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KINGSTON — Glendevon in Montego Bay, St. James is expected to benefit from two development projects within the next four months, costing over $86 million. The projects will be funded by the Caribbean Development Bank's (CDB) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF), through the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), and will include construction of the Glendevon Centre of Excellence and rehabilitation...

KINGSTON — Minister of State with Responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says there is need for strong and dynamic leadership in the local authorities, as the issue of governance would impact on the Councils’ finances and administrative processes. She was addressing members of the Westmoreland Parish Council at the opening session of their Financial Management Retreat, at the...

KINGSTON — Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, on July 15, tabled a Resolution in the Senate seeking extension of the duration of the Constabulary Force (Interim Provisions for Arrest and Detention) Act. “The Act has been a critical tool employed by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in reducing serious crimes, and it is therefore expected that...

KINGSTON — Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, says the Cabinet will be updated on the level of investor interest in Jamaica's railway service, within the next 30 days. Speaking with journalists during a tour of the Spanish Town railway station, St. Catherine, on Thursday July 14, 2011, Mr. Henry said that close to US$300 million is needed...

KINGSTON — The Government is to engage unions representing public sector workers in discussion regarding staffing costs over the medium-term. This was disclosed by Minister with Responsibility for the Public Service, Senator Arthur Williams, during a statement on July 15, 2011 in the Upper House. Senator Williams informed that a critical component of the Stand by Agreement with the International...

MANDEVILLE — The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) will be seeking to increase its revenues, with the help of a consultant to be paid by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Making the announcement at Wednesday’s (July 13) 116th Annual General Meeting of the society at the Denbigh Showground, Clarendon, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Robert Montague, said the initiative...

MONTEGO BAY — The St. Ann Parish Council will be taking action against persons who encroach on its roads, by dumping building materials and leaving them for some time. Secretary/Manager of the Council, Clinton Gordon, told the monthly meeting on Thursday July 14, 2011 that action would be taken under the Parochial Roads Act. “These materials - sand, gravel, marl...

MONTEGO BAY — Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Collin Gager, is concerned that Trelawny is not capitalizing on opportunities opening up with the introduction of cruise ship tourism. He appealed to the private sector and investors from the area to become creative, and develop attractions to keep the visitors in the parish. Addressing the monthly meeting of the Trelawny Parish Council...

KINGSTON — Former People’s National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament and Minister of Water and Housing in the 1990s administration, Dr. Karl Blythe, on Thursday July 14, 2011 urged the FINSAC Enquiry to determine if all FINSAC debtors were treated equally. Dr. Blythe said that the critical point in the Commission’s terms of reference was to determine whether or not...

PORT ANTONIO — Primary school students and several adults participated in a workshop, aimed at infusing the national core values in the activities of daily life, at the Rosebank Primary School in St. Mary on July 11, 2011. The workshop, which was organised by the Students for Transformation - the youth arm of the National Transformation Programme - engaged approximately...

KINGSTON — Member of Parliament for South West St. Catherine, Everald Warmington, on July 13, 2011 tabled a motion in the House of Representatives calling for debate on the recommendations contained in the Public Sector Rationalisation Plan. The motion also urged that no section of the plan should be gazetted until a debate is had in Parliament. The Public Sector...

KINGSTON — The House of Representatives on Wednesday July 13, 2011 approved a government guarantee for a US$37 million loan to the Central Wastewater Treatment Company. The loan, from National Commercial Bank (NCB) Capital Markets Limited, is to refinance an existing loan facility with the NCB for the construction of the Soapberry wastewater treatment plant in St. Catherine. Minister of...