Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, is to attend the International Tourism Exchange (ITB) in Berlin, Germany. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, told journalists at the Jamaica House Press briefing on February 26, that Cabinet has approved overseas travel for Dr. McNeill to attend the ITB in Germany and meetings in London, from...

Chinese visitors to Jamaica will soon be able to enter the country and stay for up to 30 days without a visa. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said Cabinet has approved the new measure. Addressing the Jamaica House media briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on February 26, Senator Falconer said that up...

Legislation is coming, which will grant a limited right of appeal to the prosecution in cases where the sentence is deemed inadequate or unduly lenient. The legislation, for which Cabinet has approved the issuing of drafting instructions, will also include cases where the court did not have the power in law to pass the sentence. Minister with responsibility for Information,...

Cabinet has approved a contract valued at $389.2 million to the Scientific Research Council (SRC) for the provision of Biodigester Septic Tanks (BST) for seven public health facilities. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, during Wednesday’s (February 12) Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister. She informed that...

Students are being reminded that the deadline for submission of entries to the Access to Information (ATI) National High School Essay Competition is Friday, January 31, 2014. In celebration of the 11th Annual International Right to Know Day, which was celebrated on September 28, 2013, the ATI Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister and its ATI Advisory Stakeholder Committee launched...

Jamaica’s Adolescent Mothers Programme of the Women’s Centre Foundation has been recognized as a “…good practice programme and a model for other countries grappling with the issue of teen pregnancy”. This is according to the 2013 United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) “State of the World Population” publication - Motherhood in Childhood: Facing the Challenge of Adolescent Pregnancy. Commenting on the...

Hardworking, service oriented and a team player, are just some of the qualities attributed to Andrine Davidson, the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Employee of Choice for 2013. Mrs. Davidson, who is employed as Special Projects Manager at the JIS, unanimously copped the inaugural title from among 11 other nominees, in a year when the agency is celebrating its 50th anniversary...

There have been questions raised about the announcement of the award of contracts to Cenitech Engineering Solutions Ltd. which has been de-registered as a Works Grades 1 – 4 contractor by the National Contracts Commission. The award of the contracts was done following the endorsement of the National Contracts Commission. We are providing a timeline to show the process followed...

The Government is expanding the mandate of the National Competitiveness Council, as it continues to put measures in place to improve the business environment. In addition to addressing hindrances to doing business in Jamaica, Cabinet has mandated the Council to facilitate business environment reforms, and leverage resources and access to government officials to resolve issues. Speaking at Jamaica House press...