Cabinet has awarded a contract for US$7.2 million to undertake improvement work to the water supply systems serving the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA). Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, told a post-Cabinet press briefing at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on June 17 that the US$7,235,646 contract has been awarded to Deryck Gibson Limited. Included in...

Cabinet has approved amendments to the Customs Act and has instructed that drafting instructions be issued to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel. The announcement was made by Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, at a Jamaica House press briefing, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St James, on June 17. Senator Falconer said that the...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, says Cabinet has approved the revision of the National HIV Policy. “While the factors driving the disease largely remain the same, the HIV Policy 2005, was developed at a time when the epidemic was generalised. Current epidemiology data, however, indicates that pockets of concentration are among certain groups,” she said....

Cabinet has approved the issuing of drafting instructions for a Bill to make special provisions for the payment and collection of the conch levy payable under the Conch Export Levy Act. The new provisions will apply in respect of the 2015 conch season. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, made the announcement at a post Cabinet...

The Office of the Prime Minister wishes to clarify assertions made in the media about impending regulatory action pertaining to unlicensable cable channels. The impression has been given that recent actions were prompted by discussions during the visit of the President of the United States of America, on April 8 and 9, 2015 and an escalation in a trade issue...

It was all smiles for the residents of Mount Olivet Boys' Home, when Jamaica Information Service (JIS) staff and friends of the agency assembled at the Manchester-based facility last Saturday (April 25), for the much anticipated annual sports day. It was the first of three planned visits to the home by the JIS for 2015. The home, located in Walderston,...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, is calling on all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to implement sexual harassment and disability policies, in a bid to foster a work environment that is free from unwelcomed sexual advances and prohibitions to physical mobility. “It is important that all agencies within the Government, not only consider the health...