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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke, will travel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the United States from April 16 to 20. Sir Howard has been invited to be the keynote speaker at the annual banquet of the Mico Alumni Association of South Florida, to be held on Saturday, April 17 at the Inverrary Country Club in Lauderhill,...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. The Hon. Omar Davies, today presented a no tax budget, and stressed that the government intended to exercise fiscal restraints while implementing stringent revenue collection measures to raise the funds needed to finance the $328 billion budget. Opening the 2004/05 Budget Debate in Gordon House, the Minister said that government intended to borrow $153 billion,...

June is Road Safety Month and in the period leading up to this observance, much attention will be focused on the many pedestrian crossings across Jamaica. Within the next few months, the National Works Agency (NWA), the organization with responsibility for planning, building and maintaining a reliable, safe and efficient main road network, will commence upgrading work on the nation's...

The Professional Engineers Registration Board (PERB) is taking steps to address the increasing number of non-engineers who are performing work, which should be carried out by qualified and experienced engineers. As such persons or organizations found to be in breach of the Professional Engineers Registration Act are liable to be prosecuted. To date there are over 400 individuals and 80...

The Portmore Probation Office has embarked on a community outreach programme called "Clients Day" to highlight the wide range of probation after-care services offered to clients. The office is a unit of the Community arm of the Department of Correctional Services and deals with persons who have been given community-based sentences. A "Client's Day" was held on Wednesday (April 14)...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke, will travel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the United States from April 16 to 20. Sir Howard has been invited to be the keynote speaker at the annual banquet of the Mico Alumni Association of South Florida, to be held on Saturday, April 17 at the Inverrary Country Club in Lauderhill,...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has said that despite the challenges faced in fiscal year 2003/04, there were some significant positives in the economy during the period. Citing some of these positives, the Minister said that there were some successes in the Agriculture, Bauxite/Alumina and Tourism sectors. Dr. Davies gave this update during his contribution to the...

The Government of Jamaica has been receptive and timely in its submission of reports on its anti-terrorism efforts to the United Nations Security Council. Michael De Feo, Expert on Terrorism in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Terrorism, has said that the Government's responsiveness was exemplary and demonstrated the country's serious interest in implementing anti-terrorism legislation. Addressing representatives of...

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips has emphasised that it was critical for decent and law abiding Jamaicans to form an alliance with the Police, dedicated to the task of reducing the level of crime in the society and restoring good order in the communities. He also reiterated that the current crime rate needed to be reduced, so that...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has said that despite the challenges faced in fiscal year 2003/04, there were some significant positives in the economy during the period. Citing some of these positives, the Minister said that there were some successes in the Agriculture, Bauxite/Alumina and Tourism sectors. Dr. Davies gave this update during his contribution to the...

The Government of Jamaica has been receptive and timely in its submission of reports on its anti-terrorism efforts to the United Nations Security Council. Michael De Feo, Expert on Terrorism in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Terrorism, has said that the Government's responsiveness was exemplary and demonstrated the country's serious interest in implementing anti-terrorism legislation. Addressing representatives of...

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips has emphasised that it was critical for decent and law abiding Jamaicans to form an alliance with the Police, dedicated to the task of reducing the level of crime in the society and restoring good order in the communities. He also reiterated that the current crime rate needed to be reduced, so that...