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KINGSTON — Jamaicans will go to the polls on Thursday December 29, 2011.  Prime Minister Hon. Andrew Holness, announced the date for the country’s 16th general election on Sunday (Dec.4).  Nomination Day is scheduled for Monday, December 12. Last week the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EoJ) announced that the latest voters’ list was publishedwith 1,648,036 of which 41,607 were new...

KINGSTON — Voter identification cards for the new electors, who were added to the November 30 voters list, should be ready for distribution to constituency offices by Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Public Education Officer at the Electoral Office, Christin Senior, told JIS News that the office is currently printing and packaging the identification cards (ID) for distribution to the offices....

The monthly radio call-in programme, 'Jamaica House Live' will take a break in December with regular programming to resume in January 2012. For the New Year, the interactive radio programme will be re-branded and will return to the airwaves and cable television with a new format, featuring the Hon. Prime Minister, Andrew Holness and Government members. The Minister of Information, Senator...

KINGSTON — "This is a beautiful surprise," says an elated Dr. Suzan McLennon-Miguel, on being named the 2011 Civil Servant of the Year. The Senior Veterinary Specialist in the Veterinary Services Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, walked away with the coveted title at the Jamaica Civil Service Long Service Award ceremony held on November 23 at King’s...

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Dr. Alwin Hales, is to take leave of absence from the Ministry is order to facilitate on-going investigations into the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) and related matters. The move follows a request this morning (Nov. 30) from Dr. Hales to the Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Douglas Saunders, and takes effect...

The Official funeral service for Jamaican statesman and lawyer,David Coore, will be held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kingston on Saturday, December 3 starting at 11:00 a.m. Condolence books have been opened at the People's National Party Headquarters on Old Hope Road and at Jamaica College. The remembrance for Mr. Coore will be delivered by former Prime Minister P.J....

KINGSTON — President of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Milton Samuda, has underscored the importance of quality customer service in helping businesses gain and retain a loyal customer base. He was speaking at the 10th Anniversary Conference of the Jamaica Customer Service Association (JaCSA) held on Wednesday (November 23), at the Wyndham Kingston hotel. Mr. Samuda said that while...

Wigton Windfarm Limited (Wigton) has been awarded the Jamaica Institution of Engineers’ (JIE) Engineering Project of the Year Award for its 18 megawatts (MW) wind farm expansion project, Wigton Phase Two. The project, in which US$47.5 million was invested, involved among other things, the installation of nine (9) 2MW wind turbines, upgrading of an existing 69 kilovolt (kV) transmission line...

Minister with Responsibility for the Public Service and Information, Senator Arthur Williams, will head a   delegation to Singapore from November 28 -December 1, for a one week study tour   of Singapore’s Public Sector. Minister Williams will be accompanied by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Sector Transformation Unit (PSTU), Mrs. Patricia Sinclair McCalla, and the Project Management Specialist in...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator Arthur Williams says Jamaica and the Caribbean region have lost another of  their great educators with the passing today of Professor Emeritus Dr. Aggrey Brown, former Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education and former Director  of the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), at the University of the West Indies . Professor Brown will be especially  remembered by the  region’s many successful...

The Minister of Youth Sports and Culture, the Hon. Olivia Grange, has reacted with shock and sadness to news of the passing of the educator and scholar Professor Aggrey Brown. Minister Grange said Professor Brown "served his people well and had helped to shape Jamaica and the Caribbean region through the training and inspiration he provided to young aspiring journalists...

KINGSTON — A series of activities have been planned in observance of National Civil Service Week, November 20 to 26, under the theme, "Civil Servants- Repositioning for National Development." Activities for the week have been organized by the Civil Service Steering Committee (CSSC), comprised of employees of various ministries, departments and agencies within the sector. Speaking at a JIS Think...