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The Cocoa Industry Board realised some $44.9 million in profits for the 2003/2004 crop year, reflecting an increase above the $40.5 million which was generated by the Board in the previous year. As contained in the 2003/2004 Annual Report of the CIB, which was tabled in the House of Representatives on October 10, the sales of dry fermented cocoa brought...

Over 12,000 books have been donated by Jamalco, the bauxite and alumina plant in Clarendon, to 40 primary schools in the parish and Manchester, as part of the 'Month of Service' activities by Alcoa, the parent company. About 500 copies covering a wide range of subjects were handed over to the York Town Primary School in Clarendon yesterday (Wednesday, October...

A Bill to make provisions for the funding of political parties and connected matters was piloted by Independent Member of Parliament (MP) for North East St. Catherine, Abraham Dabdoub in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Oct. 10). Mr. Dabdoub, who presented the Bill in a private member's motion, told colleague members that the Bill was seeking to establish a...

Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Fritz Pinnock, is urging local fishing interests to embark on more organised efforts to penetrate the more profitable Diamond Back Squid market in order to lessen the stress on shallow water fish species. To further this initiative, the CMI, in collaboration with the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands...

As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, CARI-MED Limited has joined forces with the Child Development Agency (CDA) to dispatch its Colgate Mobile clinic to four children's home across the island. "CARI-MED has a strong desire to make a significant and positive contribution to Jamaican youth development, especially those children who are less fortunate. It is important that we deal...

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The southern chapter of the Jamaica Medical Records Association will be staging several activities at locations across central Jamaica to observe Health Records Week, being observed from October 15-20. Medical Records Regional Supervisor with the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Veronica Miller-Richards, told JIS News that a church service will be held on Sunday, October 15 at the Holiness Christian...

The House of Representatives yesterday (Oct. 10) approved a government loan guarantee of $1.775 billion from the Jamaica Bankers' Association (JBA) to the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) in order to facilitate tuition loans to needy Jamaicans desirous of pursing tertiary studies. Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, explained to colleague members that the tenure of the loan was...

The Ministry of Health will be undertaking a number of activities to celebrate Mental Health Week from October 9 to 14, under the theme: 'Building Awareness, reducing risk for mental illness and suicide'. In an interview with JIS News recently, Director of Mental Health in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Earl Wright, said that this year's theme not only aimed...

Debate on a Bill to amend the Income Tax Act began in the House of Representatives yesterday (Oct. 10). Finance and Planning, Minister Dr. Omar Davies, who piloted the Bill, said the proposed amendments to the Act sought to accomplish six objectives. These amendments, he announced, included the removal of the tax credit granted to a corporate body on the...

Approximately 3,000 persons from across western Jamaica have been beneficiaries of a three-day health clinic, which took place at the St. John's Methodist Church Hall, on Humber Avenue, Montego Bay from October 9 to 11. The health clinic, an annual event for the last 13 years, is staged through the Montego Bay/Atlanta sister city programme, which came about by the...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Honourable Professor Kenneth Hall has said that as a major contributor to the achievement of sustainable development, it was important for trade to be carried out in a fair and equitable environment. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2006 International Trade Exposition held at the Pegasus Hotel yesterday (October 10), Professor Hall said that...