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KINGSTON — Negotiations between the Government and the trade unions representing workers in the public sector are likely to resume next week. Financial Secretary, Dr. Wesley Hughes, who is currently in Washington D.C. holding discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on issues related to the dispute, is expected back by week-end. Prime Minister, the Hon Bruce Golding, is expected...

KINGSTON — Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has announced that three additional tax revenue service centres are to be established shortly. These new facilities, he said, are to be established in Kingston, St. Ann and Mandeville, Manchester. While not indicating when the centres will be opened, the Minister said they will form part of the Government’s efforts...

KINGSTON — Red Stripe Jamaica will be recruiting some 2,500 individuals to participate in its Learning for Life programme, which offers young people educational and training opportunities. The company will recruit 500 students for its Project Tourism certification courses, which commences in June, and an additional 2,000 for courses commencing in July. Interviews start in mid June, and will be...

PORT ANTONIO — Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, has outlined the Government’s vision of a new model for infirmaries to serve the country’s indigent. Addressing the official opening of a Pig and Poultry Project at the St. Mary Infirmary in Port Maria, St. Mary, on May 27, Mr. Montague said the new model infirmaries...

WASHINGTON — Founder and Chairman of regional telecommunications giant Digicel, Denis O'Brien, is speaking glowingly about Jamaica's investment climate and inviting international investors and financiers to look to the island. “If you are an investor contemplating coming to Jamaica, you have a very friendly government,” he told a group of potential investors in Washington on Tuesday (May 17) at the...

KINGSTON — Commissioner of Customs, Danville Walker, says the Integrated Customs Automated Services (iCASE), to be introduced shortly, will make the business of importing and exporting easier, and ease the strain on the department. “The truckers would put in their data, the freight forwarders etc… (and) the Custom entries would draw from that information. We wouldn’t have to worry about...

MANDEVILLE — Chairman of the Manchester-based Mount Olivet Boys' Home, Grace Campbell, says the work that the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has been doing at the home over the past two years is commendable, and has contributed to the transformation of the residents there. “The board does appreciate the JIS coming… they are people, who give of their time to...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the Ministry of Education have partnered to produce a Braille format of the popular 88-page popular version of the Jamaica National Development Plan - the 400-page Vision 2030 Jamaica. Approximately 500 copies of the translated Braille format are being produced by the Ministry’s Special Education Unit, for distribution to agencies and organisations that...

Government  is working assiduously to improve the lives of Jamaicans who continue to struggle financially, while it seeks to take care of its most vulnerable citizens, says  Governor-General, His Excellency the Most. Hon. Sir Patrick Allen. He pointed out that the economic recession, downturn in business and loss of jobs have resulted in an increase in the number of people...

As the Government works to restructure the public sector pension scheme, Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, is assuring pensioners that their entitlements are safe. “Existing pensioners and those public sector workers approaching retirement can be assured that their entitlements will be preserved even as the reforms are introduced,” he said, as he delivered  the Throne Speech...

MANDEVILLE — Broadcasting Commission member, Claude Robinson, wants parents to monitor the electronic media too and ensure proper supervision of what their children are exposed to. Speaking at a forum at the Vesalles Hotel, May Pen, Clarendon, Wednesday April 6, Mr. Robinson said that, while the Commission will enforce regulations to ensure that adult entertainment is not pass on during...

KINGSTON — There will be no further sitting of the Commission of Enquiry into the handling of the extradition request for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, according to a Spokesperson from the Commission’s Secretariat. After 44 days of testimony, the Enquiry, which was held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, was adjourned on Friday, April 1, with a resumption date set...