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For many Jamaicans, home is a place of peace and safety, a place to unwind and be comfortable, but for many persons living in the inner-city, this has not always been their experience. Under the Government's Inner-City Housing Project (ICHP), hundreds, and soon thousands, of Jamaicans are being given the opportunity to enjoy the comfort of a real home for...

Acting Deputy Commandant of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), Douglas Fletcher is warning praedial thieves that the Police will not relent in ensuring that they are caught and prosecuted. In an interview with JIS News, he pointed out that farmers were incurring losses on a yearly basis because of praedial thieves and as such, the ISCF would be pulling...

A Bill to amend the Corruption Prevention Act has been referred to a Joint Select Committee of Parliament for deliberation, following debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Nov. 21). Addressing colleague members, Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips explained that the amendment sought to provide powers to the Commission to secure access to information that may be...

Farmers in and around Knockpatrick district, Manchester were the beneficiaries of an open day hosted by the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), and Alumina Partners of Jamaica (ALPART), at the Sam Motto Goat and Sheep Demonstration and Training Centre, on Thursday (Nov. 23). The scores of farmers and other invited persons toured the facility and viewed displays by...

To prevent entry of the citrus greening disease, the Plant Quarantine Unit in the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands is imploring the public to adhere to all the guidelines when importing plants, fruits, vegetables and cut flowers. In an interview with JIS News, Chief Plant Quarantine Officer, Fitzroy White, pointed out that these products were potential carriers of harmful pests...

More than 100 receipt books have so far been distributed to farmers in Portland, as the Ministry of Agriculture and the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) step up efforts to reduce praedial larceny . In a JIS News interview Parish Manager for the Portland branch of the JAS, Thelma Williams, said the distribution was being carefully conducted to ensure that only...

The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) mobile unit is slated to conduct a two-day outreach meeting in Mandeville, beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 7, at the Golf View Hotel. Compliance Field Officer with the COJ, Keith Andrade told JIS News that the visit was to facilitate the submission of outstanding company documents. "It is very important that each...

Eighty-four employees of the West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCo) were recently honoured for long and meritorious service at a special awards banquet held at Sandals Grande Ocho Rios Beach and Villa resort. Managing Director for WINDALCo, Gabriel Henn, congratulated the recipients for the loyalty they had exhibited over the years. "This occasion is the number one social event in the...

Seventeen year-old, first year student at the Montego Bay Community College, Jodi-Anne Redway is the new Junior Mayor of Montego Bay. The pre-university student was bestowed with the coveted position on Wednesday (Nov. 22), at the Montego Bay Civic Centre, after immerging with the most points in the recently concluded Montego Bay Junior Mayor competition. The Montego Bay Junior Mayor...

Members of the Portland Disaster Committee are working feverishly to restore normality to communities affected by Thursday's heavy rainfall. The rains, which fell all day and throughout the night, caused extensive damage to roadways, landslides and flooding, which resulted in the death of one person and many persons marooned due to road blockages.The National Works Agency (NWA) has been busy...

More than 20 students of the Villa Road Primary and Junior High School in Mandeville, Manchester, should benefit from a Sponsor-A-Child Mentorship Programme, which was launched yesterday (November 22), at the institution. The programme, which is aimed at improving the academic performance of the students, and to increase their level of attendance, by getting members of the community involved in...

Some 135 parents from the parishes of Clarendon and St. Catherine have been recognised by the Ministry of Education and Youth for outstanding parenting values. Fourteen of them received special awards for exceptional parenting skills at an awards ceremony hosted by the Ministry's Region Six office in Ascot Hall, Old Harbour on Tuesday (Nov. 21). They include: Daylievans Worrie of...