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The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), of the United Nations, has called for more investment in agriculture, to mitigate against the world food crisis. Delivering the organisation's message at a church service held at the Mandeville Parish Church recently, to mark World Food Day, Assistant Representative for Jamaica and the Bahamas, Dr. Gillian Smith, said the world food crisis has...

Some 108 public sector entities will be under intense scrutiny, to determine the extent to which they have delivered top quality service to customers, as they compete for the Prime Minister's Trophy, in The Best Customer Service Agency Award. The trophy, along with a cash award of $300,000, will be given to the winner at the culmination of an evaluation...

The Office of the Children's Advocate (OCA), is currently hosting consultations with church leaders across Jamaica, to help promote the protection of the rights and best interests of children. The first two meetings took place in St. James and St. Ann, while the next two are scheduled for Manchester on October 28 and Kingston on November 4. "These consultations are...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Registrar General's Department (RGD), Dr. Patricia Holness, has publicly apologised to a customer, Mark Clarke, for the non-delivery of documents by express service, for which he requested and paid. A letter of apology was also sent to the Jamaica Observer, which published the customer's complaint in a letter to the Editor on October 14....

A resolution to increase the number of judges at the Resident Magistrate Courts that can be appointed from 46 to 50, and in the Family Court from two to eight, was approved in the House of Representatives yesterday (Oct.14). Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, who moved the resolution, said the increase in the number of judges to the Resident Magistrate Courts,...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, says Government is committed to playing a critical role in the development of sports as a major industry and is already fine-tuning a number of areas that will open new doors of opportunities for new talents. Mr. Golding was addressing the Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence, last night (Oct 14), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has expressed the hope that all 15 members of CARIFORUM will eventually sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), with the European Union (EU). "We hope that all 15 members will sign. If there is any member who finds it impossible to sign, we want to leave the space and we want to leave the opportunity," Mr....

The capabilities of the agricultural sector, as it relates to the services provided to the nation's farmers, have been boosted with the deployment of 20 Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), extension officers. Addressing the news conference at the Jamaica Pegasus in Kingston today (October 15), to announce the recruitment of the new personnel, Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, said...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Andrew Gallimore, has said that if Jamaica is to be competitive in the global arena it is essential for the country's productivity to increase. Speaking at a JIS 'Think Tank' session, at the agency's head office in Kingston, on Tuesday, October 14, Mr. Gallimore emphasised that the Jamaica Productivity...

Edna Manley, Professor the Hon. Rex Nettleford, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett Coverly, Professor Graham Serjeant, Professor Stuart Hall, and Professor Errol Morison are just a few of the pre-eminent Jamaicans that have been recipients of the Institute of Jamaica's (IoJ) Annual Musgrave Awards. This roll call of luminaries in the areas of Literature, Science, and the Arts, is one...

Cabinet has approved the appointment of a three-man Commission, to enquire into the collapse of several financial institutions during the 1990s, and the subsequent creation of the Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, has announced. Speaking at today's (Oct. 15) post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House,...

Debate began yesterday (October 14), on a Bill to amend the Constitution, to increase the maximum number of constituencies from 60 to 65, for the purpose of electing Members of Parliaments. However, Prime Minister Bruce Golding, who piloted the Bill, informed that "there was an expressed intention to limit the maximum number of constituencies to 63 at this time." "The...