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The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica regrets the passing of Dr. Raymond Wright, a former Group Managing Director from 1994-2005 and since 2005, Manager of Special Projects. Dr. Wright passed away at his home last night after a prolonged illness. A geologist by profession he was instrumental in the conceptualization and founding of the PCJ in 1979. He had a long...

KINGSTON — Government Senator Desmond McKenzie proposed a review of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) Act, as he urged the Government to fast-track legislation dealing with mandatory evacuation and “no build” zones in disaster-threatened areas. Senator McKenzie said a speedy review of the NRCA Act would facilitate the provision of housing settlements and contain development and expansion of squatter...

KINGSTON — To carry out its social responsibility of providing certain basic services, such as  free health care, free education up to the high school level, the school feeding  programme, the PATH programme to assist the very poor,  and the provision of water and roads, the Government has to raise revenue, particularly through taxes.   However, there is one tax that...

Effective Monday, July 4, the Bog Walk Gorge in St. Catherine will be closed to vehicular traffic. The road will be closed for one month in order to facilitate the National Water Commission (NWC) completing its work on the multi-million dollar pipe-laying project. During the period of closure, motorists wishing to travel from the direction of Bog Walk or Spanish...

MONTEGO BAY — About 40 persons from Montego Bay and it environs received official copies of their birth certificates from Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Charles Sinclair, during a handing-over ceremony  at the Montego Bay Civic Centre on Thursday (June 30). Production of the documents for persons who could not obtain birth certificates for various reasons, was made possible through...

TORONTO — Jamaicans living in Toronto, Canada, are in a state of shock after hearing that one of their much loved former Consuls General, Margarietta St. Juste, has died. Mrs. St. Juste, who served as Jamaica’s Consul General to Toronto from 1993 to 1997, died on June 28 in Kingston.  She was 75 years old. She served Jamaica with distinction...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, says continued progress towards the nation achieving developed country status under the National Development Plan, Vision 2030 Jamaica, is contingent on key Governance issues being addressed, particularly at the community level. A critical component, he argues, is the strengthening of local governance to ensure broad stakeholder participation in...

KINGSTON — Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission, Professor Hopeton Dunn, says the agency is to make a decision soon on the technical standard to be adopted within the local broadcasting industry, to complement the transition of the sector's format of operations for television transmissions, from analogue to digital, in 2015. Speaking at the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce's (JCC) monthly meeting...

KINGSTON — Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission, Professor Hopeton Dunn, says the agency has made several recommendations to the Government regarding revisions to the existing regulations governing the Jamaica's broadcasting industry. These changes, he explained, are intended to re-define the context of broadcasting to make it more comprehensive and inclusive, while reflecting the changing face of media. "We would like...

KINGSTON — Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission, Professor Hopeton Dunn, says there have been improvements in the quality of output aired on radio and television, since the agency’s introduction of three landmark directives in 2009. Speaking at the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce’s (JCC) monthly meeting at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Tuesday June 21, Professor Dunn explained that the directives...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has given the go ahead for the National Housing Policy and Implementation Plan to be tabled in the House as a Green Paper. Making the disclosure at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, on June 22, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz explained that the draft policy outlines a number...

KINGSTON — Young people with creative ideas or innovations in technology are being urged to submit these to a competition being hosted by the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ), with the winning innovation to receive assistance for development and marketing. The competition, which is being undertaken by the Commission to mark its 25th anniversary this year, was revealed by Chairman...