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The Government has ordered an external forensic audit into the operations of the Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) and the Financial Institution Services (FIS) Limited. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, in the House of Representatives yesterday (February 19). Mr. Shaw informed that the purpose of the audit is to examine and report...

Director of Environmental Health in the Ministry of Health and Environment, Peter Knight, has emphasized the important role which pest control operators need to play in the protection and preservation of public health and the environment. This comes against the background of what he said were debates and discussions over reports of increased cases of cancer. Speaking at the opening...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding has paid tribute to the retiring President of Cuba, Fidel Castro. In a statement to the House, yesterday (February 19), Mr. Golding said the announcement made by Mr. Castro, that he would not be seeking re-election as President of the Cuban Sate Council and as Commander in Chief of the Cuban armed forces, can be seen...

Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) countries and the European Union are expected to co-operate in promoting creativity and innovation, under the recently negotiated Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).This is essential for the development of entrepreneurship and competitiveness in achieving the overall objective of the agreement. As set out in the document, this co-operation is in recognition of the fact that it is necessary...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding this morning (Feb 20) announced several major plans that will boost tourism development in Kingston, eastern Jamaica and sections of the South Coast. Mr. Golding disclosed that just this week Cabinet had taken a decision to utilize the Luana property in St Elizabeth for the development of a new tourism resort that will revolutionize that section...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sport, Olivia Grange, has announced the creation of the Herb McKenley Endowment Fund to award outstanding Jamaican athletes for their contribution to sports. She made the disclosure on Saturday (Feb. 16), at a track and field invitational event hosted by the University of the West Indies (UWI) as part of its 60th anniversary celebrations....

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has announced that through the Urban Development Corporation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just acquired the old Myrtle Bank hotel site on which the Ministry's new offices will be constructed. He said this was part of the programme to put a freeze on downtown government agencies moving from the area. He was speaking this morning...

'Africa Unite', a film highlighting the music of international reggae star, Robert 'Bob' Marley will be featured at the 25th annual Miami International Film Festival, which will be staged from February 28 to March 9. The film will be screened on Tuesday (March 4), at the Gusman Theatre in downtown Miami. Almost two hours long, the documentary film captures footage...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness has informed that Cabinet has approved a proposal from the Ministry to reduce the cost for the registration of early childhood institutions. The Minister made this disclosure, yesterday (February 19), as he moved a Resolution to amend the Early Childhood (Amendment) Regulations, 2008, in the House of Representatives, in order to effect the reduction of...

Students and teachers at a school in Toronto, Canada, will be learning more about Jamaica, thanks to a donation of books by Jamaica's Consul General to Toronto, Anne-Marie Bonner. The Consul General recently presented more than 20 books on a wide-range of topics to North Kipling Junior Middle School in West Toronto. Miss Bonner said the books were received from...

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, yesterday (February 19), launched the 'Reading the Bottomline' project, at the St. Michael's Primary School in Kingston. This initiative seeks to increase the literacy level of students at the primary school level.The project was also launched simultaneously in four other schools in Kingston and St. Andrew...

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is funding the phase of remedial work that is to begin on the Palisadoes strip this week, at a cost of US$500,000.00. The work, which is being done by two local contractors, is a sub-project of the Cuban project that is being funded by the CDB. The Cuban project, which is part of the Ministry...