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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...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), Dr. Charles Douglas, has said that productivity must be at the heart of Jamaica's survival strategy in order for the country to be increasingly competitive in the global marketplace. "I would like to say that in unusual times, business as usual is not a workable strategy. We are living in unusual times...

The American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI), will stage its fifth fund-raising Radiothon on October 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., to provide scholarships and bursaries for students across the Caribbean region. Last year, the event, which was held over two days, raised a modest $20,000.00 and according to the Foundation's Executive Director, Ann-Marie Grant,...

The Government will be embarking on a programme to encourage persons to harvest rain water for domestic use, especially in areas where the resource is scarce. The disclosure was made by Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang as he addressed the recent monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Parish Council. He said that in the new financial year...

A $6.1 million contract was signed between the Ministry of Water and Housing, and Solid Engineering Limited, at the Ministry's headquarters yesterday (Oct. 14), for the rehabilitation of roads in the Norwood Housing Scheme, in St. James. Chief Technical Director, at the Ministry, Heather Pinnock, said that the infrastructure of the Norwood Housing Scheme, which was constructed in the 1970's,...

The Government and Bouygues Travaux Publics/Trans Jamaica Highway, have agreed that it will take some US$27 million, to deal with the problem of unstable soils that have been identified in the construction of the Mount Rosser bypass. This sum is subject to approvals, Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Henry noted, in making the disclosure in the House of Representatives,...

Several activities have been planned under the theme 'Saluting Our Heritage, Building our Nation', to celebrate Heroes Week in the parish of St. Catherine. These events got underway today (Oct. 15), with a floral tribute at the Phillipo Baptist Church, in the parish capital of Spanish Town. Mayor of Spanish Town, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, told JIS News, that the staging...

The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), will commemorate the fifth anniversary of 'Eat Jamaican Day' on November 25, under the distinguished patronage of Governor-General His Excellency the Most Honourable Professor Sir Kenneth Hall and Her Excellency Lady Hall. The celebrations will include an agricultural exposition to be held at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon, under the theme 'Grow what we eat...eat...