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Stakeholders in the poultry industry met recently to examine and come to a unified position on the use and regulation of antibiotics in chicken rearing. The meeting, which was held at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club in St. Catherine, also sought to help producers gain a broader understanding of the implications and opportunities that could be presented with greater...

Residents of Darliston, Westmoreland can now go about their business in a more organized manner, with the recent construction of a transport centre to serve the area. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, Member of Parliament for Eastern Westmoreland, officially opened the facility on Friday (Dec.16), which was built at a cost of some $6.6 million, with the majority of the funding...

Some 350 homeless and indigent persons from Montego Bay and Lucea have benefited from the donation of clothing and medical supplies from the Agape International Foundation (AIF) and the Lenox Road Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York. The donation, valued at more than US$45,000, comprised wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, clothing and books including hundreds of bibles. Stephanie Robinson-Kellier from the AIF,...

For this festive season, the public is being urged to practise proper food safety measures as well as proper hygiene, so as to limit the cases of food-borne illnesses. Unsafe food storage in particular, can lead to food-borne illnesses that may cause diarrhoea, vomiting and fever, among other problems. According to Audrey Morris, Nutritionist and Food Safety Officer at the...

Since its establishment in 1998, the National Housing Development Corporation (NHDC) has successfully divested lands and housing units, securing titles for over 12,000 Jamaicans islandwide. In an interview with JIS News, Joseph Shoucair, Acting Managing Director of the NHDC, noted that over the period March to September 2005, the NHDC secured 2,918 titles for distribution. "This was important for purchasers,...

Effective April 1, 2006, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Works, as well as some other Permanent Secretaries will be asked to assume responsibility for managing the financial resources of their respective ministries. "It is expected at that time that from the application of the Ministry's recurring budget, to the appointment and establishment of the staff complement...

Chairman of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings is encouraging the public to invite the less fortunate into their homes this Christmas season to share in the festivities. Speaking with JIS News, the Chairman said the season was one of giving and sharing and persons should take the opportunity to remember those less fortunate, especially children. "Invite...

Commerce, Science and Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell, has said that some 10 per cent of the island's energy needs could come from renewable sources by the year 2010. The Minister, who was addressing the launch of the publication 'Renewable Energies Potential in Jamaica' this morning (Dec.16) at the Hilton Kingston hotel, said that the government was firmly committed to more...

Development Minister, Dr. Paul Robertson, said that the issue of renewable energies has become increasingly urgent, given the sharp increases in the price of oil in recent months and the negative impact this has had on inflation. Renewable energies include all energy sources and energy carriers, which are inexhaustible, and include the radiation of the sun, wind, waterpower, biomass and...

With the Sixth World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference, called the Doha Development Round, underway in Hong Kong, China, CARICOM Heads of Government and other interests from small developing states are disgruntled with the apparent relegation of the development aspect of the negotiations. They are also pointing to power asymmetries skewed in favour of the developed countries and large developing...

A pictorial exhibition, depicting the development of tourism in Jamaica over the past 50 years, opened yesterday (Dec.15) at the Montego Bay Civic Centre in St. James. The exhibition was mounted by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) as part of activities to mark its 50th anniversary, which began on April 1 and would continue through to March 31, 2006. The...

Jamaica's hotel room inventory is on a growth path following unprecedented levels of investment in the tourism industry.The number of hotel rooms is to be increased to approximately 30,000 by 2009, up from 17,000. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Chairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Dennis Morrison outlined a number of projects and investments, which will increase...