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Minister of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications, Clive Mullings, on (Nov. 6) said that investigations into the Cuban Light Bulb Project have been turned over to the Police Fraud Squad and the Department of Public Prosecution. The matter was previously referred to the Contractor General and the Auditor General. Mr. Mullings, in a statement on the matter in the House of...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, on (Nov. 6) tabled a Ministry Paper in the House of Representatives, paving the way for new trade regulations to be introduced for the scrap metal industry. Scrap metal was removed from the list of items requiring an export licence in 1992, but based on recent developments in the industry it has...

The Ministry of Transport and Works is embarking on a programme to streamline the entire driver education process and the granting of driver's licences. The programme will establish standards for the certification of driving schools and instructors, as well as standardize and raise the knowledge and skill level to be attained by learner drivers. Already, the Ministry is in the...

'Discovering Rastafari!', an exhibition which highlights the global impact of Rastafarianism and its Jamaican roots, is on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) in Washington. The one-week exhibition, which ends tomorrow (Nov.8), has drawn hundreds of Rastafarians, scholars and other enthusiasts. In his remarks at the launch, Steven Golding, who represented the Minister of Information,...

A major programme aimed at fostering a culture of excellence in service delivery in the tourism industry, will be launched during Tourism Awareness Week in December. Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, who made the announcement at a meeting in Ocho Rios recently, said that following an intensive and successful marketing campaign by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), which has resulted in...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding yesterday telephoned Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning, to congratulate him on the victory of his party, the People's National Movement (PNM), in Monday's (November 5) general elections. In a follow-up letter to Mr. Manning, Mr. Golding said the people of Trinidad and Tobago had spoken, and had placed renewed confidence in...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, said that the Ministry is on target to start refunding secondary school tuition fees by mid-November. Mr. Holness, in a statement in the House of Representatives on (Nov. 6), informed that the Ministry of Finance and Public Service has released approximately $750 million to the Ministry, which will be used to refund parents, and also...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Burchell Whiteman, has said that Jamaicans have been making positive contributions to the development of the UK. He was speaking last weekend at the annual dinner of the Jamaica National Regional (Northern) Council in Huddersfield. The Council is the regional grouping of Jamaican organizations in northern UK. While noting that it is impossible...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, the Hon. Olivia Grange has said that in order for the sport of cricket to be kept alive, cricket programmes should be established in every primary school. Miss Grange, was speaking at a reception hosted by the Jamaica Cricket Association and KFC, at Sabina Park on Monday, (Nov. 5) for the Jamaica senior...

Agriculture Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that the government will be safeguarding the interests of sugar workers under the modernization programme for the sector. "The government is not about to abandon the sugar workers even those at the bottom of the scale, the minimum wage earners," Dr. Tufton said, noting that very high on the modernization agenda is increasing...

Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry, has said that the government has made $9 million available to re-start construction work on the Great Bay Canal, which is located in the Treasure Beach area of St. Elizabeth. Minister Henry, who recently toured the project, said that instructions have been given to the National Works Agency for work to commence in...

Director of the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), Ohene Blake, has urged young people to get involved in entrepreneurial ventures to build their lives and contribute to the national development process. Mr. Blake, who was giving the main address at the launch of the Northern Youth Run at the Anglican Church Hall in Port Maria recently, said that entrepreneurship...