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Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites says the country has been able to provide a school place for every child at the Pre-Primary and Primary levels, and for almost every student at the Secondary level. Launching the 2012/13 school year at the Strawberry Primary and Junior High School in Westmoreland on September 12, the Minister also pointed out...

More than $6 million in prizes await the winners in this year's renewal of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM) Minister’s Innovation Awards. The winners will be announced and the prizes and awards presented during a special black tie ceremony, scheduled for the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on November 8. Topping this year’s prizes is a...

The following is a Statement from the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister on recent comments by the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe. It reads: "The Government can confirm that exhaustive checks by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade indicate that President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at the launch of a 2012...

Twenty-six facilities that supply water to areas of Kingston and St. Andrew, will soon be improved and rehabilitated, following Cabinet's approval of a US$18 million contract to Kier Construction Limited. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, at a Jamaica House press briefing, at the Office of the Prime Minister, in Kingston. She...

UNAIDS Country Coordinator for Jamaica, Bahamas and Belize, Dr. Pierre Somse, says Jamaica's private sector is a pivotal stakeholder in the country's overall efforts at combating HIV/AIDS. Addressing the Jamaica Employers Federation's (JEF) CEO Breakfast at the Wyndham Kingston Hotel on Wednesday (Sept. 12), Dr. Somse noted the inputs of several private entities to this end, through the establishment of...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, has lauded the work of the Food Safety Modernization Act Committee (FSMA), noting that the body has had a number of significant accomplishments since its establishment in October last year. The committee was implemented in an effort to develop a strategy aimed at improving the capacity and capability of farmers and fresh...

The National Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS is to be tabled in Parliament shortly as a White Paper, following Cabinet's approval. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, during today's a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister. The National Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS is a framework for action by...

Cabinet has approved a $45 million contract to Bacchus Construction Limited to rehabilitate and upgrade the water distribution network for the Old Harbour supply scheme. Speaking at the Jamaica House Press Briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister, Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, informed that the project, which is being financed from the National...

More than 150 children in the community of Trench Town will benefit from a new basic school that was officially handed over to residents of Paradise Court on September 12. The school, constructed by the National Housing Trust (NHT), at a cost of $20.6 million, is built on strata lands owned by Paradise Court, a 252-unit apartment complex in Trench...

Residents of Tivoli Gardens in Western Kingston will soon have improved sanitary facilities, as Cabinet has approved a $70 million contract to effect the development. Speaking on September 12 Jamaica House press briefing, Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, informed that the work will include the demolition of structurally unsound sanitation blocks and the building of...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says there is no delay in the drafting of a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), noting that the timetable for discussion remains on track. He was responding to questions posed by Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Holness, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on September...

The House of Representatives has approved the removal of over 3,000 posts from the civil service. This was done through approval of the Civil Service Establishment (General) (Amendment) Order 2012 Resolution, which was moved by Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley, in the House, on September 11. Mr. Dalley explained that a circular...