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Cabinet has approved the transfer of shares owned in the Central Wastewater Treatment Company (CWTC) by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), the Ministry of Water and Housing and the National Housing Trust (NHT), to the National Water Commission for the nominal sum of $1.00 in each instance. This disclosure was made by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special...

Leader of the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), Hon. Mia Mottley, will deliver the keynote address at the Broadcasting Commission's Regional Regulators' Forum on Policy and Regulation in the Electronic Media. The Forum, which will bring together a cadre of broadcasters and regulators as well as local and international policy makers and experts to discuss the future of broadcasting in...

The House of Representatives has approved a Government guarantee of a loan of US$340 million, from the China Export Import Bank to the Road Maintenance Fund (RMF), for the rehabilitation and maintenance of roads under the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP). Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, who piloted the resolution on Tuesday (June 29), noted...

The appreciation of the Jamaican dollar since the beginning of the year, particularly during the past two months, is market-driven, reflecting an environment of increased confidence. This was stated by Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Bryan Wynter, during an exclusive interview with the Jamaica Information Service ("Issues and Answers", Television Programme). Governor Wynter attributed the fortunes of the domestic...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has noted that Jamaican primary producers are being "short changed" within CARICOM due to a subsidised agro processing sector in oil rich Trinidad and Tobago. He accused the subsidised agro processing sector there of "using raw materials imported extra regionally with unclear duty arrangements," adding that it is something that has...

The University Hospital of West Indies (UHWI) confirmed tonight (June 30) that it has been forced to postpone elective surgeries until at least next Monday, due to problems with its power supply. CEO of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Dr.Trevor McCartney Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital, Dr. Trevor McCartney, told JIS News tonight that there...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, will hold high level talks with United Nations' (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, on Monday (July 5) in Montego Bay. United Nations' Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon The discussions will take place during the 31st Heads of Government meeting of CARICOM, which will run July 4 to 7 in Montego Bay, at which Mr. Golding will...

Phase II of the Government's Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) will be officially launched on Thursday (July 1) at the Junction Guest House, St. Elizabeth. Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, whose office has portfolio responsibility for LAMP, will deliver the keynote address at the ceremony, scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m. LAMP is partnering with local firm, Geoland Titling...

The Ministry of Health has intensified its mosquito control activities under the National Vector Control Programme in response to the increase in the mosquito population due to intermittent rains. Addressing the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday (June 30), Minister with responsibility of Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said that a report provided to...

When Rev. Futtreman White and his wife of 38 years got married, one of their aspirations was to own a lot of land where they could build a house, raise their family, and engage in farming. "We acquired that land many years ago.but were not able to get the proper document for the land," the Point Hill Baptist Church pastor...

President of the United States (US), Barack Obama, has expressed strong support for the Jamaican Government and people and for the continued development of the "special relationship" that exists between the countries. He was accepting Letters of Credence from Jamaica's first female Ambassador to the US, Audrey Marks, at the White House on Monday (June 28). The US President said...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, was given a tremendous reception Monday evening (June 28), after presenting her credentials to President Barrack Obama at the White House, earlier. Former U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, who is of Jamaican parentage, was among the large number of guests on hand to honour Ambassador Marks at the reception...