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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has condemned the rape of five females ages 8 to 28 in Irwin, St James last night. The five were taken from their home and raped repeatedly in an open lot. The eight year old girl had to undergo emergency surgery. The Prime Minister says this kind of savagery against our women and girls is...

Cabinet has approved the imposition of a levy of US$1 on each pound of conch exported during the 2011 conch season. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, at the Jamaica House press briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister, Wednesday (September 19). Miss Falconer informed that the Conch (Export Levy)...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, is urging Jamaicans to report cases of rodent infestation to the relevant authorities. The Minister’s call came against the background of recent media reports of rats and roaches at the abandoned Supreme Court building in downtown Kingston. "We won’t know where there are problems everywhere. All we ask of the...

Cabinet has approved a US$3.9 million contract to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), in California, USA, for the provision of maintenance services for cargo inspection machines deployed at the ports of Kingston and Montego Bay and the bonded warehouses in Kingston. Speaking at the Jamaica House Press Briefing, Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said maintenance...

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...

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...

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...

Cabinet has approved a $203 million contract to Guardsman Limited for the provision of security services for subsidiaries and properties of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC). This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, at a Jamaica House Press Briefing on September 12, at the Office of the Prime Minister, in Kingston. The subsidiaries...

Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, says that effective branding must be part of the national development imperative, if the country is to capitalise on Jamaica 50. The Minister, who was speaking at the general meeting of the Public Relations Society of Jamaica (PRSJ) held on August 28, 2012 at the PCJ Auditorium in New Kingston, said the country...

Minster with responsibility for Information, Senator Sandrea Falconer, urged public relations practitioners to build on the positive images of Jamaica that were broadcast across the world during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Breaking news on the media coverage achieved, Minister Falconer said, "Preliminary information on the USA, Canada and Latin America Markets point to some amazing media coverage that we...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President of the United States, Barack Obama, has recognised the critical role played by Jamaicans in the building of the American society. Mr. Obama, in message to mark Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of Independence, said that the fabric of America has been strengthened by the rich and diverse culture of people, who have come to the country to...

Information Minister, Sandrea Falconer said that government was committed to protect consumers against buying television sets that will be obsolete in 2015; the year that Jamaica has adopted for digital switchover (DSO). Addressing the opening of the Inaugural Digital Broadband Switchover Caribbean Forum in Antigua, on August 13, Minister Falconer said: “We must sensitise the public to the reality of...