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The Ministry of Transport and Works has awarded 28 contracts valued at nearly $100 million to bush some 2,176 kilometres of roads and clean approximately 2,385 kilometres of drains across the island. Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill, who gave the main address at the signing ceremony held at his offices on Maxfield Avenue this morning (March 2), noted...

Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill said last night(March 2) that he was willing to continue discussions with Portmore residents on the proposed toll road. "Thousands of government workers live in Portmore, therefore we would be foolhardy as a government to be doing anything to disturb the people who are working for the people of Jamaica," he said. The...

Thirty-six Jamaicans are among a large delegation of students, who will be attending the annual United Nations International Schools (UNIS) Conference at the UN headquarters in New York from March 3 to 4.The Jamaican students are members of the junior chapter of the UN Association of Jamaica and are participating in the conference for the second year. They will be...

The Ministry of Local Government, Community Development and Sport has disbursed $64 million to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), to clear outstanding balance for services rendered by contractors employed to the NSWMA. Yesterday (March 1), some $40 million was disbursed and the remaining $24 million was handed over today. The Ministry identified the funds after a meeting was...

The St. James Cultural Development Committee will be staging an 'All Schools Fun Day and Career Fair' on Wednesday, March 23 at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Complex in Montego Bay. At a press conference held at the Wexford Court Hotel in Montego Bay today (March 2) to launch the event, JCDC Regional Manager, Marjorie Vernon, explained that staging of the...

Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas has encouraged students to be tolerant of each other and to avoid using weapons in settling their disputes. "The peace we talk about, we expect you to exhibit it on a daily and on an hourly basis. You should not fight or quarrel. Fight leads to murder," the Commissioner said. Mr. Thomas was speaking at...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) yesterday (March 1) launched its Corporate Strategy for 2005 to 2008, with a commitment to curb organized crime and general criminality and to improve the performance standards of the police. It promises to improve community and road safety and strengthen the force's organizational capacity in order to make the best use of its staff and...

Achieving a balanced budget aimed at eliminating the fiscal deficit will be the priority of the Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies as he crafts the Budget for the 2005/06 fiscal period.Consistent with that objective is maintaining a high primary surplus, reducing debt as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), achieving single digit inflation, reducing interest rates, maintaining...

The House of Representatives has referred a Bill providing for the Caribbean Court of Justice Original Jurisdiction Act 2005, to a joint Parliamentary Committee for further consideration. Speaking in the House yesterday (March 1), Leader of Government Business, Dr. Peter Phillips said this decision has been taken because the matter was of considerable significance and urgency, and should be given...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, has said that strategies to wipe out praedial larceny would be implemented by the end of April. He noted that a sum of $5 million had been made available by the Ministry of Agriculture for the printing of 30,000 of the 100,000 receipt books, and urged all farmers to ensure...

The motorized division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has received a major boost with the addition of 100 new Honda 747 cc motorcycles to its fleet. The bikes, which were acquired at a cost of $65 million, were handed over by Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips at the office of the Commissioner of Police on Old Hope...

Jamaica's Reggae recording legend, Winston 'Burning Spear' Rodney, told a New York audience last week that he would continue to be a torchbearer for the teachings and philosophy of Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Burning Spear was among a number of speakers at a Black History Month forum and exhibition on the impact of noted Jamaicans Marcus Mosiah Garvey and Claude McKay,...