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Cabinet has endorsed the implementation of duty free access for specific goods from Cuba into Jamaica and seasonal duties on other products. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Daryl Vaz gave this update during the Post Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica House earlier this week. The endorsement is a move towards implementing the Trade and Economic Cooperation...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says the public sector must set the example and lead the way in addressing the problem of excess use of energy in order to get the whole country to support energy efficiency and conservation. He said Jamaica faces severe energy challenges, far beyond most other countries as we depend almost entirely on imported oil for our...

True community spirit was exemplified in the Caenwood Road area of Hope Bay, Portland on December 1, when four public benches were handed over to the community, by Returning Resident, Fredrecia Huggins. Making the presentation on the request of her late mother, Mary Thompson who died in 2009, at the age of 106, Mrs. Huggins said her mother was an...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says the small business sector will continue to need government support because the traditional institutions of commerce, banking and financing, still have not reached the stage where they are willing to embrace that sector and to provide the support. 'Therefore government still has a role which it will have to play through a number of initiatives...

Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon James Robertson, has said that the public sector will have a role to play in reducing energy consumption, through the implementation of the Energy Conservation and Efficiency Policy (ECE). "The Policy will be used to identify strategies and propose that a targeted approach be taken, with emphasis on public awareness, provision of financing and...

Cabinet approved the standardisation of administrative regions across the public sector to commence from January 1, 2011. Speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on December 1, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said the objective is to facilitate "multi-task agency co-ordination of data to common geographic areas, both at the strategic...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will be re-launching its Labour Market Information System (LMIS) website in early January, to facilitate new employment and training opportunities for persons with varied skills. The system is an employment facility to satisfy the needs of job seekers and employers. It provides a cost effective means of sourcing and recruiting suitable employees. Job...

As part of ongoing restoration works, the refurbished Caretaker's residence and groundsmen change room at King's House, were officially handed over at a brief ceremony, Wednesday (December 1). The buildings, which were in a state of disrepair, were refurbished at a cost of approximately $3 million by Custos Rotulorum of Kingston, Steadman Fuller, and his wife, Sonia Fuller, who volunteered...

Caymanas Track Limited (CTL), operators of Caymanas Park racetrack, in St. Catherine, recorded a turnover of $4.82 billion in 2009, an 11 per cent increase over the figure of $4.35 billion recorded in 2008. Making the disclosure on (December 1) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz informed that...

The General Legal Council (GLC) is seeking to set up a compensation fund to assist complainants, who have been defrauded by attorneys. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz speaking during Wednesday's (December 1) Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, who made...

New Boards have been appointed for the Jamaica Mortgage Bank, the National Water Commission and the Planning Institute of Jamaica, as approved by the Cabinet. Details of the new appointments were given by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, on December 1. For the Jamaica Mortgage...

Cabinet has approved the principle that Permanent Secretaries are to be designated as Principal Accounting Officers, while Chief Executive Officers of Public Bodies, Executive Agencies and other heads of Departments may be designated as Accounting Officers. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said that drafting instructions have been given to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel...