Cabinet has approved the award of multimillion-dollar contracts to several entities to provide services for the Government. These include a $132-million contract to Deryck A. Gibson Limited by the National Water Commission (NWC) for the Anchovy Water Supply Project in St. James. Providing the details during Wednesday’s (April 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister without Portfolio in the...

Cabinet has approved key appointments to several Boards and Commissions, to ensure effective governance of the State institutions for which these have oversight. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, provided details during Wednesday’s (April 26) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He informed that Cabinet approved the appointment of...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, will provide a report to the House of Representatives on the findings of a recent mission to examine the Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Programme (SAWP) in Canada. A special fact-finding team visited the North American country in October last year to assess the status of Jamaicans participating in that programme. Minister without...

Cabinet has approved the award of several multimillion-dollar contracts to various entities to provide services for the Government. Among them is a US$1-million contract to Charles Kendall Incorporated to provide technical assistance for strengthening Jamaica’s public-procurement system. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, made the disclosure during a post-Cabinet...

Cabinet has given approval for two joint-venture agreements between the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) and Henan Fifth Construction Group Company Limited for the construction of mixed-use industrial and commercial developments in Portland and St. Catherine. The agreements relate to the Boundbrook Urban Centre in Port Antonio and the Naggo Head Integrated Business Centre in Portmore. Minister without Portfolio with...

The Government will not allow deep-sea mining until the relevant regulatory framework, which includes protection of the marine environment, is created, says Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. “That work [on the framework] is under way, but we are not at all clear when those regulations are likely to be finalised. This is...

Cabinet has approved the award of several contracts to bolster public education, including US$848,815 to C&Wireless Business Jamaica for the provision of Wide Area Network (WAN) connectivity services to 68 institutions for three years. Minister without Portfolio with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, provided details during a post-Cabinet Press Briefing held at Jamaica House in Kingston on Wednesday (April...