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The draft National Fisheries Policy, developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, was extensively discussed at a public consultation held at the Casa Maria Hotel in Port Maria St. Mary on Wednesday, October 1. The consultation was attended by a large gathering of fishers from the parishes of Portland, St. Mary, and St. Ann, who made suggestions and recommendations in respect...

A feasibility study is currently being conducted on the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium, to determine how best to further develop and maximise on its existing facilities, Information, Culture, Youth, and Sports Minister, Olivia Grange, has announced. Despite being used for several activities, including the staging of warm-up games for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) World Cup 2007, and the second leg...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, is urging the nation to seize on the opportunity to build on the achievements of the nation's Olympians at the Beijing Summer Games in China, in August. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House on October 1, Miss Grange said that the athletes' exploits have put Jamaica at the centrestage...

It has been almost non-stop celebration by this nation since the first race was won - the 100 meters in record breaking time by Usain (Bolt). Every other triumph by our athletes in Beijing has kept the jubilation going and so it continued when we welcomed home the team members who returned prior to this week. But now ladies and...

The Government's Olympic Homecoming Celebration Fund has been boosted by a $4 million contribution from the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation. A cheque in this amount was, on Wednesday (Oct. 1), presented to Information, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister, Olivia Grange, by President of the Foundation, and Spanish Ambassador to Jamaica, Jesus Silva, at Jamaica House, during a post-Cabinet media briefing. The funds,...

The Social Development Commission (SDC) centre in Springfield, St. Thomas, has been refurbished at a cost of some $5 million. Parish Manager of the SDC, Luther Cummings, told JIS News, that some of the work involved roof repairs, installation of an air-conditioning unit, expansion of the conference room, and the painting of the building. In addition to renovation of the...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD), has operated at above 80 per cent efficiency, since it became an Executive Agency in 1999, according to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Keeper of the Records, Dr. Patricia Holness. "At the Registrar General's Department, we are measured daily by our performance through our key performance indicators. We must achieve at least 80 per cent...

The Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH), on Tuesday (Sept. 29), hosted their 4th Annual Research Day at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville Manchester, where some eight medical research papers were presented by different medical doctors. Regional Technical Director for the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Michael Coombs, told JIS News, that the event was geared at professional development for medical...

The month of October will be observed as Oral Health Month, under the theme 'Good Oral Health is the key to unlocking a healthier way of life'. The month, which is being celebrated through the partnership of the Ministry of Health and Environment, Colgate Jamaica, and the Jamaica Dental Association, aims to educate and inform the public about the critical...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has advised that the Government hopes to reach an agreement with the Brazilian company, Infinity Bio-Energy, to take over ownership of the five state-owned sugar estates shortly. A clause in the Heads of Agreement, that was signed in June, has had to be activated, which allows for a three-month extension if an agreement was...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, has said that the current public sector pension programme is to be reformed to make it a contributory scheme, for all public sector workers, including Parliamentarians. "As of now it is not a contributory scheme, but I have to indicate that in due course we are going to have to reform...

Eighty-six additional police constables will shortly be deployed across the island, to strengthen the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), which is currently operating below its required staff compliment. The constables, which include 61 males and 25 females, graduated on Wednesday (October 1), at a ceremony at the JCF's Twickenham Park Training facility in St. Catherine. Minister of National Security, Senator Colonel...