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Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has announced that the Government's information structures and systems are to be rationalised and streamlined. Speaking at Wednesday's (October 15), post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Miss Grange told journalists that the move would include the re-organisation of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS). "So, what you are going to find is...

The Consulate General in New York in the United States of America (USA), will stage a series of events to celebrate National Heritage Week, being observed in Jamaica from October 12 to October 20. The series, dubbed Heritage Fest 2008, will include two events, an Arts and 'Edu-cultural' presentation on October 16, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Consulate General,...

Eight hundred and forty five housing solutions, will be made available in Portmore, St. Catherine, by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ). This was disclosed by Managing Director of the HAJ, Joseph Shoucair, in an interview with JIS News. "The Portmore project is divided into three phases. Phase 1 consists of 379 serviced lots. Phase 2A, which is presently under...

Agriculture Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has informed that farmers will be trained in strategies to boost the productivity of certain crops, with the help of extension officers from the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA). This follows a study undertaken by the Ministry to determine the reason for the decline, over the years, in productivity of 12 selected crops. Dr. Tufton...

A special team, comprising representatives of Jamaica's main monetary and fiscal authorities, has been set up to monitor and analyse daily, developments in the current global financial crisis, and the likely impact on Jamaica, Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has announced. The Prime Minister said the move, which arose out of a meeting which he convened early last week with the...

Plans are in high gear for the staging of the sixth annual Paul Bogle Jamboree, in honour of the National Hero. The event will be held at the Paul Bogle High School in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, on National Heroes Day (Monday, October 20), starting at 11:00 a.m. Custos of St. Thomas, Marcia Bennett, will officially open the function at...

A crowd of over 600 from the community of White Hall in St. Elizabeth, and its environs came out on Sunday (October 12), to give silver and bronze medallist, Shericka Williams a homecoming welcome for her success at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in China. The function, which was organised by Member of Parliament for the area, J.C. Hutchinson, saw...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has called for the establishment of a World Trade Organisation (WTO) - compatible agricultural development fund, to facilitate modernisation and re-tooling of the sector. This call follows a meeting last week, which the Minister chaired, with the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), as part of the eighth Caribbean Week of Agriculture, held...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, is soliciting proposals and comments from public and private sector interests, to inform Jamaica's position in preparation for negotiation of a new Free Trade and Development Agreement, between CARICOM and Canada. This was disclosed by Senior Director of the Foreign Trade Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Marcia...

Plans are in high gear to observe World Food Day, on October 16, at the Manchester High School, under the theme 'World Food Security: the challenges of Climate Change and Bio-energy'. A number of activities have been planned, to drive home the need to ensure Jamaica's food security in the context of the impact of climate change and bio-energy, according...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has commended the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), on the launch of the Revised System of National Accounts and the Jamaica Industrial Classification 2005, noting that they provide vital statistical data, necessary to access where the country is going in order to set targets and to measure performance against those targets. Speaking at the launch this...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, this afternoon instructed the Task Force on Child Abuse Prevention, to move immediately to implement the short term initiatives recommended by the group, to address the crisis of abuse and violence against children. The task force met this afternoon (Oct 14) at Jamaica House, with Prime Minister Golding, Information, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister, Olivia 'Babsy'...