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The government of Jamaica today (May 27) signed a $1.04 billion (US $16.8 million) loan agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to implement phase two of the National Irrigation Development Programme (NIDP). The money, which is being made available on concessionary terms through the Intermediate Finance Facility (IFF), represents 80 per cent of the $1.3 billion (US$21 million) needed...

Travellers are being warned by the Ministry of Agriculture not to take any citrus into the island, as a result of the plant bacterial disease, Citrus Canker, which is currently affecting the citrus industries in the state of Florida, in the United States, and in the Bahamas. Described as a serious bacterial disease of citrus, the Citrus Canker can affect...

Jamaica's goal of reducing its dependency on fossil fuel and importing cheaper, more environmentally friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG) is another step closer to reality as potential bidders for the construction of a terminal and storage facility toured the proposed site at Port Esquivel recently. Accompanying the touring teams was Special Envoy on Energy Matters, Ambassador Anthony Hylton who told...

A two-day workshop, designed to share information for the creation of a National Spatial Data Infrastructure to enhance development, got underway yesterday (May 26) at the Jamaican Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) is a facility that allows access and integration of spatial data to minimize duplication of tasks among state agencies and enhance the decision-making...

The government of Jamaica today (May 27) signed a $1.04 billion (US $16.8 million) loan agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to implement phase two of the National Irrigation Development Programme (NIDP). The money, which is being made available on concessionary terms through the Intermediate Finance Facility (IFF), represents 80 per cent of the $1.3 billion (US$21 million) needed...

Travellers are being warned by the Ministry of Agriculture not to take any citrus into the island, as a result of the plant bacterial disease, Citrus Canker, which is currently affecting the citrus industries in the state of Florida, in the United States, and in the Bahamas. Described as a serious bacterial disease of citrus, the Citrus Canker can affect...

Jamaica's goal of reducing its dependency on fossil fuel and importing cheaper, more environmentally friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG) is another step closer to reality as potential bidders for the construction of a terminal and storage facility toured the proposed site at Port Esquivel recently. Accompanying the touring teams was Special Envoy on Energy Matters, Ambassador Anthony Hylton who told...

A two-day workshop, designed to share information for the creation of a National Spatial Data Infrastructure to enhance development, got underway yesterday (May 26) at the Jamaican Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) is a facility that allows access and integration of spatial data to minimize duplication of tasks among state agencies and enhance the decision-making...

Some 115 students from Bellefield Comprehensive High School in Manchester, paid a special cultural visit to the historic maroon town of Accompong in St. Elizabeth, yesterday (May 25). The activity was organised by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Mandeville Office, in collaboration with the school's English Literature department and the Accompong Maroon Council. In his address to the students, Maroon...

Opposition Spokesman on National Security, Derrick Smith has welcomed the research currently being carried out by head of the Early Childhood Commission and clinical psychologist, Dr. Maureen Samms-Vaughn, on the effect of violence in the development, health and behaviour of Jamaican adolescents. Mr. Smith was making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May...

Member of Parliament for North Trelawny, Dr. Patrick Harris, has said that the parish was poised for unprecedented social and economic growth, through a number of infrastructural and social development projects now underway. Dr. Harris, who was making his contribution to the 2005/06 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday (May 25), said the parish would benefit from the...

Fifty-eight outstanding young persons will be honoured tomorrow (May 27) at the Community Service and Science and Technology awards and luncheon, to be held at Alhambra Inn on Tucker Avenue in Kingston. The event is one of the major highlights during Child Month (May), which seeks not only to educate the public about the needs of children, but also recognises...