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FARMERS ENCOURAGED TO PRACTISE CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

KINGSTON, Jan. 24 (JIS):

            Minister without Portfolio in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, is encouraging farmers to practise climate-smart agriculture (CSA), to help grow the sector in a sustainable way.

            CSA refers to agriculture that sustainably increases productivity, enhances resilience or adaptation, reduces greenhouse gases where possible, and enhances achievement of national food security and development goals.

165 PERSONS TRAINED AS ENVIRONMENTAL WARDENS

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

KINGSTON, Jan. 25 (JIS):

            Some 165 persons from 30 underserved communities across the island have been trained as environmental wardens, under the solid waste management initiative being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).     

            The environmental wardens have been gazetted under the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Act and are responsible for enforcing environmental laws across the country, but particularly in their communities.

REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE MANAGEMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

KINGSTON, Jan. 25 (JIS):

A three-day Regional Workshop on measures to manage marine resources commenced on January 24 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

          It is being hosted by the British High Commission, under the Caribbean Commonwealth Marine Economies programme, which involves a £5.6 million package of measures to help small island countries reduce poverty by preserving their marine environments, and making the best use of their marine resources.

JSIF SUPPORTS ‘BREAK THE SILENCE’ CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT CHILDREN

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

KINGSTON, Jan. 26 (JIS):                                                             BY: LATONYA LINTON

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has provided support to the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) ‘Break the Silence’ campaign in the sum of $11.9 million through the Basic Needs Trust Fund.

The Break the Silence campaign is an initiative with a multi-pronged approach to protect children against abuse.

STATIN URGES PERSONS TO SUPPORT HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

KINGSTON, Jan. 26 (JIS):

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is urging persons to support its household expenditure survey (HES), as information obtained will be strictly confidential.

            “All of our interviewers and all our employees signed an oath of confidentiality and we take that oath seriously, so we want to reassure Jamaicans that the information that they provide is confidential under the Statistics Act and we cannot provide this to any other party,” Project Manager for the HES, Shelly-Ann Chambers, told JIS News.

TERTIARY GRADUATES TO HELP CLEAR BACKLOG AT OCR AND CDA

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

KINGSTON, Jan. 26 (JIS):

The National Youth Service (NYS) has assigned 17 tertiary graduates to the Office of the Children’s Registry and the Child Development Agency (CDA) to assist in clearing the backlog of reports.

The graduates, who are participants in the NYS Graduate Work Experience Programme (GWEP), commenced work at the agencies on January 23.

JAMAICANS SHOULD REMAIN CALM – SENATOR THE HONOURABLE KAMINA JOHNSON SMITH

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade

Press Release

 Public Relations and Media Affairs Unit

21 Dominica Drive

Kingston 5, Jamaica W. I.

Tel:  (876)926-4220; Fax: (876)929-6733; e-mail: informja@cwjamaica.com

 

JAMAICANS SHOULD REMAIN CALM – JOHNSON SMITH

(MFA&FT Kingston: January 30, 2017)

SUGAR TO CONTRIBUTE US$80 MILLION IN EARNINGS THIS YEAR

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

KINGSTON, Jan. 26 (JIS):

            Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the sugar industry is expected to contribute US$80 million in earnings to the economy this year.

            He made the disclosure during his address at the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s (JSE) 12th Regional Investment & Capital Market Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Wednesday (Jan. 26).

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AIMS TO SUPPLY 100 PER CENT OF LOCAL DEMAND FOR IRISH POTATO

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

KINGSTON, Jan. 26 (JIS):

The agricultural sector is aiming to supply 100 per cent of local demand for Irish potato in another three years.

This was noted by Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries,  Hon. Karl Samuda, in an interview with JIS News at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the in vitro propagation of Irish potato seeds programme on  January 25 at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices.