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KINGSTON – Jamaica's capacity to train and certify musicians, music producers and sound engineers to international standards, has been boosted with the official launch of the Jamaica Music Institute (JAMIN) on Wednesday March 30. The establishment of the facility, located at the Federal Gardens Community Centre in the island’s mecca for talented musicians, Trench Town, Kingston, was made possible through...

KINGSTON – Chairperson of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings, is appealing to parents and caregivers to exercise greater responsibility in the guidance and protection of the nation's children. Dr. Mullings made the call at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held on March 29 at the agency’s head office in Kingston, where she spoke on...

KINGSTON – Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says he will be seeking a meeting with the United States Government to discuss the provisions of the extradition treaty between the two countries, as soon as the Commission of Enquiry into the extradition of Christopher Coke is completed. He said dialogue between the two countries was essential, to ensure that the...

MANDEVILLE – Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Christopher Tufton, is urging local producers to seize opportunities created by the global food shortages, by investing in increased output. Speaking at a Jamaica Exporters Association (JEA)/Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) sponsored training and capacity building project for farmers, at Brooks Park, Mandeville, Wednesday (March 30), he noted that with the recent...

Expansion of the tourism facilities in the town of Lucea will see the creation of some three thousand new jobs. A new Dolphin Cove tourist attraction will be opened on, March 31, and the Fiesta Hotel is to undergo significant expansion. Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett made the disclosure on the Prime Minister's monthly radio programme, Jamaica House Live last night March 30....

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, has said that fiscal consolidation and improved quality of governance are necessary preconditions to achieving investment and substantial growth in the Jamaican economy. Speaking in London Thursday at a Conference on Debt Management, sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat, Mr Shaw said that Jamaica's debt burden contributed to the country's lack...

The former Metcalfe Street Adult Remand Centre is to be converted into a Remand Facility for Boys and a contractual agreement entered into with the Jamaica Defence Force to renovate the facility. Cabinet has approved the recruitment of Correctional Officers for the Facility. Minister with responsibility for Information, Daryl Vaz said a Submission to this effect was made by the...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon Daryl Vaz, is consulting with the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) and the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) on the proposed merger of telecommunications firms, Digicel and Claro. Mr. Vaz told Wednesday's March 30 Post Cabinet press briefing, that the utilities and consumer watchdog agencies will be seeking to...

KINGSTON – Cabinet has approved a contract to carry out works under the Boscobel Greenfield Project in St. Mary. The project will be constructed by NF Barnes Construction and Equipment Company Limited, at a cost of just over $800 million, and includes the construction of 99 two-bedroom units and associated infrastructure for 258 lots. It adjoins the Boscobel Brownfield Project...

KINGSTON – The Government is pressing ahead with its commitment to sign some 46 air services agreements, to optimize air commerce as an economic driver. The most recent bilateral air services agreements approved are with Iceland, Ghana, Switzerland, and Kuwait, Minister of Transport and Works, Hon Mike Henry, told Wednesday's March 30 Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Additionally,...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon Dr. Kenneth Baugh, is urging nationwide support for the 2011 Population and Housing Census, which will be administered by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) over a four month period, beginning April 5. This year's census, the island’s fourteenth since the commencement of the modern format in 1943,...

KINGSTON – The Government is currently exploring the adoption of a quota system to increase women's level of representation in the Senate, to at least 30 per cent. The proposal is included in the National Policy for Gender Equality, which was recently adopted by the Cabinet, and would be expected to extend to women’s representation in the House of Representatives,...