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Minister of State for Labour and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of the work at Sabina Park, to make the facility more accessible for persons with disability, in time for the ICC World Cup Cricket 2007. Senator Morris, who spoke to journalists yesterday (Oct. 24) after a tour of the facilities, said that adequate...

The Jamaica Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 is reporting an increase in interest for tickets in the wake of the West Indies thrilling victory against world champions, Australia, on October 18 at the ICC Champions Trophy in India. Roxanne Morris, LOC Commercial Manager, told JIS News that following the match, persons have been enquiring...

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative to Jamaica, Bertrand Bainvel has called on political leaders to make every attempt to anchor their visions for national development into a national framework for children. Such a framework, he said, should be "informed by data more than by anecdotes, and financed by resources commensurate to its goals". The UNICEF representative was speaking today...

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Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry Wilsonhas said that next year's three-day closure of five educational institutions surrounding Sabina Park, will not impact negatively on the learning process of students attending those schools. The closure is being done to satisfy security stipulations by the organisers of Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007. Responding to concerns expressed by Opposition Spokesman on...

Under its squatter prevention monitoring regime, the Squatter Management Unit in the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands has made significant progress since it was launched four months ago. Addressing a press briefing held at the Ministry's Old Hope Road offices yesterday (Oct. 24), Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke informed that, "emphasis is being placed on detecting emerging incidents,...

Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, has said that some 200 titles would be handed over to beneficiaries in St. Catherine next month, under the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP). The handing over ceremony will be held on November 8 at the Dinthill Technical High School in the parish.The Agriculture Minister, who made the announcement yesterday (Oct. 24),...

As set out in the 2005/06 annual report of the National Export Import (Ex-Im) Bank of Jamaica, there was a 25 per cent growth in the bank's loan portfolio for this period, with disbursements exceeding $3 billion. "This was largely achieved through its short term discounting line of credit and its medium term facilities. During the year, the bank was...

Dr. Colin Palmer, professor of history at Princeton University in the United States, has called on the Caribbean Diaspora to "re-birth the strength of the Caribbean region as part of the global economy". The Jamaican-born professor, who was delivering the eighth annual Eric Williams Memorial Lecture recently at the Florida International University (FIU), told his audience that although there were...

Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas has said that while he empathized with livestock and other farmers who lose their animals and crops to praedial thieves, the Police High Command does not support or condone vigilante justice. Addressing the 60th Annual Conference of the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay on October...

The $83 million water supply system in the Milk River community of South West Clarendon is nearing completion. During a tour of several sections of the area on Friday (Oct. 20), State Minister with responsibility for Water in the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, told JIS News that "the Milk River Water Supply project is...

Henry Morant, President of the Kerosene Oil Retailers Association, has called on firefighters in May Pen to monitor businesses, which distribute petroleum products. "What I would like is that we ensure that all the players that are in the field of high-risk products, we bring them into line, because we have had too many problems the past five or so...