The Norman Manley International Airport is to receive important fire safety equipment, following Cabinet's decision to approve a contract to Oshkosh Corporation of the United States, for the manufacture and delivery of one aircraft rescue and fire-fighting vehicle and associated rescue equipment. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, disclosed at the weekly Jamaica House media briefing...

Cabinet has approved amendments to the Registration (Strata Titles) Act and the tabling of the bill in Parliament. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said the amendments will strengthen the ability of Strata Corporations to manage property. The Minister, who was addressing the weekly Jamaica House media briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on October...

The island’s high school students are being encouraged to participate in this year’s Access to Information (ATI) National High School Essay Competition. The competition, which is in its fifth year, is open to registered high school students between third and sixth forms. Students are being encouraged to write a 2,500 word essay on the topic: ‘The Access to Information Act...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, says access to credible information will allow the public to better engage in national decision-making while ensuring that there is greater transparency in governance. The Minister, who was speaking at the launch of the 2013/14 Access to Information National High School Essay Competition at the Office of the Prime Minister...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the Permanent Memorial to the victims of slavery at the United Nations (UN), is a great and fitting tribute to “our African ancestors”. She told the audience at Monday's (September 23) unveiling of the winning model at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, that they paid for “our freedom with...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract in the sum of $3.4 million for the repair of a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Bell 412EP helicopter. Minister of Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, who made the disclosure at last week’s Jamaica House press briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister, said the contract has been awarded to...

Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa, Her Excellency Norma Taylor Roberts, says it is to Jamaica’s credit that the Botswana government is seeking to integrate aspects of the island’s information system into the African country’s communications framework. “I am very happy that…Botswana has chosen Jamaica to benchmark their information services. It means that we are doing something...