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A sum of $3 million has been donated to the Mustard Seed Communities, by mobile operators, Digicel, to assist with the purchase of furniture and equipment for children at Martha's House of Safety, which was destroyed by fire recently. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Digicel Jamaica, Mark Linehan handed over the cheque to Executive Director and Founder of the Mustard...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has said that the Government will have to reposition ownership of the country's bauxite/alumina operations, in addition to addressing problems such as energy and technology, before any revival in the industry. "We are going to have to reposition our bauxite/alumina operations, not only in terms of the technology and investments that have to be...

Not even the rain could stop Principal Winston Jackson from hosting a function to celebrate the provision of computers and electronic equipment for his school, Louise Bennett-Coverley All-Age in East Rural St. Andrew. As rains, associated with a weather system, pelted the school on May 20, Mr. Jackson insisted, "Rain or shine we will have the function today". And they...

Sixty five per cent of mined out lands in the bauxite producing areas, has been put to productive use in agricultural endeavours, Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson has reported. Speaking at a Town hall meeting on May 19, at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester, the Minister also revealed that less than one per cent of...

Senator the Honourable Don Wehby, today, announced that Cabinet, at its sitting on Monday, May 18, 2009, approved the implementation of a Central Treasury Management System (CTMS) geared towards improving the Central Government financial management and budget process by creating greater efficiencies. It has long been voiced that the current system of managing public funds has proven to be inefficient...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has proposed food processing as an alternative to the disabled bauxite/alumina industry as a major foreign exchange earner. "The implosion we have had with the bauxite industry is a wake up call for all of us," Mr. Shaw told Tuesday night's first in a series of Post Budget Town Hall...

Government has extended to the end of this month the test transmission permit for Nationwide News Network (NNN) to operate under its public broadcasting arrangement for professional services to deliver News, Current Affairs and presentation services. This 30-day extension from May 1, 2009, will allow for completion of installations which are to be assessed by the Spectrum Management Authority. (SMA)...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, is calling on Jamaicans to reduce the demand for imported goods and foreign exchange, finding ways instead, to use less and earn more. Speaking at the first in a series of town hall meetings organised by the Government on Tuesday (May 19) in Mandeville, Manchester, the Minister said he was tired...

Cabinet has given drafting instructions to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel to amend the Registration, Birth and Death Act, to require the inclusion of the father's name in the registration of birth. This was disclosed by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, in the House of Representatives, on May 19. He further informed that the Act will also be amended to make special...

Scores of students of the Port Antonio Infant School in Portland were immunised at a health fair organised by the institution's Guidance and Counselling Unit in collaboration with the Portland Health Department. At the fair, held on the school grounds on May 14, parents also benefitted from health checks including blood sugar and blood pressure tests. Speaking to JIS News,...

Over the next five years, the Registrar General's Department (RGD) will be moving to boost its database capacity, in order to facilitate easier and ready access to records by persons using the agency's services, said Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Patricia Holness. Speaking at Tuesday's (May 19) weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew held at the Pegasus Hotel...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) will be introducing a cyber vendexing facility by July this year, which will better enable Jamaicans in remote communities, and those overseas, to access its services. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the RGD, Dr. Patricia Holness, who made the announcement while addressing the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew at the Jamaica...