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Former Prime Minister, Edward Seaga, has said that the time is right for a revision of the aims and objectives of CARICOM and for new approaches to be sought in the advancement of the 15-member grouping. Addressing the opening banquet of the conference on investments and capital markets on Tuesday evening (Jan. 29) at the Rose Hall Resort and Country...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has instructed Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Don Wehby, to have discussions with the company that has control over the debts of the Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC), to see what assistance can be extended to debtors. The Prime Minister, who was speaking in his first one-hour radio...

On Wednesday night (January 30), Prime Minister Bruce Golding opened the telephone lines to Jamaica House and fielded close to 20 calls from across the island. The first in a series of monthly call-in programmes, 'Jamaica House Live with Prime Minister Bruce Golding' was carried simultaneously by seven radio stations between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and was streamed on...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw has said that he is very pleased with the Reform of Secondary Education (ROSE) project, being implemented at the Green Park School in Clarendon. He also lauded the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), being administered at the Sandy Bay health centre in the parish. The Minister, who toured...

Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Henry, has said that the Ministry is taking steps to increase its fleet of buses, and is in discussions with the Belgium government among others, in this regard. Mr. Henry was addressing a press briefing on (Jan. 30) at the Ministry's Maxfield Avenue office, to announce details of the agreement reached between the Jamaica...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has said that the matter of solving crime is the number one priority of the Government. Mr. Golding was responding to a caller's concern about the country's high crime rate, during his first one-hour radio call-in programme, which was broadcast on (Jan. 30) from Jamaica House. According to the Prime Minister, the Government is pursuing a...

Chairman of the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) Board of Directors, Dr. Elizabeth Ward has said that injuries associated with acts of violence continue to take a toll on the nation's health services. Speaking to JIS News, she said that some $2.2 billion is spent annually on "patching up" victims of violence in the nation's hospitals, adding that in 2006, of...

There has been overwhelming response to the first installation of 'Jamaica House Live', the interactive radio talk programme hosted by Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Wednesday, January 31. Callers to Jamaica House and the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports have congratulated the Prime Minister for the excellent initiative and his handling of the issues raised by listeners. The...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has said that a comprehensive education policy is being developed to improve the level of attendance and performance at primary schools. "This policy, which considers an inter-sectoral approach to education, will involve all stakeholders in achieving the required target. Consultations have been held and the policy is in the process of being developed," Mr. Holness...

Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, has informed that the Ministry is taking the necessary steps for the implementation of a cess on vehicles involved in the movement of aggregates on the nation's road. He was responding to questions from Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Thomas, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, in the House of Representatives on(Jan. 29), about the...

Debate on amendments to the Pensions (Prime Minister) Act, to allow for changes to the formula by which a retired Prime Minister receives pension, began in Parliament on (Jan. 29). Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, explained that under the existing Act, a Prime Minister, on ceasing to hold that office and who is no longer a...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wesley Hughes, has called on the relevant regional institutions to immediately put systems in place to allow for the full exploitation of opportunities and benefits that will emanate from the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). He was addressing the opening of the Jamaica Stock Exchange's third annual regional conference on Investments...