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The House of Representatives has approved Government's withdrawal of $78.9 billion from the Consolidated Fund, to continue the country’s business from April 1 to July 31, by which time it is expected that the 2011/2012 budget would have been approved. Piloting the resolution on Tuesday March 15, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, explained that $69.2...

The Government is expanding the National Customer Service Programme, as part of overall efforts to modernise the public sector, says Chief Standards and Monitoring Officer, National Customer Service Programme, Public Sector Modernisation Unit, Cabinet Office, Michele Gordon-Somers. Speaking at  the opening  of the Customer Service Monitoring and Evaluation System (CSMES) inaugural customised training course, at the Management Institute for National...

KINGSTON – In its effort to rid its ranks of corruption, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has barred 137 members from re-enlisting. This was stated in the 2010 performance report of the JCF’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), presented at a press conference at the Commissioner’s Office, Kingston, on Monday March 14. Deputy Head of the ACB, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)...

KINGSTON – Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, is optimistic that Jamaica will record economic growth of  between two and three per cent during the 2011/12 fiscal year. The Minister, while noting that this is an “ambitious” projection, contends that this forecast is based on what he describes as adequate “momentum” built up in the various programmes being...

WASHINGTON, D.C – Five members of  the Security Forces participated in a civil disturbance training course from March 7-10 in Washington, United States (US), organised by the US Department of Defence.  The course dealt primarily with techniques to handle civil disturbances as well as how to handle and diffuse explosive devices.  The five-man Jamaican delegation comprised two persons  from the...

KINGSTON; Jamaica: The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries & the Rural Agricultural Development Authority wish to advise the public that it will be staging two more farmers’ market on March 18 and on April 1. This as the Ministry continues to mop up excess supply of several crops and following the public’s show of support and success of the most...

Acting Group Managing Director of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Nigel Logan has said that the second of the PCJ’s Energy Seminars which will be hosted on Wednesday March 16 at the PCJ Auditorium has taken on greater significance given the current oil situation globally. “Energy is always important but even more so now with what’s going on in...

KINGSTON – Law enforcement professionals, ministerial policy makers, civil society members, advocacy groups and academia are to converge in Kingston between March 22 and 23 for the inaugural staging of the Regional Law Enforcement Anti-Corruption Conference. The conference, which will be held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston,  is being hosted by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), in collaboration...

Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer has instructed the management of the Southeast Regional Health Authority (SERHA) to take immediate steps to put in place recent decisions made to improve security at the Spanish Town Hospital. The Minister was addressing a meeting on Monday, March 11, 2011 at the Ministry’s head office involving the management of SERHA, directors of the...

With today being ‘Tax Day’, the Tax Administration has made special arrangements at its Customer Care Centre and at all Tax Offices across the island as it anticipates the usual large number of persons filing their Income Tax Returns on to meet the March 15 deadline. To deal with increased calls, the Tax Administration Customer Care Centre is again extending...

KINGSTON – The National Water Commission (NWC) is assuring that the Bog Walk Gorge in St. Catherine will be restored to its former condition, or better, following pipe laying activities, which will see the area being closed to general vehicular traffic for about two months. The work, which will get underway towards the end of March, is part of the...

TORONTO – Principal of Jamaica College (JC), Ruel Reid, has said that the transformation at the institution is not only a model for leadership and change in the education system, but also as a recipe for national development. Speaking to patrons attending the 23rd annual fundraising dinner and dance of the JC Old Boys’ Association of Canada (JCOBACA), Mr. Reid,...