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The Portland Environment Protection Association (PEPA) is spearheading a tree-planting project on the grounds of the College of Agriculture Science and Education (CASE), aimed at providing a habitat for birds. The programme, which began in July with the planting of 100 timber trees, will continue in September, with a the planting of five acres of fruit trees. The plants are...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) is considering an offer from the Ministry of Local Government, Community Development and Sport for the purchase of the Mayor's official residence on Argyle Road for $22.5 million. Details of the sale are to be finalised, pending recommendations from the finance sub-committee of the KSAC, said Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie. The...

Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie has cited the achievements of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) over the two-year period since he assumed leadership of the council, noting that they included an extensive road rehabilitation and patching programme undertaken during the last financial year. "We rehabilitated 87 roads. When I say rehabilitate, I don't mean we just put...

It has become the accepted wisdom in the economic literature that the performance of developing countries is not just dependent on their terms of trade, aid inflows, exports, levels of foreign direct investments or preferential access arrangements. A decisive factor is the quality and calibre of their human capital, particularly in the public sector. Public sector reform has, therefore, been...

The Financial Sector Adjustment Company Limited (FINSAC) owned Oxford Manor Building in Kingston has been sold to the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) for $250 million. Speaking at a Post Cabinet Press briefing at Jamaica House, yesterday (August 9), Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman informed that Cabinet had approved the sale of the commercial property, which was acquired from...

The Manchester Parish Library has received more than 2,000 books, educational video and audio cassettes from Franklyn Evans, a returning resident of Mandeville, in conjunction with the,Optimist Club of Hamilton, Ontario. The presentation of the books was made yesterday (August 9), at the library. Mr. Evans, who returned from Ontario in Canada, said that for the next 15 years, he...

If Jamaica is to achieve the goal of providing every household with access to potable water by 2010, greater attention will have to be paid to the rural areas, said State Minister in the Ministry of Water and Housing, Harry Douglas. Mr. Douglas, who was addressing a workshop on Gender, Water and Sanitation Research held at the Courtleigh Hotel earlier...

It was a full house at the Church of St. Martins in the Fields in Trafalgar Square last week-end, when Jamaicans were called on to be more patriotic and to pledge allegiance to their country. In his sermon at the service of Praise and Thanksgiving in London to celebrate Jamaica's 43rd anniversary of independence, President of the Jamaica Methodist District...

His love for the hospitality industry and the farming sector have resulted in a blissful marriage of the two, which has given birth to the Negril Tree House Resort, Negril Spots Farm, and Moreland Hill Farm.Having reaped success in all these business ventures, it is no small wonder then that Jimmy Jackson copped the title of National Champion Farmer for...

The mosquito can be annoying and pesky, but this insect may also present health dangers if breeding is not controlled or prevented around the home.In the effort to protect and educate householders, the Ministry of Health, through its vector control programme, has carried out fogging exercises and continued its education campaign throughout communities across Jamaica. In an interview with JIS...

Superintendents of Roads and Works from eight of the island's parish councils will leave the island next week to attend a week-long workshop and training seminar in Florida, where they will be updated on the various requirements for international building codes. Technical Director in the Ministry of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Patrick Wong, informed JIS News that the...

Some 170 children between the ages of five and 14 became better acquainted today (August 9) with the rights of the child, and what they can do as minors to protect themselves and ensure that these rights are not abused.A one-hour workshop was conducted at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) on Hope Road by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...