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The office of the Children's Advocate has announced that it would be making visits to schools in communities affected by violence to speak with teachers and children. In the wake of reports of gun violence in certain volatile areas impacting on a number of schools, the Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke has expressed concern for the children who live and attend...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands is in discussion with the Citrus Growers Association with a view to resuscitating 3,750 hectares of citrus and to establish an additional 2,083 hectares. Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, in his contribution to the 2007/08 budget debate in Gordon House yesterday (April 18), said that the initiative is to aid in the...

MR. SPEAKER, THIS GOVERNMENT REGARDS THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AS CENTRAL TO ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY. THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR WITH ITS STRONG LINKAGE TO TOURISM AND MANUFACTURING, AND BEING THE MAINSTAY OF THE RURAL ECONOMY, MUST PROVIDE THE SPRING BOARD FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY. I AM HAPPY TO REPORT TO THIS HONOURABLE HOUSE, THAT THE SECTOR HAS NOT FAILED...

Jamaica will join the rest of the world in observing Road Safety Week from April 23 to April 29 under the theme: 'Road safety is No Accident'. The first annual observance by the United Nations, the week is expected to increase awareness about the impact of road injuries, particularly among young road users; promote greater use of safety devises, reduce...

Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Audley Shaw, has called for a comprehensive audit of public sector entities to be carried out, to improve efficiency in government operations and provide significant budgetary savings. Mr. Shaw, who was making his 2007/08 budget presentation in the House of Representatives yesterday (April 17) said that this audit of central government, government agencies, statutory bodies, and...

A strategy to increase computer literacy in the population, while improving access to the information communication technology (ICT) systems at affordable prices, will be promulgated later this year.] Minister of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, Phillip Paulwell, who made the announcement at an ICT Forum held yesterday (April 17) at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, said that this vision is embodied...

Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Dr. Hamadoun Toure, has given the Government high marks for the progress made in bringing the country's telecommunication system to the standard set by the ITU for developing countries. Dr. Toure, who was speaking at a ICT Forum hosted by the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce (MITEC) yesterday (April 17)...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Burchell Whiteman has charged young people of Jamaican heritage in the UK, to become part of the process to develop the Diaspora movement. Mr. Whiteman, who was addressing the inaugural meeting of the Jamaica Diaspora Youth UK, held recently at the offices of the High Commission in London, noted that, "the time in...

Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Audley Shaw on (April 17) suggested a number of measures to reduce the debt burden, including placing constitutional limits on annual borrowing. "While caps must have some flexibility and are not capable of totally solving the problem, they will serve as an important benchmark and impose an additional layer of oversight into the borrowing process," Mr....

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke has said that with the surge of interest in ethanol, there has been a renewed interest in the privatisation of the local sugar industry. This interest in ethanol, he noted, was brought about by the recent policy by the United States Government to reduce dependence on foreign oil imports. Mr. Clarke made these...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands is in the process of establishing a catastrophe fund for the banana sector. Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, who made the announcement during his contribution to the 2007/08 Budget Debate in Gordon House today (April 18), said that the fund will be financed through a $31 million grant, in addition to a...

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke said today (April 18) that the sustained challenges by the Latin American producers of Jamaica's trading arrangement with Europe has underscored the necessity of increasing the quality and productivity of banana farmers. In his contribution to the 2007/08 Budget debate today (April 18) , the Minister said that if the banana industry was...