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A total of $5 million has been allotted by the Government for the establishment of business incubator and innovation centres (IICs), on a phased basis, in key academic institutions during this fiscal year. This is set out in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on May10. The project, which will be implemented by the Ministry...

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) plans to spend some $788 in total capital expenditure during the financial year. This is contained in the Jamaica Public Bodies, Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year ending March 2013, which was tabled in the House of Representatives on May 10. The major item budgeted for is the completion of outstanding work on...

Plans to relocate the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, downtown Kingston have been advanced with a further allocation of $92 million in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure. Under the project, expanded and customised office facilities will be provided for  the Ministry to adequately  support its needs in terms of staff accommodation, meeting and conference facilities,...

The town of Black River in St. Elizabeth is to be given a major facelift on Labour Day, May 23. Selected as the parish project for the day, members of the St. Elizabeth Parish Council and the general citizenry are expected to turn out in their numbers to bush the roadways leading into the town, clear debris, and carry out...

The Government of Jamaica is looking to implement an appropriate social media policy to more effectively engage ordinary Jamaicans in decision making. Minister with Responsibility for Information in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Sandrea Falconer, made the revelation as she addressed a special breakfast in observance of World Press Freedom Day held Thursday May 3 at the Courtleigh...

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, says the passage of amendments to the Telecommunications (Amendment) Act 2012 represents a “big win” for the Jamaican consumer. She argued that the changes to the Act, which were passed by the Upper House on May 4 following approval in the House of Representatives earlier in the week, will render...

Kingston's Mayor, Senator Angela Brown Burke, is calling on residents of the municipality to undertake a general clean up of their communities for Labour Day on May 23. This appeal comes against the background of reports of rodent infestation across the Corporate Area, and the KSAC public health initiative being undertaken.    “We are asking everybody to join us in...

A total of 2,945 persons have been employed through the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) across 25 constituencies, since the start of the initiative in March. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, provided an update on the programme on May 2 Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minster. She informed that 788...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, has said that the Independent Oversight Panel (IOP) appointed by Cabinet will not intrude on the authority of the Office of the Contractor General. She said the body, which will provide oversight for three major infrastructure projects being undertaken by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, will, in fact,...

Director General of the Jamaica Library Service, Patricia Roberts, has emphasised the critical role of an informed and literate populace to the process of national development. Speaking on April 27 at an exposition and panel discussion on, ‘Libraries, contributing to national development’, staged by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the Special Libraries Section of the Library and Information...

Residents of Trench Town and Tivoli Gardens in Kingston are to benefit from the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practices in resolving conflicts, which is expected to foster peace among citizens in the areas. This will be achieved through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was signed on April 26 between the Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF) and representatives of...

Member of Parliament for North East St. Elizabeth, Raymond Pryce is urging the House of Representatives to take the necessary steps to rename the Throne Speech the ‘People’s Speech’. In a resolution tabled in the House on Tuesday (April 24), Mr Pryce said the renaming of the speech would be a “timely and lasting acknowledgement that the priorities, projects, policies...