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Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, has said that the country's "spectacular" performance over the last two months puts the government in a good position to approach the local and overseas markets for budgetary financing. At the same time, he said that the government would not wait until an arrangement was in place with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Government's move to relocate residents from Railway Lane and Barracks Road in St. James to the Providence Heights housing development is on target with 52 residents already receiving keys to their new homes. In fact, 10 of the new homeowners have already moved in, National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Kingsley Thomas announced recently, while addressing the launch of the Rotary...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, has said that the country's "spectacular" performance over the last two months puts the government in a good position to approach the local and overseas markets for budgetary financing. At the same time, he said that the government would not wait until an arrangement was in place with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Toll being collected on the first phase of Highway 2000, which covers the dualisation of the Old Harbour bypass, is running at 30 per cent above projections up to March 2004. Actual tolling began on September 25 last year on the first 12 kilometres of the roadway and up to March this year, in excess of two million persons have...

For a company barely over a year old that has disbursed more than $225.4 million up to January of this year for projects ranging from basic school improvement to assisting the Jamaica AIDS Support organization, the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund is the best kept secret in Jamaica, Dr. Aggrey Irons, Chairman of the CHASE Health Committee...

Toll being collected on the first phase of Highway 2000, which covers the dualisation of the Old Harbour bypass, is running at 30 per cent above projections up to March 2004. Actual tolling began on September 25 last year on the first 12 kilometres of the roadway and up to March this year, in excess of two million persons have...

For a company barely over a year old that has disbursed more than $225.4 million up to January of this year for projects ranging from basic school improvement to assisting the Jamaica AIDS Support organization, the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund is the best kept secret in Jamaica, Dr. Aggrey Irons, Chairman of the CHASE Health Committee...

Minister of Water and Housing, Donald Buchanan, has lauded horticulturists in St. Elizabeth, noting that they have made significant contribution to the development of the parish. Minister Buchanan, who was speaking at the 42nd annual flower show hosted by the St. Elizabeth Horticultural Society at Independence Park in Black River recently, said: "It is not easy in what is regarded...

Coconut production last year was calculated at 108 million nuts, equivalent to 15,282 metric tons of copra, with a value of $976 million, according to the Coconut Industry Board (CIB) report for 2003. The report also noted that as at December 31, 2003, approximately 8,000 families were directly involved in growing coconuts in Jamaica, with many more Jamaicans benefiting directly...

Minister of Water and Housing, Donald Buchanan, has lauded horticulturists in St. Elizabeth, noting that they have made significant contribution to the development of the parish. Minister Buchanan, who was speaking at the 42nd annual flower show hosted by the St. Elizabeth Horticultural Society at Independence Park in Black River recently, said: "It is not easy in what is regarded...

Coconut production last year was calculated at 108 million nuts, equivalent to 15,282 metric tons of copra, with a value of $976 million, according to the Coconut Industry Board (CIB) report for 2003. The report also noted that as at December 31, 2003, approximately 8,000 families were directly involved in growing coconuts in Jamaica, with many more Jamaicans benefiting directly...

Agriculture Minister, Roger Clarke has signed a US$453,000 technical assistance agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), for the provision of drip and sprinkle irrigation systems to selected farming communities and training in the use of the systems. The provision was made under the FAO's Regional Special Programme for Food Security at the Country Level, which is aimed at...