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KINGSTON — Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. Clive Mullings, says that Jamaica will benefit from a US$90 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), to improve energy efficiencies within the public sector. Mr. Mullings said that, in the first instance, an initial US$20 million drawdown will cover institutional strengthening, energy efficiency and conservation. The areas being considered include...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator Arthur Williams, says the Government's efforts at advancing fiscal goals as established in the fiscal responsibility framework legislation passed by Parliament in 2010 and further amended in June of this year are well underway.   Minister Williams was responding to journalists at his first post cabinet press briefing on November 2 at Jamaica House. He gave updates on the four...

Following the press conference held on November 1, 2011 regarding breach of the scrap metal ban further consultations were held with the Trade Board and the Customs Department. It was confirmed that the only company that applied for an export permit for scrap metal after the ban was Crown Packaging Jamaica Limited. The permits were issued based on the fact...

KINGSTON — Corporate Area students, teachers and parents turned out in their numbers Wednesday (November 2), for day one of the International Youth Fellowship's (IYF) youth forum and parenting seminar. The three-day function, scheduled November 2 to 4 at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston,  includes presentations from psychologists, counsellors, teachers and other professionals on the topic, “Effectively Communicating with...

KINGSTON — Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon Olivia Grange, is encouraging individuals to engage in healthier lifestyle practices by promoting physical activities. Whilst endorsing Welch’s Heart Health Fund Run planned for Sunday (November 27), Miss Grange noted that a healthy lifestyle can reduce incidences of non-communicable diseases, while assisting in relieving stress and increasing productivity. She was speaking...

KINGSTON — General Manager of the Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC), Errol Campbell, told the Commission of Enquiry Wednesday (November 2), that he has found no records suggesting that politicians were given special treatment in the handling of their bad debts by the company. "They were treated like normal debtors," Mr. Campbell told the Commission, which was having its final...

KINGSTON — Already one of the region's leading transshipment ports, the Kingston Container Terminal (KTC) is now in an even greater position to further capitalise on its ideal geographical location, when expansion of the Panama Canal, now underway, is completed in 2014. Through ongoing upgrading works, the Government has been working to position Jamaica as the transshipment hub for the...

KINGSTON — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) provided funding of more than US$18 billion for Aid for Trade activities in the Central American and Caribbean regions between 2008 and 2010, said IDB Representative in Jamaica, Ancile Brewster. Mr. Brewster, who was speaking at the launch of Jamaica’s Aid for Trade Strategy recently at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, said...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Justice is expediting the disposal of  most of the 9,000 previously filed, and new applications for probate and letters of administration, over the next four to six months. This has to do with the releasing of capital of the estate of deceased persons to their families. Explaining the need for this special arrangement at yesterday's...

KINGSTON — Deputy Director, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Jason Hall, says the agency has targeted the sport of golf as a strategic growth area, and as one of the key pillars of the integrated sports strategy, currently being developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. Speaking at the media launch for this year's 48th LIME Jamaica...

KINGSTON — Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Michael Stern, is encouraging Jamaicans to build and maintain community groups, in order to receive funding for sustainable projects. Speaking recently in Smithville, North West Clarendon, where the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), broke ground for the rehabilitation of the Top Quarter Road at a cost...

KINGSTON — The work of Writer/Producer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Carry Bishop,  was recognised at the inaugural Excellence in Caribbean Agricultural Journalism Awards, when he walked away with the prize for the Best Television News Story. Held in Dominica last month (October),the awards ceremony took place during the Caribbean Week of Agriculture activities, which lasted from October 10...