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The World Bank has been confirmed to participate at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica's (PCJ) Energy Seminar 'The New Energy Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean - Global Perspective and Regional Context'. The seminar, which will take place at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on July 22, 2009, will see the World Bank representative discuss the issues of...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is reminding parents of the importance of registering their children. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the RGD, Dr. Patricia Holness, has emphasised that parents must ensure that their children are empowered by fully registering their births. "Too often, parents fail to fully register the birth of children, resulting in them being denied certain basic privileges,"...

Leader of the Dustville Dance Group, Mickhugh Thomas, is hoping that his group is one of those selected to participate in the finals of the very lucrative World Reggae Dance Championships put on by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC). More than $1 million in cash and prizes are up for grabs at the national finals, which will be staged...

More than 6,000 fortnightly paid temporary workers of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), will soon be receiving their salaries by electronic transfer and be able to access their money using Quick Pay debit cards, courtesy of the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS). The Authority's workers will now be able to access their wages at any BNS branch and...

The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was established to provide Members of Parliament with financial resources to execute approved sustainable social and economic programs within their constituencies. . Members of Parliament must have regular consultations with their constituents to identify and prioritise development issues. . A broad based Constituency Projects Oversight Committee (CPOC) chaired by the Member of Parliament must be...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has announced the appointment of Mrs. Marlene Malahoo Forte as a Senator and Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Mrs. Malahoo Forte's appointment will fill the vacancy in the Senate resulting from the resignation of Colonel Trevor MacMillan. She will be sworn in at King's House on Wednesday,...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen has called on communities to unite to effectively overcome the challenges facing the country. "We, of necessity, at this point of our history, must unite, every one of us, with hands and hearts together, if we intend to herald a new day for Jamaica," the Governor-General stated at a forum hosted...

Members of the country's business community are being urged to give more to institutions and organisations that care for the less fortunate and the more vulnerable persons in the society. The call has come from Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, who, along with Her Excellency Lady Allen, recently witnessed the handing over of two computers by...

On July 22, 2009 Jamaica will play host to the international energy seminar - "The New Energy Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean - Global Perspective and Regional Context". The seminar is being organized by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), an agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mining, in collaboration with the Regional Association of Oil and...

State Minister for Water and Housing, Hon. Everald Warmington, is confident that the Government will be able to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of providing all Jamaicans with access to potable water by the year 2015. Mr. Warmington, who was addressing a ceremony to officially hand over the Mother Fleure and Golden Run water supply schemes in Craighead Manchester...

Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry of Health (MOH), Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse, is appealing to organisers of summer activities to ensure that children, who display flu-like symptoms, are sent home. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on July 10, Dr. Bullock DuCasse said that due to the highly contagious nature of the Influenza A...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security Major Richard Reese, has urged members of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), to embrace change as a critical tool in upholding the order of law in Jamaica. Major Reese was speaking at the Officers' Association 23rd Annual General Conference for the ISCF held in Ocho Rios, St. Ann on July 9....