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The Government is proposing to make the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) a first world public bus service, as part of measures to increase the efficiency of the public transportation system. Minister of Transport and Works Michael Henry, who made this disclosure during the recent opening of the new Half Way Tree Transport Centre, explained that this will involve additional...

Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke, has urged the society to return to biblical principles and reinstate church attendance as a family tradition, in order to encourage more civility in the society. She was speaking on (Jan. 16) at the launch of the Bible Society of the West Indies' (BSWI) 8th annual National Bible Quiz at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston....

Prime Minister Bruce Golding is pressing ahead with plans to create a single planning and environment agency. The framework could be implemented by year end to streamline the process of approving development plans. The Prime Minister was speaking at a recent stakeholders meeting with government institutions and environment protection agencies held at Jamaica House. The meeting was called to look...

Acting Auditor General, Pamella Munroe-Ellis, has underscored the importance of the role of audit committees in ensuring fiduciary prudence within Government ministries and agencies. She was speaking at a seminar hosted by the Audit Commission and the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on Tuesday (January 15), under the theme: 'The Audit...

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Charles Sinclair has commended the Poor Relief Department of the St. James Parish Council for its outstanding success in a care and rehabilitation programme it implemented for the street people and homeless in the parish. He made special mention of Inspector of Poor for St. James, Jeremiah Dehaney, who spearheaded the programme. Speaking at a...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, has charged members of the new Standards Council of the Bureau of Standards, to work to boost the level of competitiveness of Jamaican products and services, to increase the country's competitiveness in the international workplace. He said that the days of creating products that are just acceptable are long gone. "We must...

'Man of the Millennium', a documentary on the life of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, will be screened in New York City on Saturday (Jan.19) at the Oberia Dempsey Centre in Harlem. Written and produced by 28-year old Ethiopian native, Tikher Teferra, the feature offers never before seen footage of Selassie, who is considered to be the religious figure...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is being asked to report to the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), within 90 days, the true state of its transmission network. This was announced by the Minister of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications, Clive Mullings, in a statement to the House of Representatives, on (January 15), in relation to the all island electricity blackout...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness has informed that funds will be provided for Early Childhood institutions and practitioners struggling to bring their operations in line with the regulations set out in the Early Childhood Act. In a statement to the House of Representatives on (January 15), on the start of the registration for early childhood institutions, the Minister also appealed...

Minister of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications, Clive Mullings on (January 15), tabled the report of the Auditor General on the Jamaica/Cuba light bulb project, in the House of Representatives. The Government had asked Auditor General, Adrian Strachan, to conduct an audit of all expenditure incurred in respect to the Light Bulb Distribution Project, under which some four million fluorescent bulbs...

Corporate Public Relations Manager for the National Water Commission (NWC), Charles Buchanan, has said that the increase in rates, being requested by the utility company, will put it in a better position to meet the increasing cost of providing water to new and existing customers. In addition, he said, it will enable the agency to improve service delivery by earning...

Scores of young people, who, because of poverty, lack of adequate education, or inability to find employment, were at risk of being lured into unsavoury activities, including prostitution, have benefited from an anti-trafficking in persons programme, sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The programme, which was implemented by the People's Action for Community Transformation (PACT), a...