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Cabinet has approved the sale of the Oceana Hotel complex to the National Health Fund (NHF) for $350 million. The Ministry of Health will continue to occupy the building, which will be rehabilitated, to provide an improved environment for Ministry staff and the public. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, in making the announcement at the...

Cabinet will begin a two-day retreat on Sunday, March 24. Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, made the announcement at the weekly Jamaica House press briefing on Wednesday, March 20. She said that the Cabinet Ministers will discuss the various programmes and plans and the Government’s strategic priorities, as the new fiscal year approaches. Focus will...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has congratulated telecommunications company Digicel, for its bold investment in downtown Kingston and the role it continues to play as a full service Information and Communication Technology (ICT) provider in Jamaica. She said the decision by the company to establish its state-of-the-art headquarters downtown, “clearly demonstrates that Digicel has caught both the...

Some 48 houses are earmarked for construction at a cost of $20 million, under the pilot phase of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Social Housing Project. The initiative, being jointly undertaken with charity organisation, Food for the Poor (FFTP) which is spearheading the construction, is being facilitated through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by both entities. This...

Plans are well advanced for this year’s staging of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence and Jamaican Youth in Concert, scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 24, at Emancipation Park, New Kingston. Nearly 30 young men and women, 15 to 24 years old, will be honoured for achievement in sports, agriculture, academics, leadership, journalism, arts and culture, youth...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says household workers, who are predominantly women, occupy positions of importance and make their contribution to national development. “This largely female cadre has contributed throughout every period of our history to the fundamentals of our development,” said the Prime Minister. She was speaking at the launch of the Jamaica Household Workers Union on Friday, March...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States (US), Professor Stephen Vasciannie, says strong partnerships are needed in the fight against the lottery scam. “We cannot live like this. Jamaica will destroy its tourism sector, its remittance sector, and business sector more generally, if the country assumes that the rest of the world will eventually ignore the lottery scam problem,” Ambassador Vasciannie...

Well known Jamaican athlete, Warren Weir, is among several young persons and innovative tour company, Routes and Kulcha, nominated for the Prime Minister’s Youth Award for Excellence 2012. The winners will be unveiled at an awards ceremony scheduled to take place at Emancipation Park, Kingston, on Sunday, March 24, under the theme: ‘Youth on a Mission…Project 2062’. It is scheduled...

Scores of outstanding young men and women will be honoured at the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards for Excellence on Sunday, March 24. The function which will take place at the Emancipation Park, at 4:00 p.m., is open to the public. This year’s staging of the Awards is being held under the theme “Youth on a Mission…Project 2062”. Prime Minister Portia...

Prime Minister and Minister of Sport, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has come out in support of Jamaican Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron’s bid for the Presidency of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). In her endorsement, the Prime Minister said Jamaica is a nation of cricket enthusiasts and our cricketers have distinguished themselves with excellent performance at the highest regional and...

As a mark of respect for the life and work of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, His Excellency Hugo Chavez Frías and notably his contribution to the development of Jamaica, Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller has announced the following: 1) Wreaths will be laid on Thursday afternoon, March 7, at 4 o’clock at the...

President of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica PSOJ), Christopher Zacca, has commended the Government for the manner in which it was able to achieve the new Heads of Agreement with public sector workers. “I want to commend the Government’s negotiating team for the way you have carried out this negotiation, outside of the public ear and in a way...