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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Ken Baugh, has urged Jamaicans abroad to support the Government programme to improve export capacity and to take advantage of trade arrangements. "We need the Diaspora to work on our behalf. We need members of the Diaspora, who have the ability and technology, to transfer that technology back to Jamaica to...

The Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, is scheduled to make his contribution to the 2010/11 Budget Debate at Gordon House on Tuesday (April 17), starting shortly after 2:00 p.m. Mr. Golding is expected to address a number of national and international issues, including those raised by the Leader of the Opposition, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, in her...

The second in the current series of public consultations on the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) will take place Wednesday (April 21), at the Jamaica College (JC) Auditorium in Kingston, starting at 5:00 p.m. The announcement was made by Director of the Education Transformation Programme in the Ministry of Education, Ms. Jean Hastings, during an interview Tuesday (April 20) with...

The Ministry of Health has issued the following statement in response to the Sunday Herald's (April 18) article headlined "Kids Dying Slowly". "The allegations printed in the Sunday Herald (April 18-24) article entitled "Kids Dying Slowly" are inaccurate, reckless and a misrepresentation of the process of managing patients with heart disease requiring surgery. "It is unfortunate that the Sunday Herald...

National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners are to receive a 20 per cent increase in benefits, as of June 1, 2010. This was announced today (April 20), by Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, during his contribution to the 2010 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives. He also disclosed that there will be other increases to beneficiaries under the NIS,...

National Housing Trust (NHT) mortgagors are to benefit from a reduction in interest rates as of May 1, 2010, along with several other measures, aimed at making it more affordable to own a home. In his presentation in the 2010/11 Budget Debate today (April 20), Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, announced that mortgage rates will be reduced by one...

Chief Executive Officer of the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, Mr. W. Billy Heaven, has given the organisation's commitment to assisting the health sector to acquire the necessary resources to provide the best care for Jamaicans. He was addressing the handing over of the new Jeffrey Town type one clinic in St. Mary on Friday (April 16),...

The new Jeffery Town Health Centre, in St. Mary, was officially opened on Friday, April 16, by Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer. The Type 1 facility was built through a partnership between the Digicel Foundation and the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, at a cost of $10.9 million. In his address, the Minister said the opening...

Registrar at the Office of the Children's Registry (OCR), Mrs. Carla Francis Edie, is imploring persons to make a report, once they know or suspect that a child is being abused. She contended that the high number of unreported child abuse cases is resulting in undue suffering for many of the nation's youngsters, and urged individuals to speak out, even...

A number of issues relating to the communities of Black Rock, Castle, Islington, Priestman's River and Commodore in Eastern Portland were discussed at a Community Meeting sponsored jointly by the Portland Parish Council and the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), at the Fair Prospect Primary School, on Thursday (April 15). Among matters discussed were inadequate water supply, maintenance of the Priestman's...

Canadian High Commissioner, His Excellency Stephen Hallihan, says local authorities have identified legal framework as a key priority for maritime security, as part of a partnership agreement signed between Jamaica and Canada in 2007. He was giving the keynote address on the final day of a two-day Canada-Jamaica Maritime Security Policy Workshop, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, Friday...

Four months into the start of the Island Traffic Authority's (ITA) Vehicle Weight Enforcement Campaign, truckers are admitting that, over the years, overloading has dealt a serious blow to the country's roads and bridges. Trailer driver, Mr. Byron Palmer notes that the theme of the Public Education programme, "Truck Overload Destroys Our Roads" speaks volumes and is right on target....