More

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is urging entrepreneurs, small business interests and operators, to access the new loan facility, that is available for the micro and small business sector. Speaking with JIS News recently, Chief Executive Officer at the JBDC, Valerie Veira, pointed out that the Government has allocated a sum of $150 million to the corporation, for on-lending...

Director of Health Promotion and Protection in the Ministry of Health and Environment, Dr. Eva Lewis-Fuller, has announced that the outbreak of conjunctivitis, otherwise known as pink eye, which has been affecting most of the island in recent months, is now on the decline. Referring to the latest available data issued by the Surveillance Unit of the Health Promotion and...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government, Robert Montague, leaves the island today, (Nov. 19) to attend the Eighth Annual Conference of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (PNoWB). The conference, which is being hosted by the French Government in collaboration with the French National Assembly, will be held in Paris...

Cabinet on Monday (Nov.17), approved contracts valued at US$15.6 million and US$415,000, to Hazama Corporation of Japan, for the development of ground water sources in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, who made the announcement at today's (Nov.19) post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, said that the...

The searching of students in school for weapons will become mandatory, as the Ministry of Education seeks to intensify efforts, to promote and ensure safety in schools. This was disclosed by Education Minister, Andrew Holness, during a tour yesterday (November 18) of Dunoon Technical High School in Kingston, where 16-year-old Shevon Johnson, was fatally stabbed by another student on the...

Residents and farmers in Manchester recently benefitted from an exhibition mounted by the Scientific Research Council (SRC), which showcased the stages of root and tuber production and the various ways the products can be utilised, employing technologies in farming, agro-processing and food technology. The exhibition, dubbed 'Golden Roots and Tubers', was held at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority's (RADA) office...

Jamaica stands to benefit from more technical expertise in the areas of education and agriculture from Brazil. The Brazilian Embassy also plans to strengthen its diplomatic staff, to increase areas of cooperation between both countries. These matters formed part of discussions between Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, Brazilian Ambassador, Alexandre Gueros, and the new Minister Counsellor, Julio Boaventura Santos Matos, when...

Approximately seven kilometres of roadway in Slipe, South West Elizabeth have been repaired by the National Works Agency (NWA) at a cost of about $40 million. Speaking with JIS News during a tour of damaged roadways and farm roads in the area on November 14, Minister of Agriculture and Member of Parliament, Dr. Christopher Tufton, said that the work carried...

Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Henry, toured several damaged farm roads in South West St. Elizabeth, on November 14, with a view to having repairs done. Also on the tour were Minister of Agriculture, and Member of Parliament for the area, Dr. Christopher Tufton; Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Joseph Hibbert and representatives from...

Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Henry, has said that major road repairs are to begin shortly. "We have given out 25 contracts at a total value of about $1.5 billion, so work should have started. What has held it up is the procurement period," he told JIS News, while on a tour of damaged roadways and farm roads in...

Farmers in St. Ann are being encouraged to purchase fertiliser at the Jamaica Agricultural Society's (JAS) main office in the parish, at a much cheaper price than they would pay at the farm stores. "The Jamaica Agricultural Society is engaging in an effort to assist the farmers in procuring fertiliser at a cheaper cost," said Manager for the St. Ann...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Hon Olivia Grange has called on financial institutions in the developing world to make funding available to artistic entrepreneurs, as creative sectors become increasingly important to emerging economies. Delivering the main address at the Creative Clusters 2008 Conference in Glasgow, Scotland on Tuesday, Minister Grange said countries like Jamaica faced serious challenges because...