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Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding has informed the House of Representatives that the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has been given the land in St. Catherine, for the construction of its new headquarters. "We have already transferred to the JDF over 4,000 acres of land in Caymanas. That will become their new headquarters. They will have a major training facility...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has reported an increase of more than 21, 000 new jobs between April and July 2010, indicating economic recovery. Director General of the PIOJ, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, said the increase was due largely to increased employment in the wholesale and retail sector, which went up by 12, 900 persons, and transport, storage and communications,...

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks has told members of the business sector in New Jersey, that Jamaica is ready and open for business, with a wide range of opportunities for investment. Addressing the business leaders at the Rutgers University Law Centre on November 19, the Ambassador said there is a favourable macro-economic climate that is conducive...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has said that activities related to trade within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) must be harmonised, to allow the region to be more competitive. According to the Minister, CARICOM must move together, so that, as a community, "we are able to provide the goods and services at competitive prices, so that we...

Persons from across the Caribbean Diaspora turned out on November 18 for a Service of Thanksgiving, followed by a tour of the headquarters of Food for the Poor at Coconut Creek, South Florida. Under the patronage of the Consulate General of Jamaica, the event was organised by the Jamaican Diaspora Advisory Board for Southern United States and staff of Food...

Minister of State for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, has exhorted students of the Oracabessa High School in St. Mary to make good use of their education to achieve personal success and to effectively contribute to national development. Addressing the school's annual prize giving ceremony on Thursday November 18, Mr. Montague told the students that the training they have received...

The Irish have indicated an interest in working closely with the Jamaican football authorities as a means of developing greater inter-cultural harmony in Ireland. Chief Executive Officer of the Football Association of Ireland, John Delaney, recently met with Jamaica's (non-resident) Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, Anthony Johnson, to discuss the possible links between Jamaica and Ireland in football. Jamaican...

Persons applying for land titles under the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP), are now benefitting from further reductions in fees paid to process the documents. "We calculate our fees on the unimproved value of the land, so we have reduced the 40 per cent that was required (for deposit) and now make it $5,000 across the board," stated Minister...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon Pearnel Charles, has reached an agreement with private security firms for insurance benefits for security guards' death or injury on the job, to be calculated on the same basis as that for the police. Mr. Charles made the announcement in an address to Saturday's (November 20) Triennial General Assembly of the Bustamante Industrial...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is optimistic that the economy will return to positive growth in the last quarter of the fiscal year, despite a decline in earlier quarters. "We are forecasting a return to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth by the January/March quarter of 2011," said Director General of the PIOJ, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson. He was addressing a...

Young people in Portland are being urged to come out in their numbers for the National Council on Drug Abuse's (NCDA) drug sensitization and healthy lifestyle fair, which will be held on Thursday (November 25) on the Buff Bay Hospital grounds in Portland. The event, which will begin at 10:30 a.m., is part of activities to mark Drug Awareness Month...

The Government will be re-examining the institutional arrangement for the management of reproductive Health in the public health sector. Speaking on Monday, November 22, at the ground breaking for the expansion of the Hugh Wynter Fertility Management Unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer informed that this responsibility currently resides with the...