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Cabinet has approved an interim payment of $120 million to Blue Cross of Jamaica, the administrators of the Government Employees Administrative Services Only (GEASO) public sector heath scheme, to allow the health insurance provider to continue to administer the health scheme for public sector workers. Addressing journalists at the (October 9), post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister without Portfolio...

Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry has said an expenditure audit is currently taking place at the Ministry to assess and prioritize future expenditure in the context of existing financial constraints. The Minister told a JIS News Think Tank session at the Agency's Head Office in Kingston on Tuesday (Oct. 9), that the spending review was being done so...

Cabinet has approved the appointment of a twelve-member Board of Directors to head the state-owned and operated Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). Minister of Transport and Works, Mike Henry who made the announcement at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing on (October 9), at Jamaica House said one of the first priorities of the Board is to reduce the $100 million...

The Jamaica Library Service (JLS) will host its annual National Reading Fair on Saturday, October 13 under the theme: "Read A Line, Open Your Mind: Remembering Our Roots." The Reading Fair is being staged in recognition of the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans. Speaking with JIS News, Director General of the JLS, Patricia Roberts...

State Minister for Labour and Social Security, Andrew Gallimore, has pledged to work with the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) to make a significant difference in the way the country's seniors are treated. "I am not going to take the issues that affect senior citizens lightly. I'm going to put my heart and soul into making provisions in law...

The plans have been drawn, the partnerships have been established, and the media will be fully briefed on Friday. That is the latest news from the office of Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett about plans to start the upcoming winter tourist season on an exceptionally high note. Speaking at an internal meeting of Principals and key members of his technical team...

Prime Minster, Bruce Golding, has said that for Jamaica to fully benefit from the tremendous appeal that it has as a tourist destination, efforts must be made to attract the exquisite boutique-type market. "There are a number of upscale facilities that have been promoted and have been built; we want to continue that, not only because we believe it is...

Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) and the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) on (Oct. 8) officially signed the Scheme of Supervision for certification of the CCCL plant. The provision, gives BSJ the authority to monitor on a regular basis, the company's output, and the CCCL is allowed to display the BSJ's Plant Certification Mark, which certifies the ability of the...

Governor- General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has re-appointed Hon. Dennis Lalor; Hon. Headley Cunningham; Hon. Mr. Justice Ransford Langrin; and Hon. Shirley Miller as Privy Councillors. Ambassador the Hon. David Muirhead will serve as Senior Member of the Council, while Hon. Mr. Justice Paul Harrison has been appointed to succeed Ambassador the Hon. Donald Mills. The...

Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett is expressing great optimism at the potential outcomes from the Caribbean Week of Agriculture Conference which kicked off in earnest at the Gran Bahia Principe Resort in Runaway Bay this morning. "I think we are all familiar with the principle that tourism, by its very nature is a portfolio at the hub of several economic...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, has pledged to represent the interests of the island's master builders to the government, so as to accelerate job creation. "I want to hear from you," he told executive members of the Incorporated Master Builders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) at a meeting held at his North Street offices on Wednesday (Oct. 3)....

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Desmond McKenzie, has called for the strengthening of forest laws to penalize persons, who cut down trees arbitrarily. "One of the things I'd like to encourage environmentalists to lobby for is for the law in Jamaica to be changed to make it a criminal offence to cut down trees," said Senator McKenzie on Friday (Oct. 5),...