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The Jamaica Foundation for Life Long Learning (JFLL) has piloted a computer-aided instruction programme for the teaching of literacy. This is contained in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House of Representatives last week by Education Minister, Andrew Holness. The programme will facilitate a wider spread of learner-centred interventions across the country, allowing persons to advance at their own pace,...

State Minister for Agriculture, J.C. Hutchinson has informed that the Fruit Tree Crop Programme is expected to assist some 200 farmers to establish between 400 and 450 hectares of orchard crops during this fiscal period. He also pointed out that the project supported the establishment of over 200 hectares of fruit tree orchards on farmers' holdings during the last financial...

Some 117 of 139 contracts valued at $246 million, which were awarded to effect repairs to schools which sustained damage by hurricane Dean in August 2007, have been completed. According to a Ministry Paper tabled in the House last week by Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, 518 institutions, inclusive of teachers' colleges, were assessed. However, only 507, at an approximate...

Some 397,000 children in basic, infant, primary, all-age and junior high schools across the island are currently benefiting from the Ministry of Education's School Feeding Programme. According to a Ministry Paper tabled in the House of Representatives last week by Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, 175,000 children receive a cooked meal; 136,000 benefit from the nutribun component, while 86,000 in...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Pearnel Charles has called for the reconstitution of the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee on the flexi-work week, to facilitate a resumption of discussions, with a view to finalizing the matter. Making his contribution to the 2008/09 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 21, Mr. Charles noted that the Committee met on four...

Cabinet has approved the new Board of Trustees for the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) and the Board of Directors for the Museums of History and Ethnography nominated by the Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports. The members of the Board of Trustees for the JNHT are:1. Mr. Patrick Stanigar Chairman2. Mr. Lloyd Chito Vice-Chairman3....

Eleven new schools, which will provide 11,020 additional places, are slated for construction during the current fiscal year under the Ministry of Education's New/Expansion School Programme. According to a Ministry Paper tabled in the House last week by Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, nine of these are high schools, which will provide 9,760 places, while two primary schools will provide...

Labour Day work in Portland got off to an early start with projects at the Buff Bay High School and the Tranquility All Age School forming the major part of the activities as Portlanders highlighted this year's theme 'Eat what we grow. grow what we eat'. The Buff Bay High School was the location for the National Labour Day Project,...

Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Ken Baugh, has described as devastating, the slaying of police constables Delano Lawrence, and Cornel Grant. Constable Lawrence, who was attached to the Admiral Town police station, and Constable Grant, who was assigned to the Denham Town police station, were shot and killed by gunmen, who ambushed them while they were on patrol in the St....

The Clarendon Infirmary was abuzz with activity on National Labour Day, May 23, as community persons, along with parish council representatives, came out to participate in the planting of vegetables and fruit trees on the grounds of the infirmary. Trevor Morris, Councillor for the Denbigh Division, said that the project, which is the parish Labour Day project, was a worthwhile...

Chairman of the Jamaica National Bicentenary Committee, Professor Verene Shepherd, has called for an expansion of the national heritage calendar to embrace all the critical moments in the country's history that have helped to shape the nation. Professor Shepherd, who was delivering the main address at a ceremony held at the Frome Sugar Estate in Westmoreland on May 22, to...

Labour Day activities in St. Ann were well supported, with residents turning out in numbers to participate in projects in keeping with the National Labour Day theme: 'Eat what we grow, grow what we eat'. Some 30 projects were registered in the parish and the scope of work included the planting of trees, establishing agricultural plots, as well as the...