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KINGSTON - Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, is calling on business owners to robustly invest in Jamaica to place the country on a path of sustainable growth for the next 50 years of Independence. "In an international investment climate, which is in retreat…what Jamaica really needs is for our business community to adopt an aggressive pro-investment stance...

KINGSTON - Veteran Broadcast Journalist and Communication Consultant, Fae Ellington, has been appointed by Cabinet to chair a six-member Advisory Board for the Jamaica Information Service (JIS). Other members are: Arnold Foote Jr.; Millicent Lynch; Colin Campbell; Nerine Small; and Wayne Gentles. They will serve for a period of two years, with effect from April 23, 2012. Miss Ellington, who...

KINGSTON - Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, said the government is looking to spend some $1.2 billion over the next two years to undertake several energy saving initiatives within public sector entities. He stated that the money spent "will be recovered in the same time frame because of the tremendous savings that we are going...

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has noted that the government of Trinidad and Tobago has expressed its appreciation for the assistance that has been extended to the Mayor of San Fernando, Marlene Coudray, as police continue to search for answers surrounding the disappearance of Mayor Coudray’s daughter, high school teacher Michelle Coudray Greaves....

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, is reporting that the country’s net international reserves (NIR) currently stand at approximately US$1.6 billion.  Speaking at the BoJ’s post-Budget media briefing at the institution’s downtown Kingston headquarters on Thursday (June 14), Mr. Wynter told journalists that the funds are more than adequate “to address the kinds of risks that we typically face,...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has signed a contract  with  the National Best Community Foundation and the Country style Community Tourism Network, valued at some $16 million, to benefit  nine communities from six parishes. This agreement is for the implementation of a community-based Tourism Strengthening and Promotion project, with a start-up date of June 26, 2012. The signing took...

The Government has received $30 million from the CHASE Fund to finance the  Keep Jamaica Clean: Jamaica 50th public education campaign, which is slated to begin next week. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon Sandrea Falconer, who made the announcement at yesterday’s (June 13) Jamaica House press briefing, said the programme has also received some $7 million, which...

Work has commenced on the historic Clock Tower and its surroundings, located at the top of Barnett Street, in Montego Bay, with a view to giving that location the pride of place it once held in the city. Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris, said the St James Parish Council is carrying out the work and has classified it...

Three farming groups, which benefited under the Organization of American States (OAS)-funded Rural Youth Capacity Building and Business Development Project (YOUCAB), were on June 14, 2012 presented with equipment as a contribution to the development of their business ventures. The presentation, made at the closing ceremony for the project at the Scientific Research Council’s (SRC) Hope Gardens offices, comprised stainless...

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Bryan Wynter, says the reduction in Government’s demand for financing, and the freeing up of resources for private sector investment and growth, should create and sustain low inflation and interest rates, and stabilise the foreign exchange rate. This pronouncement comes against the background of the Bank's projection of a reduction in the inflation rate during...

When the Prime Minister awards Medals of Appreciation to the nation's outstanding educators later this evening, among the proud recipients will be 40-year veteran in the classroom, Ansel Brown. Driven by the motto that “everybody can be somebody good” the 58-year old Hanover native has dedicated his life to preparing the nation’s youth to be productive citizens, who can contribute...

Cabinet has approved the award of two contracts valued at $78.8 million to Bacchus Engineering Works Limited to carry out extensive infrastructure upgrading in the Central Village area of St. Catherine. The projects will be implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) under the World Bank-funded Inner City Basic Services for the Poor Project (ICBSP). The scope of work...