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The official signing of the 2006/08 Heads of Agreement between the Government and the Nurses Association of Jamaica, was held today (August 29), at the offices of the Ministry of Finance and Planning in Kingston. As part of the agreement, the association has agreed to an increase of 19 per cent in year one and five per cent in year...

Jamaica is currently taking steps to establish a Regional Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Association, in conjunction with Trinidad and Tobago, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Environment, Devon Rowe, has announced. This initiative builds on several moves which the Government has taken through the National Ozone Unit in the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), to phase out...

The Urban Electricity Regularisation Programme (UERP), set up some three years ago, is fulfilling its mandate of addressing the problem of illegal electricity connection in inner-city areas in Kingston and helping residents to regularise supplies. Initially, the government's main priority was to ensure that citizens in rural communities had access to electricity through the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), but when...

Jamaicans residing in Atlanta, Georgia have been urged to take advantage of the various investment opportunities that are available in their homeland. The call came from Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Professor Gordon Shirley, when he delivered the keynote address at a town hall meeting attended by just over 200 Jamaicans, at the Hillside Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Georgia...

With four days to go before the commencement of the new school year, the Ministry of Education and Youth is expecting "a smooth start", Information and Development Minister, Senator Colin Campbell has said. Based on an extensive report that was presented to Cabinet yesterday (August 28) by the Education and Youth Minister, Senator Campbell said that a number of issues...

Minister of Information and Development, Senator Colin Campbell, has said drain and gully cleaning works, which were being carried out under the Disaster Mitigation Programme, would continue in earnest, as part of hurricane preparations. Senator Campbell, who was addressing yesterday's (Aug. 28) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that with the hurricane season slated to last until November, Prime...

Cabinet on Aug. 28 approved a submission from the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works for an extension of the runway at the Norman Manley International Airport by some 300 metres. The extension project is slated to cost US$10 million and will be financed under a capital development programme, which is funded by the European Investment Bank. Minister of...

More than 2,500 residents in 12 communities in eastern St. Thomas are benefiting from improvement works carried out by the National Water Commission (NWC), allowing them to receive piped water.The work was carried out through funding provided by Red Stripe on Spanish Town Road. Some $25 million was handed over by the company to Minister of State in the Ministry...

I join in expressing deep sympathies at the passing of cricket legend, Sir Clyde Walcott, the youngest of the immortal three 'W's, who along with Everton Weekes and Frank Worrel embedded their names in the annals of history of the game and elevated West Indies cricket to unprecedented heights. The region has lost a great son and sports icon. But...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has been advised by the Meteorological Service of the discontinuation of the Tropical Storm Warning for Jamaica as Tropical Storm Ernesto moves closer to Cuba and away from Jamaica. On its current track, the centre of the Tropical Storm is projected to make landfall along the southeastern coast of Cuba later...

With international crime on the rise and getting more complex, law enforcement officials the world over have had to devise newer ways to tackle this problem. Consultant on Justice Reform in the Ministry of Justice, Canute Brown says that on the local front, the Government is pro-actively responding to the mushrooming challenges of crime by seeking to enact appropriate legislation,...

Ambassador to the United States (US), Professor Gordon Shirley, has commended Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery and Grill for taking Jamaica's culinary art across the United States (US), noting that the Jamaican-owned food production and distribution chain represented the best of the island. "The growth of Golden Krust into a successful franchise is not only inspiring, but is also a testament...