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The National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) Committee and the Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) have donated $650,000 to the Glenhope Place of Safety towards the institution’s rebuilding effort. The donation was in keeping with a commitment from the committee, at the staging of its 32nd annual prayer breakfast on January 19 that all the proceeds from the event would go...

The latest key indicators of national well-being: ‘health status; education status and labour force quality’ under the Vision 2030 Jamaica - National Development Plan’, has revealed that tertiary level enrolment for 2011 recorded a 3.1 per cent increase over the previous year. Meanwhile,thelabour force quality quarterly survey, showed a 2 per cent improvement, while immunization coverage for children showed a...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is encouraging service clubs to adopt modern methods as part of their programme offerings in order to attract more young people. He noted that while the principles being imparted will always be relevant, it is important that programmes are delivered within the context of contemporary realities. “And so we (have to)...

Grandson of The Queen, His Royal Highness, Prince Henry of Wales (always known as Prince Harry), will visit Jamaica from March 5 to 8 on behalf of  The Queen. The four-day visit is in commemoration of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – her 60th year since accession. Prince Harry’s visit to Jamaica is the final stop in his visits to Commonwealth...

Minister of State for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, said that the government is committed to addressing the issue of ethics in business. Speaking at a panel discussion held at the Old Hope Road campus of the University of Technology (UTech) on Thursday February 23, Mrs. Ffolkes Abrahams said the move is critical in promoting good corporate governance...

A Poverty Reduction Coordinating Unit is to be established as government places focus on ensuring social protection for the country’s most vulnerable. This was disclosed by Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson on February 23, during hisreview of the country’s economic performance for the October to December 2011 quarter, at a media briefing at...

Cabinet has established a Committee, which will examine the recommendations in the public sector master rationalisation plan, and oversee its implementation. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, says Cabinet has acknowledged the “superior” work done by the Public Sector Transformation Unit. She was addressing journalists at the weekly Jamaica House press briefing, at the Office of...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, has given an undertaking to re-commit the Labour Advisory Council (LAC) to the mission of being part of the country’s governance process. This, he says, is to ensure that significant accruable benefits are generated, which will redound to the national interest. Making his inaugural address as LAC Chairman, at its first meeting...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says efforts are ongoing to make improvements to the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB). He adds personnel is being boosted with the inclusion of 100 new trainees, while another 120 are in training and are set to graduate soon. “So, we expect a much improved service while we try to finance...

Scores of school children lined the streets from Stony Gut, St. Thomas to Spanish Town, St. Catherine, last Wednesday (February 8) to view the runners participating in the “Justice Run” organised by the Ministry of Justice. Along the 45-mile trek, they applauded the runners, who were re-enacting the historic journey made by National Hero, Paul Bogle, 147 years ago, in...

Members of the Senate, on February 10, paid tribute to former Cabinet Minister and Senator, Ambassador the Hon. Dudley Thompson, who died on January 20. Government Senator, Lambert Brown, described the late Ambassador Thompson, who was laid to rest last Friday (February 10), as “the burning spear,” who served his country with distinction and honour. “Though he was small in...

Tributes were paid  to former Senator and prominent businessman, Alexander Barclay Ewart, who died on February 1, by  Members of the Senate on February 10. Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, said Mr. Ewart was one of Jamaica’s leading industrialists, who had a genuine desire to serve his people and country. “He was a modest person, very calm...