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KINGSTON — The ministers of Industry, Investment and Commerce and Finance and the Public Service will be meeting with the Jamaica Manufacturers Association (JMA), and other stakeholders in the Productive Sector, to review the taxes applied to raw material and capital goods and the granting of waivers. This was disclosed by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Karl Samuda,...

The Government’s Agricultural Business Information System (ABIS) provided the information to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to identify the current oversupply of fresh vegetables in the market and raise an alert. Marketing Consultant with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Dr. Derrick Deslandes, speaking at a JIS Think Tank news briefing, recently, said that after technical crews went into...

“Downtown Kingston is going to get nice again. We are determined that where we have got to go,” Prime Minister Bruce Golding said on Saturday (January 15), at the opening of the Downtown Municipal Transport Centre. The ceremony also launched the new Downtown Kingston Transportation System. “What I can assure you is that the redevelopment of downtown is being pursued in a planned, purposeful,...

The Office of the Prime Minister has taken a further step to involve a wider base of public participation in the 2011 National Civil Honours and Awards programme by placing the nomination forms on its website at www.opm.gov.jm. This is the first time that the form is available via the Internet. The printed forms will still be available at the...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding opened the long-anticipated Municipal Transport Centre in downtown Kingston on Saturday (January 15), with strong support from both commuters and transport operators. Mr. Golding described the opening of the centre and the new public transportation system envisaged by the Transport Authority to go with it as, “a significant advance in the rationalization of public transportation in...

The Commission of Enquiry into the handling of the extradition request for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke and the subsequent engagement of United States law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips is scheduled to get underway this morning (Jan.17). The enquiry will be held over 45 days at the Jamaica Conference Centre downtown Kingston. Hearings will be held Mondays to Thursdays from 9:30...

Minister of Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, has denied suggestions that his Ministry is targeting schools connected to the leadership of the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) in its annual audits. “There is no grand scheme to audit schools that were once the workplace of presidents of the JTA. That’s not the intention of the Ministry of Education,” Mr. Holness told...

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The Police have been requested to conduct further investigations into media reports that 16-year old Dale Anthony Davis went missing during the operations by the security forces in May 2010 in the Tivoli Gardens area. The request comes in the wake of a meeting on Thursday January 13 between Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for West Kingston, Bruce Golding, with Davis’ mother,...

A massive earthquake sensitization programme is underway in Westmoreland, as the parish heightens preparedness in the face of the threat of the natural disaster. According to Disaster Preparedness Coordinator for Westmoreland, Rev. Hilma Tate, thousands of students and adults are being educated on the dangers of earthquakes, and how they can mitigate the effect. She said that during Earthquake Awareness...

Mayor of Savanna-La-Mar and Chairman of the Westmoreland Parish Council, Bertel Moore, has called on persons to desist from setting cane fires in the parish, as they are destroying the industry. Addressing the Westmoreland Parish Council meeting on January 13, Mayor Moore said that the fires were causing great havoc on the Frome sugar factory and on the production target...

The Public Administration and Appropriations Committee of Parliament (PAAC) is inviting written submissions from members of the public concerning the Green Paper on the Establishment of an Environmental Regulatory Authority (ERA). The Green Paper is currently under review by the PAAC.  Interested persons are invited to send their opinions in writing: i)    by email to clerk@japarliament.gov.jm                                 or ii)  ...