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The National Sports Policy is one step closer to reality as the consultations have been completed and the document has been submitted to Cabinet for approval. The Department of Sports in the Office of the Prime Minister reviewed the Green Paper for the revised Policy which was tabled in Parliament in November 2012. Speaking with JIS News, Minister with responsibility...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, says he is working assiduously to ensure that the new Road Traffic Act is passed in 2013. The amended Act will ensure that road safety issues are addressed according to 21st century requirements. It will, among other things, deal with the use of mobile phones while driving, and also...

Investigators from the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Traffic Division are to benefit from specialised training in collision investigation and crash reconstruction. Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, made the disclosure on Tuesday (January 8), at the handing over of six road safety infomercials at the New Kingston head offices of the Insurance Company of the...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) has put an audit committee in place, which will have oversight of the financial reporting process to ensure accuracy and transparency. The body, which was formed during the regular Council meeting at the organisation’s Church Street chambers in downtown Kingston on Tuesday (January 8), is chaired by Councillor Vernon McLeod. Other members include:...

As the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) intensifies its efforts to clamp down on illegal vending in the municipality, the corporation has embarked on a programme to sensitise stakeholders about its enforcement activities. This was disclosed by Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby, as he addressed a KSAC Council meeting at its Church Street chambers in downtown Kingston on...

The Government is implementing a street light energy saving initiative, with the commencement of a pilot project, to be undertaken in three parishes over the next six months. The initiative, being jointly implemented by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, and United States-based technology and engineering solutions firm, Green Energy RG LLC, is aimed at significantly reducing the...

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, says there will be a zero tolerance approach towards motorists who commit offences on the roadways in 2013. Speaking at a handing-over ceremony for six road safety infomercials, held at the head offices of the Insurance Company of the West Indies (ICWI) in New Kingston, on January 8, the...

Transport, Works and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, has requested that the Road Safety Unit conduct a comprehensive analysis of all fatal road crashes for 2012, in an effort to further improve safety on the nation’s roads. “We need to do a comprehensive analysis of all the fatal collisions and I’m asking that this is submitted as quickly...

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of Jamaicans and friends turned out at a church in  Decatour, Georgia, on January 5, to celebrate the lives of Ainsworth and Jacqueline Mallett and son Drew, the Georgia-based Jamaican family, who perished in a traffic accident on December 27. Formerly of Stone Mountain, Georgia, the Malletts owned and operated the Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery and Grill...

Work will get underway next month on the construction of a state-of-the-art library and computer centre in the community of Accompong in St. Elizabeth. The project is being funded by recording artiste and music producer, Mystic Bowie, a resident of the area, who is living overseas. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday (January 6), Minister of Education, Hon. Ronald...

The 2012 recipient of the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) Roll of Honour awardee, Byron Farquharson, has no regrets about the more than 40 years he has dedicated to the education system. While stating that his career was “one of challenges”, he said it was nonetheless, “very rewarding”. “I have gained tremendous riches by impacting the lives of others,” Mr. Farquharson...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says that despite the challenges faced in 2012 the Government has made concrete achievements in the areas crime reduction and job creation. The Prime Minister announced the achievements in a national broadcast on Sunday, January 6. “We successfully reduced the rate of murders, shootings, robberies and sexual offences. There was an 18...