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KINGSTON – Cabinet has approved amendments to the Metal and Jewelry (Control of Second-Hand) Act, to increase penalties and application fees for licences under the Act.  Speaking at a Post Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday, March 16, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said the current upsurge in the cash for gold trade, has...

KINGSTON – Cabinet has approved two contracts valued at more than $80 million for the provision of maintenance services at Petrojam’s facilities and for the construction of a well under the National Irrigation Development Programme. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, yesterday March 16 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House....

LONDON – It was Jamaica Day on March 15 at the International Food and Drink Expo (IFE), being held at the Excel Centre in London. Jamaica was the featured country on the ‘Meet the World’ stage with all-day cooking demonstrations by award winning United Kingdom (UK)-based Jamaican chef Colin Brown, while the story of Jamaican food was told by well-known...

KINGSTON – Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, has said that all savings due to workers engaged in the United States and Canadian overseas employment programmes are in safe custody and will be paid over when the workers themselves make a demand. Mr. Charles gave the assurance in a statement to the House of Representatives on March...

KINGSTON – President and Chief Executive Officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica,Noel Hylton, is reporting that the Falmouth cruise ship terminal is fully booked for cruise ship arrivals for the remainder of the year. He was addressing the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce’s (JCC) Board of Directors luncheon forum held on March 15 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston....

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, has assured that the Canadian Overseas Employment Programme is a sound, viable avenue for jobs overseas, and is in good financial standing. “The Ministry is proud of its recruitment record and takes very seriously, its responsibility to the workers and their employers,” Mr. Charles stated on March 15 in the House...

KINGSTON – The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) held its inaugural National Poster Competition award ceremony last week with top honours going to Yanque Yip of Knox College High School in Clarendon. Yip, who was also adjudged as having the best illustration, was among eight students from schools across the island, who were presented with trophies and certificates of participation at...

KINGSTON – A proposal has been made for the establishment of a commercial lifestyle centre for entrepreneurs and residents operating and living downtown Kingston. This recommendation has been made in a Growth Inducement Strategy, being developed through a special secretariat established in the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). Making the disclosure during a Growth Strategy Symposium at the Jamaica Conference...

KINGSTON – Cabinet has approved two contracts, valued at over $1.54 billion, for the construction of housing solutions at Stadium Gardens Phase 3 in Kingston, and the Hellshire Housing Development Phase IV, St. Catherine. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at Wednesday’s March 16 Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says that development applications are benefitting from the National Environment and Planning Agency’s Development Assistance Centre (DAC). Mr. Golding noted that last month, of 123 applications, 77 per cent or 95 applications were completed within 90 days. Mr. Golding, speaking at the launch of the NEPA DAC on March 16 in Kingston, said that the target...

KINGSTON – Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Hon Audley Shaw, tabled the Second Supplementary Estimates in the House of Representatives Tuesday March 15, shaving approximately $6 billion off the old budget. The cuts have reduced the 2010/11 budget from $503.7 billion to $497.3 billion. In the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service some $3 billion were...

KINGSTON – Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, maintained that there was no corruption in her handling of the Christopher Coke extradition case, as she continued testimony at the Commission of Enquiry at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on Tuesday March 15. Cross examined by Attorney at Law, Patrick Atkinson, who represents former National Security Minister,...