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Teen-age track and field sensation, Usain Bolt has been added to the growing list of world class athletes down to compete at the Reebok Grand Prix athletics meet in New York City on Saturday, June 11. The 18 year-old 2002 World Junior champion and current World Junior record holder at 200 metres, is considered among the top two runners in...

New Indian High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency K. L. Agrawal, has signalled his intention to work to strengthen the bonds of friendship that exist between Jamaica and India, in addition to initiating joint venture programmes, during his tenure in the island. He was speaking to JIS News at a cocktail ceremony hosted by the local East Indian community recently,...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Douglas Saunders has lauded the special relationship and co-operation shared between Jamaica and Cuba over the years. "The two countries have gained significantly from the Jamaica/Cuba bilateral collaboration. Through this partnership, Jamaica has benefited from co-operation in the areas of science, medicine, nursing, agriculture, biotechnology, tourism, vocational and...

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...