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Executive Chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority (SIA), Ambassador Derick Heaven, has assured that Jamaica would be able to meet its quota for shipment of sugar to Europe, amidst current speculations that Jamaica might have to pay a fine to the United Kingdom for not meeting its target in the specified time. Speaking to JIS News, the Ambassador said that...

The Indian Government recently handed over pharmaceuticals valued at US$200,000 ($12.4 million) as part of post Hurricane Ivan assistance. The supplies include the antibiotic, Enhancin; anti-hypertension and anti-histamine medications. Speaking at the handing over ceremony on the grounds of the Health Corporation Limited in Kingston, Acting High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, Bimal Saigal said that the contribution was made...

The establishment of an executive mechanism for the Caribbean Community has moved a step closer with the presentation of a broad set of recommendations by the three Technical Sub-committees of the Prime Ministerial Expert Group on Governance. The executive mechanism is intended to serve as the process by which critical policy decisions of CARICOM Heads or Organs of the Community...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, has urged Jamaicans to support the agricultural industry by buying locally grown produce. Senator Grant, who was speaking at the opening of the 50th annual Hague Agricultural Show, held on February 9 in Falmouth, Trelawny, said that the JAS, through its central marketing system, was seeking to make these produce...

At least 20 families in the Old Harbour Bay community in St. Catherine are benefiting from an initiative by Habitat for Humanity Jamaica, to provide shelter for families still suffering from the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan in September last year. This is being done in collaboration with the Blackwood Gardens Citizens Association from Old Harbour Bay. Murphy Markland, Project...

The HIV/STI Prevention and Control Programme at the St. Catherine Health Department will be carrying out HIV/STI sensitization meetings in Naggo Head and Thompson Town over the next four days, as part of activities to mark Safer Sex Week. Community Relations Officer at the department, Dale Walker, told JIS News that the communities were being targeted, as they were considered...

More than 50 per cent of the 9,000 registered farmers in the parish of Hanover suffered losses as a result of Hurricane Ivan last year, but with assistance from government and international donor agencies, they are beginning to replant, with production of some crops back to pre-Ivan levels. "I must commend the farmers of Hanover, who are doing their best...

The Jamaica Coalition on the Rights of the Child (JCRC) has received a new vehicle valued at $2.5 million from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), to support its activities in promoting the rights of children. The unit was handed over on February 8 at the official launching of the 'Eat Right Smile Bright' Child's Rights Project at the Marliemount...

Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie, has warned persons who illegally operate funeral parlours in the corporate area, to desist from the practise, noting that the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) would be pursuing stringent measures to deal with such persons. Mayor McKenzie, who was speaking to journalists at the KSAC's monthly press briefing on February 8, said the...

Three new cases of HIV have been diagnosed in Portland since the start of the year, bringing the number of infected persons in the parish to 356 since the disease was first discovered in the island in 1986. Winston Lowe, Sexually Transmitted Disease Contact Investigator for Portland, told JIS News that while the infected persons were of various ages and...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture has responded positively to a formal request by the Government of Botswana to have their students trained in tertiary institutions in Jamaica. Senator Noel Monteith, State Minister in the Ministry, has also said that the Ministry would be willing to work with that Government in the training of students in tertiary institutions here...

Jamaica's Trade Commissioner in London, Neil Hill will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise funds for the Jamaica Basic School Foundation. Mr. Hill, who will begin his four-day climb on Sunday (February 13), told JIS News that he hopes to raise at least