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The Government of Jamaica has accorded an official funeral to Horace Clarke, OJ, former PNP Minister of Public Utilities, Agriculture, Water and Transport, Mining and Energy. The official service, ("Mass of Resurrection") will be held on Saturday July 24, at 11:00am at the St. Andrew Parish Church, in Kingston. Horace Clarke who had been ailing for sometime, died on July...

Minister with responsibility for Information Daryl Vaz says the Government is committed to implementing its national transformation programme and wants to partner with all well thinking Jamaicans including the opposition People's National Party. He has called on all Jamaicans to share in the positive dreams that the government has and to give the government their support in the interest of...

Jamaicans have been urged to give their full co-operation to the 2011 census exercise, when it begins April 5, by Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr. Heather Ricketts. "Our call is for every resident in Jamaica to treat the census-taking exercise with respect and seriousness. Let us...

Preparations are being made for a head count of all Jamaicans, by way of the Jamaica Population and Housing Census, which will begin on April 5, 2011. Speaking at a JIS 'Think Tank', on July 6, Acting Director, Social Policy, Planning and Research Division of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Easton Williams said that census data is extensively used...

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The new effective date for revised contributions to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is August 2, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has confirmed. Speaking at Wednesday's (June 30) Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Mr. Vaz explained that the May 31 date previously approved by Cabinet was impractical, given the consultative and...

Leader of the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), Hon. Mia Mottley, will deliver the keynote address at the Broadcasting Commission's Regional Regulators' Forum on Policy and Regulation in the Electronic Media. The Forum, which will bring together a cadre of broadcasters and regulators as well as local and international policy makers and experts to discuss the future of broadcasting in...

Listeners from home and abroad can tune in to 'Jamaica House Live' come Wednesday, June 30, where once again they will be able to speak with Prime Minister Bruce Golding on their issues and concerns. 'Jamaica House Live', the radio call-in programme hosted by Prime Minister Golding on the last Wednesday in each month, resumes next Wednesday (June 30) at...

Cabinet, at its meeting this week, approved a proposal for Jamaica to host the first preparatory meeting for the second Inter-American ministers' and high level authorities' forum on sustainable development. The event is slated for the Rose Hall Resort, Montego Bay, from June 21 to 25. Speaking at Wednesday's (June 16) post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility...

Jamaica joined the rest of the world in celebrating the efforts of United Nations' peacekeepers who have lost their lives working to maintain global peace and security, on Thursday (June 17). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Coordinator, Mr. Mihn Pham, said Jamaican peacekeepers have done tremendous work over the last 20 years, contributing to a number of peacekeeping missions...

As the Broadcasting Commission continues its efforts to increase engagement with the nation's young people, it has developed a series of monthly features for the Children's Own, Youth Link (Gleaner) and Teenage (Jamaica Observer) publications. The features, the 'Young Commissioners', which appear in the Children's Own, and the 'BC 2.0', which will debut in the Youth Link and Teenage on...

The Emergency Powers Review Tribunal was established pursuant to Regulation 38 of the Emergency Powers Regulations 2010 on the 28th May 2010. The members of this Tribunal are Pamela Benka-Coker, Q.C., Chairman, Mr. Justice Henderson Downer, retired Judge of Appeal, and Nancy Anderson, Attorney-at-law. The Tribunal and representatives from the Ministry of Justice have been working assiduously to put in...