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KINGSTON — Cabinet has given approval for the restructuring of the Debt Management Unit in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. Speaking at April 20 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunication and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz informed that the Unit will be fully operational by the middle of the financial year....

State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Michael Stern, has welcomed the 'I am the Change' programme stating that it will help to develop an entrepreneurial culture among the nation’s youth. The initiative, which was launched on Wednesday, April 20 at the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) offices in New Kingston, is aimed at empowering and preparing selected secondary level...

KINGSTON — The Government's  capacity to reduce the cultivation, production and trafficking of illicit drugs is to be improved this year, with funding support from the US Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. A sum of $202 million has been allocated in the 2011/12 Estimates of  Expenditure to achieve those  objectives,  underthe Caribbean Basin Security...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved a contract valued at $45.4 million for the upgrading of general facilities and the construction of a boundary wall at the Tivoli Gardens High School in Kingston. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure at April 20 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He said that the...

KINGSTON — An allocation of $20 million has been set aside in the 2011/12 Estimates of Expenditure in support Government’s efforts in reducing the incidence of crime and violence in high risk and vulnerable inner city communities. The initiative, which begins this month, falls under the Community Crime and Violence (Jamaica Crime Observatory) project, which is being implemented by the...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has given approval for amendments to be made to the Copyright Act, 1993. Speaking on April 20 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz said that drafting instructions have also been given to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel. Mr. Vaz said that the amendments will allow for...

Cabinet has approved Jamaica's accession to the Second Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, speaking on April 21 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that the Optional Protocol, which is one of...

The Government has included $50 million in the budget of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) to establish a secretariat to co-ordinate the legacy aspects of the Jamaica 50 celebrations planned for 2012. Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia “Babsy” Grange, under whose portfolio the JCDC falls, says that the secretariat will ensure that legacies, both tangible and...

MANDEVILLE — Denbigh High School student, Michael Lewis and Corinaldi Avenue Primary School student, Siegel Allen are the 2011 Jamaica 4-H Clubs Boy and Girl of the Year. The two were crowned at the National Achievement Expo held recently at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon after their projects were judged to be the most outstanding. Beaming in his achievement, 17-year...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved the transfer of Lots 66 and 67 at the Baywest Shopping Centre, Montego Bay, St. James to the Strata Corporation, in settlement of outstanding maintenance fees of approximately $7.5 million. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz during a post Cabinet press briefing, held at Jamaica...

KINGSTON — The Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Local Offenders Deported Persons programme has received more support with an allocation of $80 million in the 2011/12 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The major objectives of the programme, which began in November 2008, are to significantly improve the reintegration of Jamaican nationals, who have been deported from the United...

KINGSTON — Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, says that the Government is committed to investing in sports as a vehicle for economic advancement and wealth creation. She was speaking at an intellectual property and sports seminar on April 19 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Miss Grange said that despite limited resources, some $465...