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The Civil Service Establishment (General) Order Resolution 2006 was approved by the House of Representatives, yesterday (January 30). Deputy Leader of Government Business in the House and Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Fitz Jackson explained that, "the resolution seeks to amend the existing Civil Service Order of 2005 which, under the Civil Service Act, the...

< Minister of Information and Development, Hon. Donald Buchanan, has said that the Cabinet Office would be undertaking a programme of reconstruction and modernization, which is aimed at improving the system of governance. "The strategic reconstruction and modernization of that office. will seek to make the whole administration of government with specific reference to the responsibilities of the Cabinet Office,...

Cabinet yesterday (January 29), received a five-point strategized business plan from the Chief Executive Officer of Air Jamaica, Michael Conway and Chairman of the Board, Owen K. Melhado. "This is the latest strategized business plan to make this airline more efficient and more effective," Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan said yesterday (January 29), at the weekly post-Cabinet press...

Cabinet yesterday (January 29), approved two air service agreements between Jamaica and Chile and Jamaica and Brazil. The agreements are expected "to enhance and make more liberal route schedules" between Jamaica and the two South American countries, Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan has said. Mr. Buchanan was speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He...

Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan, has said that the islandwide beautification programme would be strengthened, with specific attention given to the resort towns of Negril, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Falmouth and Port Antonio. Speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing held yesterday (Jan. 29) at Jamaica House, Mr. Buchanan noted that the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) and...

The winner of the 21st Commonwealth Writers' Prize will be announced in Jamaica on May 27, 2007 at the Calabash International Literary Festival.The festival will be held in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth from Friday, May 25 to Sunday, May 27. An annual award of the Commonwealth Foundation, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize has become an increasingly valued and sought-after award for...

The delivery of education at Iona High School in Tower Isle, St. Mary, has been enhanced with the construction of a new block of classrooms at the institution. The building, which was officially handed over to the school by Minister of Education and Youth, Maxine Henry-Wilson on January 26, was constructed at a cost of $21.37 million. Included in the...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, (ODPEM) is encouraging businesspersons in major urban centres to take a proactive approach to earthquake preparedness and identify open spaces for staff to assemble in the aftermath of an earthquake. "What we really want to encourage the businesses to do is to look around their community and to see where they could...

On Friday, February 2, Jamaica will join the rest of the world in observing World Wetlands Day 2007 under the theme: 'Wetlands and Fisheries' and persons are being urged to protect the island's wetlands to ensure the preservation of the fisheries industry. Ainsley Henry, Manager of the Integrated Watershed and Coastal Zone Management Department at the National Environmental and Planning...

< Minister of Information and Development, Hon. Donald Buchanan, has said that the Cabinet Office would be undertaking a programme of reconstruction and modernization, which is aimed at improving the system of governance. "The strategic reconstruction and modernization of that office. will seek to make the whole administration of government with specific reference to the responsibilities of the Cabinet Office,...

Cabinet yesterday (January 29), received a five-point strategized business plan from the Chief Executive Officer of Air Jamaica, Michael Conway and Chairman of the Board, Owen K. Melhado. "This is the latest strategized business plan to make this airline more efficient and more effective," Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan said yesterday (January 29), at the weekly post-Cabinet press...

Cabinet yesterday (January 29), approved two air service agreements between Jamaica and Chile and Jamaica and Brazil. The agreements are expected "to enhance and make more liberal route schedules" between Jamaica and the two South American countries, Minister of Information and Development, Donald Buchanan has said. Mr. Buchanan was speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He...