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Plans are advanced for the selection of a festival queen for the parish of St. Ann, with 12 young ladies identified to compete in the coronation show to be held later this month. "Presently, there are 12 young ladies in the parish, who have been undergoing training for the competition," said Marlene Pusey-Reid, Manager for the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's...

Senior citizens in Spanish Town and its environs now have an opportunity to become computer literate, through a training programme offered by the St. Catherine Parish Library. The programme gets underway on Monday (April 10) at the library's Red Church Street headquarters, with an initial 10 seniors to benefit from training in basic word processing skills as well as the...

St. John's Primary School has topped six other schools to emerge triumphant in the digital storytelling competition, which was staged under the Partners in Learning Programme. The winning school was announced today (April 6) at an awards ceremony, held at the Caenwood Centre on Arnold Road in Kingston. St. John's Primary came out ahead of Linstead Primary, Mount Airy Primary...

Michael Lee-Chin, chairman of the National Commercial Bank (NCB) and the Canadian-based AIC Mutual Funds, has said that his best investment to date was the purchase of NCB four years ago. Mr. Lee-Chin was addressing a Jampro-organized investment forum on Tuesday (April 4) held at the Toronto Board of Trade, where he declared that Jamaica was an excellent place for...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell, has called for greater Internet use among Jamaicans, stating that he was disappointed at the low level of subscribers. "I must say as Minister, this is my area of disappointment, the level of Internet usage in Jamaica, and the number of subscribers. We need to get this moving rapidly," he stated....

This morning we are here to celebrate the power of people and the incredible value we can create, especially when we work as a team towards a shared vision. It is often forgotten, and therefore bears repeating that the ultimate determinant of value is the human resource. In service industries such as tourism, it is even more critical, since it...

The Government of Italy and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have signed a scientific cooperation agreement aimed at enhancing the Region's early response to natural disasters. The Agreement on Cooperation in Hydro-Meteorological Monitoring, Natural Disaster and Early Warning was signed by Deputy Secretary-General of CARICOM, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite and Italy's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Siampaolo Bettamio, on Tuesday 4 April...

Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Ernest Pate, said that countries of the western hemisphere, including the Caribbean, are undergoing an epidemiological transition, characterized by an increase in non-communicable diseases. "The non-communicable disease rates are in fact overtaking the communicable disease rate in the region. The end result of this is that we are seeing many more...

The Ministry of Agriculture's Research and Development Division has acquired 28 sheep at a cost of US$42,000, to boost its Small Ruminant Development Project. The animals, which arrived in the island on February 16, are part of a total shipment of 92 sheep and 95 goats, which will be used to increase production of mutton/lamb for the local market. Chief...

Efforts to revitalize school gardens and to encourage more youth to pursue agriculture were enhanced yesterday (April 3), when several farmers from the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) participated in the planting of 300 vegetable seedlings at the Chatsworth Infant and All-age School in St. James. Armed with their farm tools and equipment, the farmers, who are affiliated with the Shaw...

Thousands of Jamaicans and visitors to the island are expected to attend the Trelawny Yam Festival, to be held in Albert Town on Easter Monday, April 17. The event is being organized by the Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency (STEA). "The Yam Festival is the celebration of the culture of Trelawny and its main crop. The event will feature many exciting...

More than 30 schools participated in the St. Ann Parish 4-H Clubs annual Achievement Day, which was held on April 4 at the Discovery Bay all-age School. The event was staged under the theme: 'Creating Wealth through Youth Development'. Field Service and Economic Development Manager of the 4-H clubs, Linton Barnes told JIS News that the 4-H Parish Achievement Days...