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Approximately 17,000 tonnes of cement will be made available from the Caribbean Cement Company this week. This is the word from the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce (MITEC), in conjunction with the Incorporated Master Builders Association, the Hardware Merchants Association, and the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce. At a joint meeting at the Ministry today (August 14), the entities...

Managing Director of the Water Resources Authority (WRA), Basil Fernandez, has informed JIS News that a revised Water Resources Master Plan is expected to be tabled in Parliament in November. "The Master Plan, which was published in 1990, is now being upgraded with funding from the Government and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), with the government contributing US$26,000 in cash...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is funding the construction of two basic schools in the communities of Juno Pen and Epsom in St. Mary at a cost of $26 million. The contracts for the projects, valued at $13 million each, were signed during two separate functions on August 10. Each community is expected to contribute $3 million in cash...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Richard Azan, has disclosed that the Ministry would be undertaking more projects using in-house staff, as a pilot project using this method has resulted in savings of $15 million. Mr. Azan told JIS News that estimates for a road rehabilitation project in St. James were received for $40...

Ground is to be broken soon for the construction of a 300-room hotel at Holland Bay in eastern St. Thomas. This was on August 12, by State Minister in the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, who is also Member of Parliament for the area. Opening the annual Bath Breadfruit Festival at the Bath Primary and...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has called on Jamaicans in the Diaspora to support her partnership initiative, to move the country forward. Addressing hundreds of Jamaicans at a town hall meeting at the Medgar Evers College auditorium in Brooklyn, New York , on August 11, the Prime Minister said she was seeking partnerships with all sectors of the society, to...

The remaining 15 of a total of 33 fire units procured by the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) for the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), arrived in the island on Thursday (August 10), and are to be commissioned by month end. Acting Commissioner of the JFB, Frederick White told JIS News that the vehicles, including water tanks, foam tenders and pumpers, would...

The ford at Spring Ground/Bull Savannah, which provides a vital link between St. Elizabeth and Manchester, was re-opened on August 11, by Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Richard Azan. The ford, which suffered extensive damage during the passage of hurricane Emily in July 2005, was rehabilitated at a cost of $10 million. Mr....

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has paid tribute to Consul-General to New York, Dr. Basil K. Bryan. Speaking at a dinner in his honour on Thursday, August 11, at the Citigroup Centre in Manhattan, the Prime Minister said that Dr. Bryan was an excellent representative of Jamaica and that she was pleased with his contribution to his homeland. "You have...

A new island wide thrust, aimed at signing up some 236,000 new beneficiaries under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), was launched on Thursday (Aug. 11) by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. State Minister in the Ministry, Senator Floyd Morris, in his remarks at the launch held at the St. Gabriel's Anglican Church in May...

State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Dr. Donald Rhodd has emphasized that in order to solve the issue of crime and violence in Jamaica, the community has to be the central part of the solution. "In this regard, the Parish Crime Prevention Initiative was launched and implemented and now operates in at least 9 communities across the island....

The birth home of national hero the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, which was destroyed in a bush fire in 2005, will be rebuilt at a cost of more than $2 million. Construction of the home in Blenheim, Hanover, which is a historical site, is set to commence in a matter of days, and should be completed in time for...