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As several developments continue apace in the parish of Trelawny, the redevelopment plan for the town of Falmouth is to be completed and gazetted by the end of 2012. According to Director of Surveying, Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Shardon Haye, a draft plan is in place and is being reviewed by the UDC, and that process should be finished by...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has  outlined the benefits of CARICOM to the people of the region, as concerns mount on the need for the regional institution. She was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Thirty-third Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), on  July 4. "CARICOM," she said,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says  freedom of movement within CARICOM must be the foundation on which integration is built, and called for full freedom of movement in all categories by 2015. She was speaking at the opening  of the 33rd  Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), on  July...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on Tuesday (July 3), chaired the Twenty-Third Meeting of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee (PMSC) on External Negotiations, at the Bay Gardens Hotel in Gros-Islet, St. Lucia. The meeting, which was open to the media up to the start of the proceedings, was convened to: assess the Canada-CARICOM negotiations for a trade and...

The sixth staging of the Public Sector Customer Service Competition will be launched Thursday July 5th by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Damion Crawford at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.  Minister Crawford will deliver the keynote address on the theme ‘Service Excellence for National Development’. The biennial competition which was first held in 2001 seeks to...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, Wednesday July 4th assured Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government of Jamaica’s commitment to regional integration. She was addressing the opening ceremony of the 33rd Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government held at the Sandals Grande St. Lucian Spa and Beach Resort in Gros-Islet, St Lucia. She noted that “In...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller departs Jamaica Tuesday July 3rd for St. Lucia where she will attend the 33rd Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM. The meeting takes place July 4 – 6. As one of the newly elected Leaders, Mrs. Simpson Miller will address the Heads at the Opening Ceremony and...

Cabinet has set up an Inter-ministerial Committee to consider the report of the United States Department of State on trafficking in persons 2012, which downgraded Jamaica from Tier 2 to a Tier 2 watch list. Making the announcement on June 27 at the Jamaica House press briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister, Minister with responsibility for Information,...

As the Government continues efforts to beef up the resources of the fire service, Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, has met with a representative of the Organization of American States (OAS) to discuss the procurement of units and equipment. Mr. Arscott made the disclosure as he addressed the Jamaica House press briefing on June 27,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has called on the international community to design more creative and flexible financial instruments and concessionary products, to counter the effects of debt, reduce poverty, and minimise and address risks in developing countries, particularly in the Caribbean. She made the call during the plenary session of the United Nations Conference On Sustainable...

The cost of public sector administrative functions may be significantly reduced if the “shared corporate services” practice used in Singapore is implemented in Jamaica. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on June 20, at the agency’s head office, in Kingston,  Chief Executive Officer of the Public Sector Transformation Unit (PSTU), Patricia Sinclair McCalla, said the unit is looking at adopting...

The G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport and the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), have entered into an agreement geared at enhancing training and administration of cricket in Jamaica and the wider region. The parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the college’s St. Catherine location on Wednesday (June 20), which will guide the development and delivery of...