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Caribbean Youth Advocate, Choc'late Allen, has called on young people to take personal responsibility for their development and for peace and stability in the nation. "Personal responsibility benefits our community, ourselves and our nation. We can't just talk change, we must live the changes that we want to see in our nation," said the Youth Advocate, who delivered the main...

The Ministry of Health and Environment, is promoting healthy lifestyle practises to reduce or prevent the incidence of diabetes in children. Approximately 2 per cent of adolescents between 15 and 19 years old in Jamaica have diabetes. Medical Epidemiologist for Chronic Disease and Injuries, Dr. Tamu Davidson-Sadler, said that a growing number of Jamaican children are being diagnosed with Type...

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Lenworth Fulton, is encouraging more young people to take up beef and dairy farming. Mr. Fulton, who spoke to JIS News, at the recent staging of the Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival in Brown's Town, St. Ann, noted that with the average beef farmer being older that 60 years, more young people...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, says Government is committed to pursuing the Whistleblower Legislation and that its application will be for both the public and private sectors. "Whistleblower Legislation is an important initiative to provide another layer of protection to persons within the system, who are themselves opposed to conduct and activities that violate the tenets of the system, but who...

The Jamaica Civil Service Long Service Awards Ceremony, which was scheduled for this Wednesday November 19, has been postponed until further notice. The decision to postpone comes in the wake of weather reports from the National Meteorological Centre, which has advised that there is a significant feature resulting in a cold front which will begin to affect the island later...

The Ministry of Transport and Works, will be undertaking construction and repairs to key infrastructure and a historical building in Black River, St. Elizabeth. Minister, Mike Henry, during a tour of damaged roadways and farm road projects in South West St. Elizabeth on November 14, said that construction of a sea wall is to begin immediately in the vicinity of...

Chairperson of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings, has said that the Committee would be undertaking a number of public education initiatives, geared at helping children to develop a thorough understanding of effective safety practices, abductions and associated issues. "We are looking for avenues to really express how we feel and what is happening to our nation's...

Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, has said that the Government is seeking to reduce the cost of road repair projects and where applicable, will be utilising the Pave-Zyme soil stabilisation system. "I am implementing the beginning of a programme to reduce the cost against the need for funding, which we don't have," Minister Henry said during a tour...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wesley Hughes, has said that while Jamaica is faced with a number of macro-economic risks, in the context of the current global financial crisis, vulnerabilities to external shocks are being carefully monitored on a daily basis. He said reports are being made to the major decision-makers and action is being...

Chairperson of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings, is making a passionate appeal to the perpetrators of crimes against children, to desist from those dastardly deeds. "We can only appeal to the perpetrators to stop what they are doing. Don't destroy our children and don't destroy their innocence. Give them a chance to grow up, give them...

Several sectors of the economy recorded strong growth for the period July to September, with mining and quarrying emerging as the star performer for the period. The sector recorded a 6.0 per cent growth, reflecting a 0.2 per cent contribution to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This was largely due to an increase in alumina production (8.4 per cent),...

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Don Wehby, has said that despite having to make some revisions to the Central Government budget, the Ministry is committed to the task of staying as close as possible to the targeted fiscal deficit of 4.5 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Meanwhile, as a prelude...