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The Industry Modernization Project/Productive Integration of Micro-Enterprises in Jamaica has been allocated some $13.4 million in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives today (April 12). The two-year project, which began in April of 2005, and was implemented by the Jamaica Business Development Centre, will assist the micro, small and medium size enterprises to...

The National Child Month Committee (NCMC) has received a cheque valued at $1 million from Cable and Wireless Jamaica (C&WJ) Limited, as part of the company's commitment to support Child Month activities in May. Cable and Wireless now joins long standing sponsors, GraceKennedy, as co-sponsors of the activities organised annually by the NCMC. Speaking at the official launch of Child...

Walkerswood Caribbean Foods Limited (WWCF) in St. Ann is now benefiting from the use of new equipment valued at J$6.5 million, which has been donated by the European Union (EU), under an initiative aimed at creating income-earning opportunities for local farming communities. The equipment, which included a stand-by plant and freezer with chill room, were officially handed over to the...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has said government would be placing increased focus on education and training as part of efforts to reduce poverty. Professor Hall made the statement in his throne speech in the House of Representatives today (April 12). He noted that while progress has been made in addressing poverty and its adverse implications,...

Cabinet has approved the award of three civil works contracts totalling $76 million. Minister of Information and Development, Senator Colin Campbell made this disclosure yesterday (April 10) at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He said a contract valued at $42. 6 million was approved for the redevelopment and upgrading of the Yallahs Basic School and Resource Centre...

Cabinet yesterday (April 10) approved a $15 million contract for the acquisition of five specialised vehicles for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to be used in transporting detained prisoners from penal institutions and lock ups to courthouses. Information and Development Minister, Senator Colin Campbell, told members of the media at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing held at Jamaica House, that...

The government is moving to address the shortage of cement in the market through the importation of 64,000 tonnes of the product from Cuba. Information Minister, Senator Colin Campbell, told journalists at yesterday's (April 11) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, that the government, through the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), would be finalising an agreement with the government of Cuba...

The Montego Bay chapter of the Human Resource Management Association of Jamaica (HRMAJ), was officially launched at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Rose Hall, Montego Bay, on April 6. Members include human resource professionals and practitioners, management consultants, teachers, project leaders and business advisors. Addressing the launching ceremony, HEART Trust/NTA Regional Manager, Merton Jones, emphasized that human resource management...

Prime Minister Simpson Miller has called for Jamaica to develop sports as a business and not merely for entertainment or recreation. She said that one way of demonstrating our seriousness about sports is by staging international meets that are of such high quality that Jamaica will become the venue of choice for top athletes around the world. She was speaking...

Cabinet has approved drafting instructions for the implementation of legislation in accordance with provisions of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, to which Jamaica has been a signatory since September 1968. Information and Development Minister, Senator Colin Campbell, who addressed journalists at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House yesterday (April 10), explained...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has announced an undergraduate scholarship to be named for the late former Minister of Labour and National Insurance, Lynden G. Newland, for study in the area of social work or social policy.The three-year scholarship which is valued at $750,000 will be awarded to a contributor orthe child of a contributor and is tenable at any...

Twenty-two staff members of the Taxpayer Audit and Assessment Department (TAAD) have successfully completed the certificate course in Legal Administration, offered by the Justice Training Institute (JTI). They will graduate tomorrow (April 12) at a ceremony to be held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, beginning at 3:00 p.m, where Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator A.J. Nicholson...