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In response to the anticipated increase in activities at the island's airports during the yuletide season, the Jamaica Customs Department is taking a number of steps to ensure that visitors and incoming cargo are processed speedily. Speaking with JIS News, Director of Public Relations at the Department, Anneke Rousseau, said the passenger processing system had been modified and that cargo...

Government pensioners, including their spouses and dependents are scheduled to receive an increase in payouts come next month. A sum of $300 million has been earmarked to pay these increases retroactive from July 2006, Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies announced in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Nov. 28). "Increases will range from $500 (more) per month for...

The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a Jamaican-inspired resolution to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Some 160 countries, including former colonial powers, United Kingdom, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as all countries on the African continent, supported the resolution on Tuesday. By the adoption of the resolution, spearheaded by Jamaica and tabled...

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, has said that while the Government was committed to maintaining the viability of the sugar industry, there was a need for a unified stakeholder effort to sustain the industry. He said this approach, which includes the involvement of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ), must be based on an increase in productivity. Mr....

The House of Representatives has approved a Bill to amend the Petroleum Act.Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, who piloted the Bill on November 28, explained that the amendment would provide for the Government to establish a "special Fund to receive proceeds which flow to the Government of Jamaica on concessionary terms as a result of the PetroCaribe...

The Trelawny Association of Volunteer Organizations (TAVO) continues to honour persons in that parish for their dedicated contribution to nation building through volunteerism. This year, a concert and awards ceremony will be held at the Starfish Trelawny Resort on Tuesday, December 5, under the patronage of the Custos Rotulorum of Trelawny, Royland Barrett. TAVO's Chairman, Carlton Gordon, told JIS News...

The St. Elizabeth Health Department has set a target of at least 1,000 persons in the parish to be tested for HIV. This campaign will last until December 6, and coincides with World Aids Day to be observed tomorrow (December 1). The project is being undertaken to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS in the parish, as well as to sensitize...

The Manchester Health Department in collaboration with the Southern Regional Health Authority and other Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), have been hosting a series of activities to help to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS in the parish. Under the theme 'Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise - Get Tested', the activities have been planned to sensitize the general public, to build awareness, and...

Several value added products made from coffee were on show at Jamaica's first coffee festival, which was held on Saturday, November 25, at the Cedar Valley Primary and Junior High School in St. Thomas. The festival, organised jointly by the Cedar Valley Development Area Committee and the Yallahs Area Development Committee, is one of several activities being held in observance...

Christmas shoppers and lovers of authentic Jamaican products will be in for a treat at this year's Kumba Mi Yabba Christmas Village, the Jamaican craft producers marketplace, set for Devon House from December 22 to 24. The Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC) led event, provides a platform for local producers and manufacturers of innovative and indigenous products and services to...

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, has said that while the Government was committed to maintaining the viability of the sugar industry, there was a need for a unified stakeholder effort to sustain the industry. He said this approach, which includes the involvement of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ), must be based on an increase in productivity. Mr....

The House of Representatives has approved a Bill to amend the Petroleum Act.Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, who piloted the Bill on November 28, explained that the amendment would provide for the Government to establish a "special Fund to receive proceeds which flow to the Government of Jamaica on concessionary terms as a result of the PetroCaribe...