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State Minister for Transport and Works, Joseph Hibbert is urging strict adherence to the regulations governing the usage of explosives in Jamaica. He is also lobbying the support of the umbrella organization representing explosives engineering professionals - the Jamaica Association of Explosives Engineering Professionals (JAEEP) - to safeguard the industry. Speaking at the opening of a two-day JAEEP workshop at...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has said that the country has much to learn from the Spanish in heritage conservation, emphasising that the preservation of the Jamaican culture is paramount. "I feel we have great deal to learn from the Spanish expertise in heritage conservation. Clearly it arises from a deep and abiding respect for heritage,...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has challenged the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL), to find ways of sustaining the learning options available to the pool of uneducated, unskilled young people who leave the school system each year without any credentials. The Minister was addressing the first meeting of the JFLL Board on June 24 at the Foundation's headquarters, 47b...

Chairman of the Coffee Industry Board, Howard Mitchell, has called for co-operation among coffee farmers, to enable the industry to overcome the current challenges. Giving the main address at a meeting of the Portland Blue Mountain Coffee Farmers Association at Lynch Park in Buff Bay, Portland on June 25, Mr. Mitchell said over the past few years, the industry has...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that a restructured Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), would better serve farmers in the country. Addressing a Farmers' Forum at the Gray's Inn Sports Club in Annotto Bay, St. Mary on June 25, Dr. Tufton said the new RADA structure would have 200 additional staff, including marketing and livestock officers to ensure...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has announced that a cadre of 150,000 young persons from high schools across the island are to be trained, to provide the appropriate response in the event of a pending disaster, or in its aftermath. He said the participants would further benefit from the principles of leadership and discipline acquired through the exercise. Members of Community...

Fifty Six St. Thomas residents and groups were presented with certificates for their contribution to agriculture, at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Open Day, held on June 27 at the RADA parish office in Belfast. The awardees were selected from the Morant Bay, Yallahs, Bath and Trinity Ville extension areas in the parish. Those copping the Champion Farmer Award...

Jamaica and its CARIFORUM partners are set to benefit from one of the most comprehensive and complex trade agreements that the region has ever undertaken. This opportunity is being presented in the form of the soon to be signed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), between the European Union and CARIFORUM countries. Currently, the region is preparing not only to open its...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said that the Government will be moving with urgency to source cheaper drugs, for the benefit and relief of those experiencing great hardships in acquiring them. Mr. Golding pointed out that the high cost of research for the production of newer and more effective drugs, has resulted in the present high cost of the commodity...

A sum of $55 million has been allocated to fund improvement works on the Roselle main road and the twin fords at 11 Miles, Bull Bay in Western St. Thomas. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with special responsibility for Development, James Robertson told JIS News that the drawings are in place and tenders should be...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has said that continued co-operation in areas of security and justice with the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom would be a major focus at the bilateral level. "The British Government is working closely with us in areas of law enforcement and intelligence gathering. With the United States, we...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has said that Jamaica has been fortunate to enjoy bipartisan support for its foreign policy and would continue to be guided by certain fundamental principles. These include sovereignty and the equality of states; non-interference in the affairs of the state; and respect for international law, Dr....