, Youth: Take the Lead. The focus on youth is part of a global campaign, which began last December, to encourage young people ages 15-24 to become advocates and agents of change. Citing the 2008 Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviour and Practice (KABP) Survey, Senior Medical Officer of the National...

Parish Councils will have to earn much more than they are doing now, in order to finance their activities, come Sept 1, 2009, when they will no longer be dependent on Central Government. This was stated by President of the Association of Local Government Authorities (ALGA), Milton Brown, while addressing community leaders at a Local Government Month symposium, held on...

The number of extension officers at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), will be increased by 400 per cent over the next 18 months, with about 150 officers to be added. Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, speaking at a recent JIS 'Think Tank', said that the move is in keeping with the Ministry's restructuring plans. It will also make...

Chief Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health and Environment, Dr. Sheila Campbell Forrester, has said that the National HIV/STI Programme is working assiduously, to create programmes and interventions, to address the risk, vulnerability and resilience of the country's youth. She was speaking at the Ministry's HIV/STI Programme and World AIDS Day briefing, held on Thursday (November 27), at the...

Parents of students who attend the Victoria Town All-age School in Manchester, are to benefit from computer courses, to be offered at the school by the HEART Trust/National Training Agency (NTA). At a recent dedication ceremony for the computer laboratory, Principal of the school, Paul Grant, said that the laboratory forms part of the 2006/2010 school improvement plan. "The vision...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has urged Youth Mayors to try and engage other young people more in civic and political affairs. "There is a tendency among young people to say I don't care and we are not talking JLP or PNP because we recognise that in any democracy the political affairs are important and it is through programmes like this...