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Cabinet has given approval for the transfer of lands situated at 1-3 Ruthven Road, St. Andrew, to the National Housing Trust (NHT), for the construction of new housing units. The property is currently occupied by a division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz made the disclosure on (February...

Cabinet approved a contract to Madden’s Funeral Home for the provision of funeral home/morgue services, specifically for the storage of bodies. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure at on (February 23) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He said that the contract is for one year starting November 1, 2010 and...

Residents of four communities in East Central, St. James have benefitted from training in culinary arts and home management, which will help them prepare nutritious meals for their families and also gain employment or start a business. A total of 25 persons from Windsor Lodge, Somerton, Dumfries and Industry, participated in the 35-hour training course, which was held at the...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Delroy Chuck, has commended the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) on their enforcement of the relevant legislative enactments and provisions, to safeguard the welfare of the nation’s children. Speaking at the OCA’s fifth anniversary staff and donor appreciation luncheon at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, recently,  Mr. Chuck noted that Jamaica...

Cabinet has approved the restructuring of the Taxpayer Appeals Department and the establishment of a separate Revenue Appeals Division, which will report to the Financial Secretary. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure at yesterday’s (February 23) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He said that the division, which will operate as...

Two Jamaicans are among five persons featured on this year’s official Legacy Poster created annually for Black History Month by Canadian artist, Robert Small, which highlights the contributions and achievements of African-Canadians. The two are business persons, Michael Lee-Chin and Delores Lawrence. Mr. Lee-Chin is the founder of Portland Holdings and Chairman of National Commercial Bank (NCB).   As a philanthropist,...

Cabinet has approved a $34,400,000 contract to Golden Age Home Kitchen Limited, for the provision of catering services to the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, in Kingston. This disclosure was made by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at the post-Cabinet press briefing, held at Jamaica House on February 23. Providing details in the...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has assured staff at the St. Elizabeth-based Sydney Pagon Agricultural School that no decision has been taken regarding the institution becoming a department of the University of the West Indies (UWI). Speaking against the background of recent media reports, Mr. Holness told a press briefing on Friday, February 25, following a meeting with staff...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, has announced the establishment of a Community Renewal Programme Secretariat within the PIOJ. The Secretariat will be headed by university lecturer, Dr. Terry-Ann Gilbert-Roberts, and includes clergyman, Pastor Carrington Morgan. Additional members are expected to be appointed soon. Speaking at the PIOJ’s quarterly briefing at the organisation’s New...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding in addressing Heads of Government at the Intercessional Meeting of CARICOM today (Feb 25) in Grenada highlighted several issues that he hopes will be addressed by CARICOM. High on the list he said was the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the significant tariff liberalization commitments on which we are now required to make good...

Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, has disclosed that the Government is seeking to divest Nutrition Products Limited (NPL), as it seeks to make the state-owned company more efficient in meeting the nutrition needs of students. “It is not the intention of the Ministry to continue much longer with Nutrition Products Limited…it was always the intention that that operation be...

The Government has always encouraged Jamaicans to prepare for retirement, by joining a private pension scheme, saving, and contributing to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), administered by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. Upon retirement, Jamaicans who have been making contributions over the years to the NIS are entitled to a steady monthly income. The NIS is a compulsory...