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The House of Representatives on Tuesday January 25 approved a report from a joint select committee on the review of Jamaica’s libel laws. The contents of the report will now go to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel for the Bill to be prepared, which will then be signed off on by Cabinet. “It will come back here, so, we will have...

Cabinet has approved a 10 per cent increase for minimum wage earners and industrial security guards. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, made the announcement during Tuesday’s January 25 sitting of the House of Representatives. Effective February 28, 2011, the National Minimum Wage will move from $4, 070 per 40-hour work week to $4,500, while the minimum...

Minister of Labour and Social Security and Member of Parliament for North Central Clarendon, Pearnel Charles, has called on students to “walk in the right lane” and avoid bad company. “The only reason why I am where I am today is because I stood in my lane.  I am appealing to you; your future is in your own hands -...

The second annual Restorative and Community Justice (RCJ) Week will take centrestage Sunday, January 30 to Saturday, February 5, with several activities islandwide under the theme “Restorative and Community Justice Restoring Relationships; Building Communities”. The disclosure was made by Justice Reform Coordinator in the Ministry of Justice, Beverley Little, at a Think Tank session at the JIS Tuesday January 25....

Superintendent in charge of the Manchester Police Division, Lascelles Taylor, has called on parents to encourage children, with the requisite passes in the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) examinations, to join the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). “Gone are the days when you become a policeman, it is just an ordinary policeman. Now when you become a policeman or woman, you are...

800 persons have gained employment through the refurbished Montego Bay Free Zone. This information was recorded in the annual report for the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) for the 2008/2009 Fiscal Year from the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce. Minister with responsibility for Information, Daryl Vaz told yesterday’s January 26 post cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House that theFCJ...

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, says his Ministry has allocated $50 million for landscaping works along Segment 1A of the Northern Coastal Highway in Bogue, St. James. This development of a second ‘Elegant Corridor’ for the City of Montego Bay, is part of efforts to further boost the appeal of the renowned resort area, he said. The Tourism Minister...

Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, has said the Ministry is committed to putting the relevant programmes and services in place that will assist students with special needs to develop and reach their full potential. He said the Ministry is looking to put a ‘Child Find’ initiative in place as a critical part of that thrust. “The programme will help to...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, is to meet with the Bankers Association of Jamaica (BAJ) on Wednesday (January 26), to discuss their role in Government’s efforts to grow the economy. The discussions are expected to focus on securing the commercial banks’ support for the administration’s efforts to lower interest rates. Speaking at Mayberry Investments Limited’s...

Jamaica’s Consul General, Sandra Grant Griffiths, has called on Jamaicans in the Diaspora to recommit to the Air Jamaica/Caribbean Airways (CAL) brand, as evidence of CAL’s confidence in the country.  Speaking to a large crowd of Jamaicans and friends of the Diaspora at the re-launch reception on Friday (January 21) at the Renaissance Hotel, Plantation, Mrs. Griffiths said that Jamaica...

Minister with responsibility for information, Daryl Vaz has expressed concern over the approach being used by the Office of the Contractor General in the investigation of some government related issues. Responding to questions at this morning’s  post cabinet press briefing January 26  on the  investigations relating to the  sale of Sandals Whitehouse , Mr. Vaz explained that government has furnished the OCG...

Minister with responsibility for Information has given the assurance that those public sector workers who did not receive their salaries on January 25 will receive their payments today January 26. Mr. Vaz explained that this delay was not as a result of a lack of funds by the government to meet its obligations for salaries for some public sector entities....