Consultant agriculturalist Webster McPherson has ridiculed the announcement by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw that Jamaica will scale up mango production in short order to compete in the global export trade....
St Catherine, Clarendon, and Trelawny are the parishes where sugar land has been identified for divestment in the first phase of a plan by the Government to put thousands of idle acreage into crop production.Minister of Industry, Commerce,...
Jamaica continues to strengthen its traditional partnerships, while building new ones with like-minded countries around the world that see the global benefits in countries big and small, rich and poor, working together to solve issues too big for...
A week after announcing a ban on single-use plastic bags and other plastic items, the government has established a plastic policy hotline to receive comments and queries about the ban, which takes effect on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. The public is...
Built in 1796 and located in the town's historic district, the Falmouth Parish Church, also known as the St Peter's Anglican Church, is the oldest public building in the Trelawny capital and the most visited tourist site in the parish.Though still...
Minister of Labour and Social Security Shahine Robinson is appealing to Jamaicans to unite in stamping out the abuse of senior citizens, warning that those who persist in taking advantage of this vulnerable group will face harsher sanctions."I...
Una-May Gordon, director of the climate change division in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, has dismissed as "premature" questions about the range of penalties/sanctions for persons or institutions that run afoul of the pending ban...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw has identified human under-development as the greatest crisis facing Jamaica, ranking it above the country's escalating crime rate."The greatest crisis that Jamaica has is not the...
MINISTER OF Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw has given the assurance that the $60 million donated by the Lee-Chin family will be distributed to registered small coffee farmers in a non-partisan and equitable way, based on...
The Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard is taking seriously Tropical Storm Isaac, even though it poses no immediate threat to Jamaica and is not projected to reach Barbados until Thursday.In preparation, the Coast Guard is evacuating its personnel...
Former Prime Minister Edward Seaga has made public his distaste for modern dancehall music, which he describes as lacking in substance."We seem to be searching, but fruitlessly. After a run of all the different basic rhythms that we have developed,...
Less than a day after stridently vowing to reinstate a cess on imported processed sugar, Audley Shaw, the minister of industry, commerce, agriculture and fisheries, has reportedly backed down from that position, following a meeting with the Jamaica...
Ambassador Derick Heaven has welcomed the announcement by Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw that he intends to reimpose the tax on processed (granulated) sugar, which is used as a vital ingredient in a wide and diverse range of manufacturing processes...
Some 226 workers lost their jobs as a result of yesterday's closure of J. Wray & Nephew Limited's operations at its Holland Estate and Casa Marantha in St Elizabeth, a decision the company said was a result of ongoing economic losses ...
Busying herself with preparations for the September 1 funeral of her husband Whittington, Norma Cole is haunted by the agony he must have endured while being mauled to death by a pack of dogs on the night of Saturday, July 21 in Hampton Green, St...
Lenworth Fulton, president-elect of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), has promised to restructure the national umbrella farmers' organisation in order to achieve its original objective of being a driving force for economic growth and...
Trouble is brewing ahead of Saturday's official start to the 2018 game bird hunting season, which runs until Sunday, September 23, as businessman Authnel Reid of Portland Bight, Clarendon, served notice last Friday that registered hunters like...
"We don't buy food and put down. We have food here, so it's fresh food that is going into the pot every day," boasted Deacon Paul C. Dunn, administrator at Jacob's Ladder in Haddon, Moneague, in St Ann."We have four greenhouses in which sweet...
The many teaching aids adorning the walls are a reflection of the rich learning environment at New Life Basic School in Dunbeholden, St Catherine.The school, which recently benefited from significant funding from the European Union for refurbishing...
Her presence created quite a stir, but Jamaica-born American actress and author Sheryl Lee Ralph was busy channelling the spirit of her late Uncle Simeon, who lived in Christiana, Manchester, during last Thursday's media launch hosted by Medicanja...
In keeping with its ongoing drive to raise public awareness of the importance and impact of good environmental stewardship, Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) is applauding its more than 1,000 employees for their overwhelming response to its...
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will host two meetings with hunters ahead of the start of the 2018 Game Bird Shooting Season, which gets under way on Saturday, August 18, and runs until Sunday, September 23.The findings of...
Hotelier Adam Stewart has remained undaunted by complaints about the inconsistency of quality and quantity of locally produced goods by some Jamaicans."I think it's an honest statement, but where there is a will, there is a way," said Stewart, who...
The Government must insist that foreign direct investors tap into the wealth of world-class goods and services on offer by locals to ensure more sustainable economic development, according to Adam Stewart, chairman of the Tourism Linkages Network....
Effective today, all applications for permits to import or export coconut products and/or substitutes must be submitted to the Jamaica Agricultural Com-modities Regulatory Authorities (JACRA) at 1 Willie Henry Drive, Kingston 11.All permits,...
