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The Water Resources Authority (WRA), in recognition of its 10th anniversary, will be hosting an exposition at its Old Hope Road head office in Kingston from November 15 to 16 under the theme: 'Integrated Water Resources Management, Driving National Development'. Senior Environmental Officer at the WRA, Michelle Watts, told JIS News that the exhibition was designed to educate members of...

The parish of Westmoreland should be experiencing major improvements in its road network soon, as it has been chosen as one of five pilot parishes to benefit under a new government road maintenance programme. The other pilot parishes are Portland, St. Thomas, Manchester and St. Catherine. Under the programme, called the National Road Services Improvement Programme (NARSIP), approximately $1 billion...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands will be celebrating Geography Information System (GIS) Week from November 12 to 16 and has planned a series of activities to mark the observance. GIS Training Manager in the Ministry, Ian Wilmot Brown, told a recent JIS Think Tank that the week-long commemoration would offer a variety of activities, including presentations and exhibitions as...

As countries worldwide implement measures for early detection and prevention of the Avian Influenza (Bird Flu), response mechanisms in Jamaica and the region are also being intensified. Among these response activities is a workshop on emergency assistance for early detection of the virus, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), through its regional office for Latin America and the...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Senator Noel Monteith, has said that the Government was committed to the ideal that, "every child can learn and that every child must learn". Making his contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on Friday (November 13), the State Minister said the Government was "focused on the...

The government of Jamaica has introduced a national literacy strategy, through which it will significantly reduce, and ultimately eliminate the problem of students leaving secondary school without the ability to read and write. Minister of State for Education and Youth, Senator Noel Monteith, tells JIS News that the initiative, which started this school year, "is based on concern about the...

The Safe Schools Programme has contributed to a sustained reduction in the instances of violence and social discord in primary and secondary schools and their associated communities, Education and Youth State Minister, Noel Monteith, has said. "The programme has served to heighten public awareness of the issues impacting the safety of the learning environment," he added. In his contribution to...

May I add my own welcome to all of you to our beautiful shores and say how delighted we are as a country to be hosting your 8th. World Congress. Your selection of Jamaica for this gathering reflects the Federation's confidence in and respect for Jamaica, and the capacity and leadership of the Consular Corps of Jamaica. I commend Mr....

Housing, Transport, Water and Works Minister, Robert Pickersgill, yesterday (Nov.11) signed contracts valued at $46 million for the rehabilitation of three pieces of roadway in the parishes of St. James and Westmoreland. Of the total, $31 million will go towards phase two of the Montpellier to Cambridge upgrading project in Southern St. James, with a total of $15 million for...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said that the transformation now taking placing in education will involve the gradual phasing out of the shift system in some of the country's primary and secondary schools. Speaking at an Awards Luncheon of the Rusea's Old Students Association at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Friday (Nov. 10), Mrs. Simpson Miller said programmes are in...

Security capabilities in three resort areas are to be enhanced through a $24 million allocation from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) for the provision of essential policing equipment and services. Tourism, Entertainment and Culture Minister, Aloun Ndombet Assamba and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Gilbert Scott, on Friday (Nov.10) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the...

Executive Director of the Diabetes Association of Jamaica's (DAJ) Outreach Programme, Owen Bernard, has expressed concern about the growing number of young persons, who were developing Type 2 diabetes. "We use to think that it was an old people disease. We are seeing a lot more young people with Type 2 diabetes. This is very serious and the numbers are...