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Prime Minister Bruce Golding, today said that the Government has secured commitments for almost US $1billion from multilateral sources through to the end of March, as it seeks to maximise the flow of foreign exchange despite the downturn in foreign currency earnings caused by the global financial crisis. At the same time, the Prime Minister had a word of caution...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, yesterday told the people of Hanover that National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante was not the first person to fight for the downtrodden people of Jamaica but none, including Marcus Garvey, was as successful or as effective as Mr. Bustamante. He is of the view that it was Sir Alexander Bustamante who paved the way for the...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, will lead a second phase of the Cabinet retreat this weekend. Cabinet met last Friday and is to meet again this Saturday and Sunday. The Prime Minister gave insights into the issues that confront the Cabinet during his address to the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce earlier today, (February 24) on board the Carnival cruise liner,...

Students Expressing Truth (SET), a pilot programme aimed at bringing balance to schools affected by violence, and to boost the quality of interschool relationship, was launched at the Ascot High school in St Catherine, yesterday (Feb. 23). It is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID's) Community Empowerment and Transformation Project (COMET) and will target behaviour modification...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has urged all Jamaicans to hold dear, the memory and legacy of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, the great and exemplary leader, who was instrumental in making things happen, that set the country on a new path. Addressing a civic ceremony, which was held to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Sir Alexander's birth,...

About 3,900 primary school students in a number of targeted communities islandwide, are to benefit from the expanded Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF)/GoGSAT Partnership for Community Transformation Programme, scheduled to roll out shortly. An academic initiative, GoGSAT aims to enlighten targeted youngsters' knowledge about the relevant safety and security key to their welfare, particularly those deemed at risk of dropping out...

Jamaican musicologist Dermott Hussey says that a study of the global penetration of Jamaica's Reggae music into communities which have adopted it, could reveal that its internationalization was the country's finest hour. Addressing a Reggae Symposium and Art Exhibition at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC on Monday (February 23), Mr. Hussey noted that Reggae enjoys international fame, like...

Project Manager/ Chairperson of the GSAT Review Committee Miss Jean Hastings says that the second phase of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) Review, which has been the subject of debates in the past weeks, is geared to finding solutions to move forward. Miss Hastings made the disclosure today (February 24) during a Think Tank session at the JIS in...

Minister of Health and the Environment, Rudyard Spencer, has said that the health sector's response to the current global financial crisis, must be focused on social justice. Mr. Spencer said that health policies "must seek to help the most vulnerable retain as much of their disposable income for necessities such as safe food, decent shelter and transportation." The minister's address...

A Concert at Jamaica College (JC), Old Hope Road, Kingston, featuring several top Jamaican reggae artistes, will highlight activities planned for Peace Day, Tuesday, March 3. And during the extended peace campaign activities, which will run into April, reggae singer Tarrus Riley will activate his Start Anew campaign, in which he will talk to students of violence-proned schools in Kingston,...

The life and work of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, were celebrated in a brief ceremony at National Heroes Park , in Kingston, on Tuesday (Feb.24) to commemorate the 125th anniversary of his birth. Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, Prime Minister Bruce Golding, and Opposition Leader, Portia Simpson Miller, were among the...

The Public Relations and Environmental Health and Safety Departments of Jamalco, the bauxite and alumina company in Clarendon, will stage a Community Health Fair, tomorrow (February 26). The fair will take place at the Glad Tidings Church of the First Born, New Bowens, Halse Hall, in the parish, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This is in keeping with the...