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Farmers with common law titles and good farming projects, could soon be able to borrow money to improve their operations, under a collateral-free loan scheme. Minster of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, along with a team of experts, is looking at instituting the loan scheme, which will be modelled from the Grameen collateral-free micro financing system. The proposed scheme will add...

At least 35 persons from various disaster groups and agencies in St. Thomas are slated to benefit from a training course in Mass Casualty Management. The six-day training course, which will be held from December 1 to 6, is being organised by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)...

Minister of State for National Security, Senator Arthur Williams, said yesterday (Nov. 25), that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be working to rid communities of men who commit violence against women. "I want to assure you that not only the police high command, but every head of every police station has been sensitised to this problem, and there is...

The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, in expressing regret at the passing of Joyce Campbell, O.D. has said that the nation is once again mourning of the death of a cultural icon. Ms. Campbell died today. "One cannot help but revere D. Joyce Campbell for the substantial contribution she has made towards the crafting and...

President of the National Parent Teacher's Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ), Miranda Sutherland, is calling on parents not to stage demonstrations, but instead, to utilise the organisation to address their concerns. "The PTA acts as a forum, through which differences between parents and teachers can be resolved by mediation. As a national body, we are trying to get our PTAs to...

Some 4,000 men and women working in farming and produce marketing, are to benefit from Ca$6.4 million, which will be pumped into the agricultural sector over the next three years, under the 'Improving Jamaica's Agricultural Productivity' project. "This project represents my vision for a different kind of sustainable agriculture that is modern and technologically advanced to promote the well-being of...

Six of 14 Front End Engineering Design (FEED) packages for the expansion of the Petrojam refinery, have already been received, and are now being reviewed for acceptance, Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings, has disclosed. Three more are expected by December, with the remaining five FEED packages expected by April 2009, along with the final cost, the Minister informed. He was...

A non-reimbursable, technical co-operation agreement between the Government and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), valued at US$440,000, was signed today (November 26), at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, in Kingston. The agreement, entitled a 'Strategy for the Divestiture of Air Jamaica', was signed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator...

Jamaica's Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has announced the appointment of John Lynch as Director of Tourism at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), effective December 1, 2008. According to the Tourism Minister, the current environment dictates that quick and decisive action be taken to fill the post of Director of Tourism which became vacant following Basil Smith's decision to not...

Twelve contracts for the repair of roads damaged by Tropical Storm Gustav, and for the rehabilitation of gullies, in sections of the island, were signed today (November 25), by the Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Henry, at the Ministry, in Kingston. In the Corporate Area, work will be undertaken from Olympic Way to Waltham Park Road, at a cost...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton and Country Representative of the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA), Cynthia Currie, have signed a Letter of Intent for a project, to enhance the country's agricultural production. The signing for the project - Improving Jamaica's Agricultural Productivity - took place today (November 25), at the Canadian High Commission, in Kingston. The project...

The Net International Reserves (NIR), of just over US$1.70 billion, is being augmented and should return to an estimated US$1.78 billion by the end of November, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, has said. During a teleconference with local and international investors, today (November 25), the Minister explained that a raft of monetary and fiscal interventions are...