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KINGSTON — The National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) has been observing Senior Citizens Week, September 25 to October 1, under the theme "Seniors Using Their Resourcefulness for Survival”.  The week long activities commenced with a Thanksgiving Service, at the St. Andrew Parish Church on Sunday, September 25. They continued with outreach projects, at the Jamaica Christian Boy’s Home, Kingston,...

KINGSTON — Prime Minister Bruce Golding on September 27 launched the National Identification System (NIDS) which will see every Jamaican citizen in possession of a national identification card that will have universal application. The launch took place at Jamaica House with a formal exchange of a technical cooperation agreement between the Governments of Jamaica, the Republic of    Korea and the Inter-American Development Bank which...

KINGSTON — Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding has told the House of Representatives, on September 27 that he remains head of the Government and will continue in that position for some time. The Prime Minister was responding to questions raised in Parliament by the Opposition regarding his announcement to step down as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)...

KINGSTON — The Steering Committee set up by Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, to handle the country’s push towards the implementation of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project, held a pre-bidding meeting on September 26 for interested parties. The session, held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, saw input from several experts in the natural gas industry,...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says that plans for the Caymanas Economic Zone development in St. Catherine are being revised. While not stating the extent of the revisions, he said that Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has advised Cabinet that the project is being reviewed and “tweaked”...

The leader of the Jamaica labour Party, Mr. Bruce Golding, will not be seeking re-election at the party's annual general conference in November and will step down as Prime Minister as soon as a new leader has been elected. Mr. Golding conveyed this decision to the party's Central Executive at its quarterly meeting held at Belmont Road today. Mr. Golding...

KINGSTON — Firefighters at the May Pen fire station in Clarendon are operating from improved facilities, which will better enable them to carry out their job to protect lives and property. Through funds provided by the Department of Local Government, Central Clarendon Member of Parliament, Hon. Michael Henry, and the May Pen business community, the firemen laboured for more than...

MONTEGO BAY — Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has announced that a major investment conference will be held this year, as Government looks to encourage and attract more investment in the major sectors, including tourism. He was speaking on September 18 at the launch of Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) 2011 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall,...

KINGSTON — Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Hui Liangyu, who is in the island for a three-day working visit was met by officials, led by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Robert Montague, on his arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport, today September 19. Mr. Liangyu, who arrived in the island on Sunday September...

MONTEGO BAY — Prime Minister, the Hon Bruce Golding, has said that through the proposed establishment of the multi-billion dollar, 4,000-room Harmony Cove Resort in Trelawny, Jamaica plans to diversify its tourism offering to become an unforgettable luxury destination. Addressing a special luncheon with the President of the EXIM Bank of China, and accompanying leaders of that country’s business sector,...

KINGSTON — Mountain View Community resident, Natasha Gunter, was among the hundreds of parents and guardians, who turned up at the East Queen Street Baptist Church, downtown Kingston this morning (Sept. 15), as the Registrar General's Department (RGD) series of registration fairs got underway. They were eager to take advantage of the opportunity to acquire a free birth certificate for...

KINGSTON — Prime Minister Bruce Golding said Thursday (September 15) that his Government is looking at removing infrastructural limitations to land titling, as well as giving rural land owners access to non-agricultural loans under its new land titling programme – Land Access for National Development (LAND). Mr. Golding said that more than 50 percent of some 800,000 parcels of land...