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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) received a fuel donation of 50,000 litres, valued at $5 million, today (November 16), to support their crime fighting efforts. The fuel, which is to be apportioned equally between the two entities, was provided by the Energy and Mining Ministry, through Petrojam Limited, and handed over at the Ministry....

Existing and potential exporters and linkage companies to the export sector are invited to an interactive workshop to be hosted by the EXIM Bank on November 23, at the Wyndham Kingston Hotel, in New Kingston. Dubbed, 'Tackling Business Problems Finding Solutions', the workshop will facilitate discussions on meeting new standards for the international marketplace; simplifying the process of getting goods...

Effective Monday November 15, a set of interim measures governing the granting of waivers is in force and will remain so until a long-term policy and strategy has been finalised. A statement released by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service explained that since August 1, 2010, the Government had refrained from promoting or tabling in Parliament the introduction...

Scores of young Jamaicans from secondary and tertiary institutions are expected to participate in a youth rally and conference to commemorate International Students' Day, on Wednesday, November 17. The event, which is being organised by the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), is part of activities to celebrate Youth Month (November), being celebrated under the theme: 'Jamaican Youth: Organising, Integrating...

The Social Development Commission (SDC), in conjunction with Duhaney Park Primary School, in Kingston, will host a one-day symposium on parenting at the school, on Wednesday, November 24. Parents, teachers, students and residents from four communities are expected to participate in the event being organised under the theme: 'Protecting Our Children, Our Responsibility'. Some of the agencies to set up...

Rehabilitation work on the Negril Wastewater Treatment Plant in Westmoreland is scheduled to start in January 2011, with a $278 million contract now in place for the project. Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, made the announcement on Friday (November 12), at a press conference held at the Office of the Prime Minister's (OPM) western office in...

Portlanders turned out to participate in the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony, at the Port Antonio Cenotaph, Sunday (November 14). The function, to remember veterans of World Wars I and II, featured a parade by uniformed groups and the laying of wreaths. Among the uniformed groups were: Boy Scouts, Brownies, Girls Guides, Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF), Jamaica Defence Force (JDF),...

Chairman of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), Mayor Desmond McKenzie, says estimates of the damage to the Corporate Area roads and other infrastructure caused by recent heavy rains, have been revised to over $3.3 billion. Speaking at the KSAC's monthly meeting at the Council's offices, Church Street, downtown Kingston, last week, he said damaged infrastructure include several facilities...

Jamaica's High Commissioner to Canada, Her Excellency Sheila Sealy Monteith has called on all sectors of society to find solutions for the under-achievement of male students. Speaking recently at the Mico University College Alumni Association's annual banquet and scholarship awards ceremony in Toronto, High Commissioner Sealy Monteith said statistics show that young men are under-performing at all levels of the...

Residents of Buff Bay, Portland, turned out on Friday (November 12), to participate in a community clean-up project. Dubbed, 'Dengue Clear Out Project, it was spearheaded by the Social Development Commission (SDC), and was one of five national projects in observance of Community Month, under the theme, 'Build your community: mek it safe' Buff Bay Public Health Action Committee Chairman,...

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, says there is a need for discussions between the Bank and financial institutions, to determine the timeframe within which they could reduce interest rates, reflecting consistency with BoJ policy. Speaking at the BoJ's quarterly briefing at the institution's downtown Kingston auditorium on Wednesday (November 10), Mr. Wynter noted that while the central bank's...

The Ministry of Energy and Mining is inviting the views of the public on-line, about the National Energy Policy, tabled recently in Parliament. "We have a draft of the policy, but we want to get the feedback from as wide a cross section of Jamaicans. We have posted all five sub-policies on the website to be accessed at: www.mem.gov.jm. Persons...