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Minister of Agriculture and Land, Roger Clarke, has announced that receipt books to verify the legitimacy of produce trading, to combat praedial larceny, have been printed and should be ready for distribution soon. The Minister made the disclosure in his address to citrus farmers at the Annual General Meeting of the Citrus Growers Association, which was held on April 6...

Jamaica's banana industry has rebounded to where it was before the devastation caused by several hurricanes in 2004/05, with a projection that some 30-35,000 tonnes of the produce will be exported this year. According to Dr. Marshall Hall, Chairman of the Banana Export Company of Jamaica and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jamaica Producers Group, plans are in place to...

The Mt. Peto Primary School in Hanover is to be refurbished and expanded at a cost of $13.7 million. A contract for the project was signed on Friday, April 7, at the school, between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the contracting company, Building Innovation Company Ltd. The scope of the work includes expansion of the school, to include...

Chairman of the National Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ), Aubyn Hill, has appealed to Jamaicans in South Florida to "come home and invest. Mr. Hill, who was the guest speaker at the Jamaica United States Chamber of Commerce's first annual recognition and installation luncheon, held recently at the Sheraton Hotel in Davie, said that there was tremendous opportunity for investment...

Dr. Carolina Barco, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, paid a courtesy visit to Dr. Rub

Chancellor of the University of Technology (UTech), Sir Bill Morris, has said that the installation of a new Prime Minister and Governor-General for Jamaica, had ushered in a new era of change, that has provided the country with an opportunity for a fresh start. Sir Bill, who was delivering the keynote address at the inaugural conference of the Jamaican Diaspora...

Several leaders of Jamaican organizations in Canada have extended congratulations to new Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller. Sandra Carnegie-Douglas, President of the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA), the largest and oldest Jamaican community organization in Canada, has lauded the achievements of the Prime Minister. "It is our sincere wish that she will grow from strength to strength, that she will conquer...

Young people, aged 18 to 35 years, have benefited from a series of islandwide 'Entrepreneurship Interface Meetings', aimed at encouraging them to develop entrepreneurial skills and to seek opportunities for self-employment. The session, which started on March 22 and ended on April 5, were organized by the Jamaica Social Policy Evaluation (JASPEV) and saw participation from agencies such as the...

Susan Walker, Professor of Nutrition at the Tropical Metabolism Research Institute (TMRI) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), has pointed to the need for further research into clinical malnutrition and chronic under nutrition in children, as represented by stunting. Professor Walker, who was speaking at a regional workshop on child nutrition on Wednesday (April 5) at the Planning...

Expansion work is expected to commence shortly at the Jose Marti and York Castle high schools in St. Catherine and St. Ann respectively, following the signing of two contracts totaling more than $58 million at the Ministry of Education and Youth's National Heroes Circle offices yesterday (April 6). The contract for York Castle High, valued at $25 million and awarded...

Agriculture and Land Minister, Roger Clarke, has called on Jamaicans to take an active role in efforts to maintain and increase the country's forest cover. He remarked that trees were an important part of the island's national heritage, in addition to being "important for the natural cycles that are essential to maintaining an ecological balance for our planet and in...

National Security Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips, has said the two-week Tradewinds military exercise, which concluded today (April 7), represented the template, which will guide the region's security preparations for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 and beyond. Dr. Phillips, who was speaking at the closing ceremony for the training exercise held at the Jamaica Defence Force's Up Park Camp headquarters...