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Cabinet has given the go-ahead to the Switzerland-based oil company, Glencore International, to lift Nigerian crude oil on behalf of Jamaica. This oil will then be sold on the world market and the country will receive US 0.25 cents per barrel. Prime Minister, Bruce Golding made the announcement at his first post-Cabinet press briefing held at Jamaica House on (Sept.17)....

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said that the weekly post-Cabinet press briefings at Jamaica House would be discontinued; instead, his administration would be tabling a Ministry Paper in Parliament from Cabinet proceedings. Addressing journalists at the (September 17), post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Mr. Golding said he believed that the House of Representatives should be briefed on the decisions...

A four-day seminar aimed at training persons as assessors for the Jamaica National Agency of Accreditation (JANAAC), got underway on(September 17), at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston. Upon completion of the training, these assessors will carry out evaluation of public and private medical laboratories, to ensure that they conform to the ISO 15189 international standards. In her message, read...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has designated September 29 and 30 for a massive all island clean-up exercise that will engage Jamaicans in removing all remaining traces of hurricane debris and restoring the physical ambience of the island's communities and towns. The activity is part of the recovery response following the passage of Hurricane Dean on August 19.Speaking at (Sept.17) post-Cabinet...

As part of the expansion project at the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT), four new cranes will be commissioned into service soon at the new western berth, bringing to 19 the number of cranes in operation at the facility. Minister of Transport and Works, Michael Henry, visited the port today (September 18), to observe the unloading of the cranes. Speaking at...

Newly sworn-in State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Local Government, Robert 'Bobby' Montague, on (September 18), met with anxious staff of the former Ministry, in order to set the record straight. Speaking with JIS News prior to the meeting, the State Minister said that the meeting was an opportunity to introduce himself to the...

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill, Lowell Hawthorne, presented Consul-General, Dr. Basil K. Bryan with a cheque for US$10,000 on September 14, to help in the relief effort for Hurricane Dean which damaged sections of the island on August 19. The donation represents proceeds from a radiothon organized by Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery,...

Twenty (20) specially colour-coded computer keyboards were handed over to the Grange Hill High School in Westmoreland on Monday (Sept. 17), to be used as tools under a revolutionary project aimed at assisting students to develop speed in their typing skills. The gift came from the Negril Educational and Environmental Trust (NEET), which was given permission by the Ministry of...

Plans are well advanced for the staging of Miss Lou Day celebrations in St. Ann on September 19, as the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) and the St. Ann Parish Library have been working assiduously to ensure the success of the event. The event will commemorate the life and work of the late cultural icon, Hon. Louise Bennett Coverley, and...

The Friends of Mustard Seed Communities will stage its annual fundraising luncheon on September 23 at the New York Hilton and Towers in New York City. Proceeds from the event will benefit orphans, children with special needs, families with HIV/AIDS, battered women and other vulnerable persons served by the charity. The money will also be used to repair nine of...

Approximately 100 employees and 12 retirees of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) were recently honoured for their years of dedicated service to the Commission, at an awards luncheon held at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. The event was part of a series of events to celebrate the agency's 21st anniversary this year. "I must congratulate...

Since the start of the year, 4,000 small and medium sized businesses have been registered with the Companies Office of Jamaica, continuing the steady trend of the number of businesses registered each year. With close to 5,000 businesses registered last year, the number of businesses has grown to 22,618 since 2002. "For the past five years, we are finding that...