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Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government, Robert Montague, has announced a new Government initiative to establish food gardens at state-run homes. The move comes against rising food costs worldwide and the need to ensure food security locally. "Just under $2 million has been pumped into a project to expand agricultural production...

Cabinet has approved the appointment of a new Board for the Urban Development Corporation (UDC). This was announced by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, in the House of Representatives, yesterday (November 4). The Board members are: Businessman and Chairman of Superplus Food Stores, Wayne Chen (Chairman); Managing Director of Paymaster Jamaica, Audrey Marks (Deputy Chairman); Managing Director of Ammars Limited, Michael...

Some 31 sanitation workers were honoured recently, by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), for exemplary service to the organisation and its customers. The winners and runners up were chosen from all four regions and awarded prizes under the 'Get the Cash' Competition, an initiative of Executive Director of the NSWMA, Joan Gordon-Webley, who firmly believes in recognising exceptional...

The Urban Development Corporation UDC), is to purchase the property at Ferry, in St. Catherine, on which the Hydell Group of schools is housed, and will enter into a lease agreement with Hydell. Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, who made the announcement in the House of Representatives, yesterday (November 4), explained the rationale for the arrangement. He said the Government had...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has said that consideration is to be given to amending the Copyright Act, to lengthen the amount of time that royalties are paid on artistic works after the death of an artiste. "At present, royalties may be paid for up to 50 years after the death of an artiste. This period...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, has lauded the work of the Administrator General's Department (AGD), which has made significant strides as a protector of beneficiaries of estates. "You have truly embraced your role as the protector of beneficiaries of estates, both young and old. The welfare of our young, in particular, is of paramount importance to...

It comes as no surprise that Managing Director of the Water Resources Authority (WRA), Basil Fernandez, was bestowed with a Gold Award by the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA), for meritorious service and outstanding contribution to that sector, during the organisation's conference in Montego Bay, St. James, in October. Mr. Fernandez has given some 40 years of distinguished service...

Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings, has said that in just over a week, he would be travelling to Brazil, to examine and garner a better understanding of that country's bio-diesel industry. "In terms of where we go from here, we are looking at bio-fuels generally. I'm going to Brazil to look at bio-diesel, to see if we can get input,...

Hundreds are expected to attend the 11th staging of the Minard Livestock Show and Beef Festival in Brown's Town, St. Ann, on Thursday, November 13. The calendar event, which is promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Jamaica Livestock Association, the Agricultural Development Corporation, and the Goat Breeders Society of Jamaica, will be hosted under the theme: 'Exploiting Livestock for...

Organisations and churches have been showing their support for the Indigent Housing Scheme through contributions, with a major donation coming from communications giant, Digicel Jamaica, which has pledged $500,000. The Scheme was launched in July by Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government Reform, Robert Montague. In July of this year, churches...

Cabinet has approved a proposal for the strategic repositioning of the Ministry of Agriculture, through the organisational restructuring of several entities, which fall under its jurisdiction. The Agricultural Credit Board (ACB), Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC), Agri-business Council [of Jamaica] (ABC), Marketing and Credit Division (MACD), Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), and Agricultural Services and Productive Projects Fund Ltd, are the...

Jamaica is projected to save some US$92 million on its energy bill annually, as a result of the introduction of E10 blended gasolene, Group Managing Director of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Dr. Ruth Potopsingh says. Speaking with JIS News, following the product's launch at the Petcom Portmore service station in St. Catherine on Saturday (Nov. 1), Dr. Potopsingh...