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Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, is expected to table the Parliamentary Integrity Commission’s annual report for 2009 and the attendant financial statements for 2008/2009, in the House of Representatives, shortly. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications, and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at the Post Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday (January 19)....

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles is encouraging employers to make use of the National Skills Bank to identify skilled job seekers within the country. “The skills bank (provides) a list of skills that are available throughout the country parish by parish, category by category. Through this National Skills Bank, demand or shortages in various job categories...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has removed the work permit requirement for overseas technicians, who are needed to carry out urgent work in the island for a period not exceeding 30 days. “If your machine is down and you need a man from anywhere in the world, you won’t have to wait six weeks anymore to apply and...

Jamaican youth have been challenged not to wait on the opportunities to find them but to go in search of them and to let their lights shine. ‘Even if you didn’t get the help and assistance, take charge of your life and let your light shine’. Prime Minister Bruce Golding told an audience of mainly young people to take their school work...

Residents of Central Jamaica, who are in need of renal treatment, will no longer have to travel long distances to access the service. This, as the Government has opened a dialysis treatment facility at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester. Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer, who officially opened the $24 million facility on Wednesday (January 19), said it will...

MIAMI — International reggae artiste and philanthropist Orvile “Shaggy” Burrell, will be honoured by the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) at the group’s seventh annual gala in South Florida in April.  The event will be held on Saturday, April 9 at Jungle Island in Miami, where Shaggy will be presented with the 2011 International Humanitarian Award for his efforts in...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding was assured by the visiting UK Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Jeremy Browne, that he has made representation for a revision on the application on the Air Passenger Duty (APD)  tax which  is levied on travellers to the Caribbean.  Prime Minster Golding received Minister Browne at a Courtesy Call at Jamaica House on January...

Cabinet will this weekend be focusing its attention on stimulating growth and creating jobs through investment and expansion for 2011. The one day retreat gets underway on January 22. In his New Year’s message, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said that to this end, consultation on policy direction had already started with the private sector and trade unions. He said growth and expansion...

Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has welcomed today’s announcement by British State Minister for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Jeremy Browne that the United Kingdom is entering into a partnership with the Ministry and the Inter-American Development Bank with the aim of reducing crime and violence in the most volatile communities across Jamaica. Minister Browne announced...

MANDEVILLE — Work is underway on the Christiana Development Road project in Manchester, and is slated for completion by the end of the year. The project, budgeted to cost some $700 million, is being undertaken as part of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), and involves constructing a one-kilometer road on the outskirts of the town of Christiana. The two-lane...

Residents of the informal community of Lilliput in St. James have been offered a flat rate not exceeding $300,000 for the lots in the area. The special price, which is only for this year, is expected to make it easier for residents to acquire titles for the property, which they now occupy. Addressing the ground breaking ceremony for phase three...

Jamaicans from all walks of life gathered at the St. Peter’s Anglican Church in St. Elizabeth on Friday (January 21) for the official funeral of late former Councillor, Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister, Donald Buchanan. The church could not accommodate the hundreds, who gathered to pay their final respect, and many were accommodated under large tents on the church...