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The three day Special Meeting of the Cabinet got underway at 11 o'clock this morning at Jamaica House. In attendance is the full complement of Cabinet Ministers along with several Technical Advisors as well as the Governor of the Bank of Jamaica and the Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica. Among the matters before this Special Meeting are...

Minister of Energy and Mining, James Robertson has proposed to Cabinet that the Jamaica National Energy Policy 2009-2030 be tabled in Parliament as a White Paper to facilitate its timely implementation. Minister of Information, Daryl Vaz told this week's Post Cabinet Press briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston that the Energy Minister had presented Cabinet with a Submission in connection...

Cabinet on Monday (Nov. 17), approved the draft Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan and Medium Term Socio-Economic Framework (MTF) 2009-2012. This follows the March 2007 Cabinet directive, that the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), prepare a long-term development plan, which by 2030, would advance the country's strategic objectives to achieve developed country status. Based on a comprehensive vision and...

A draft integrated plan for Vision 2030, is expected to be ready for Cabinet submission by the end of July, Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Dr. Wesley Hughes has disclosed to JIS News. He informed that the document would then be taken to Parliament for further consultation and refinement. Vision 2030 is a strategic, long term...

The long awaited proposed draft of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of Jamaica is expected to head to Cabinet next month. The process, which commenced in 1998, has been spearheaded by the Industrial Safety Department at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. Speaking to JIS News Robert Chung, Deputy Director of Occupational Safety and Health at the Ministry...

Effective Wednesday, March 31, the Metropolitan Transport Holdings Limited (MMTH) will cease to operate and its commercial functions will be incorporated within other public sector entities. Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman made the disclosure on Monday (March 29) at the weekly post-Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica House. Outlining the reason for the winding-up of the government entity, Senator Whiteman...