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The Jamaica 4-H Club Warminster Training Centre in St. Elizabeth will be augmenting its peanut production business by engaging in the manufacturing of value-added products such as peanut butter. The clubbites grow peanuts on a 1.3 hectare-plot (four acres) and the produce is sold mainly to the informal sector. According to Regional Coordinator for the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Ronald Blake,...

Members of the 4-H Club at the St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) now have a new and re-stocked poultry house, which was rehabilitated at a cost of $300,000 by the Council for Voluntary Social Services (CVSS)/United Way of Jamaica. The sum was given as part of the efforts of the organization to assist in the rehabilitation of the agricultural...

The port security programme, which was carried out to meet the requirements of the International Maritime Organization's International Ship and Port Facility Security (IMO ISPS) Code was successfully completed, making Jamaica one of the first countries to be accorded security certification for its ports. Transport and Works Minister, who made the announcement in Gordon House on June 14, informed that...

Delroy Palmer, Clarendon Parish Manager for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security has said that assessment of earthquake damage would continue until the end of the week and a report submitted to head office in Kingston for assistance to be organized. Some 23 families in North Clarendon are said to have suffered property loss or damage from the earthquake,...

The Kingston Container (Transshipment) Terminal was the Port Authority's premier performer last year. Transport and Works Minister, Robert Pickersgill noting the achievement during his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate on June 14, said that at the end of 2004/05, the terminal recorded container throughput of 1,247,018 TEUs (twenty-foot container equivalents), which reflected a 14.63 per cent increase over the...

The first phase of expansion works at the Norman Manley International Airport will begin in September and should be completed in time for the staging of World Cup Cricket in 2007. As outlined in a document tabled by the Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill in the House of Representatives on June 14, the work, estimated to cost US$62.8...

The Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will be working with the police to clamp down on illegal massage parlours operating in the corporate area. "We are planning a meeting with the Public Health Department and the police next week and we will be moving swiftly to close down these operations," said Mayor of Kingston, Desmond McKenzie as he addressed...

Firefighters at the Morant Bay fire station in St. Thomas are now enjoying improved conditions after some $250,000 was spent to refurbish the facility. The Ministry of Local Government, Community Development and Sport through the St. Thomas Parish Council provided funding for the project, which included the renovation and tiling of the recreation room, administrative office and the three male...

Managing Director of the Water Resources Authority (WRA), Basil Fernandez has said that bauxite and alumina companies have made great strides in reducing contamination of water resources in mining and refining areas. He pointed out that when bauxite and alumina plants were established in the 1950s, there was limited information on the water resources of Jamaica, but observed that over...

Jamaican sprinter, Asafa Powell, sped away with the World sprint record in Athens, Greece on Tuesday, when he clocked a blistering 9.77 seconds in a 100 metres event. The 22-year-old shaved off one-hundredth of a second off the previous 100-metre record, set by American Tim Montgomery, three years ago in Paris. It was at the site of his less than...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Professor Gordon Shirley has called on Jamaicans in the Diaspora to be more active in the nation's disaster preparedness programmes. "Given the extent of the resources available to us, it is time for the Diaspora to also begin to lead in ensuring that the country moves with great speed to protect itself before the...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Professor Gordon Shirley has called on Jamaicans in the Diaspora to be more active in the nation's disaster preparedness programmes. "Given the extent of the resources available to us, it is time for the Diaspora to also begin to lead in ensuring that the country moves with great speed to protect itself before the...