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KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has challenged the media, academia and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), to begin staging national debates to discuss issues, leading up to the General Election due in 2012. Speaking at Wednesday's August 24 Post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Mr. Vaz said the debates would give the public...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the Government is still holding consultations with stakeholders regarding discretionary waivers, in tandem with ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations. "That whole issue is something that is under discussion in relation to the current negotiations that are ongoing with the IMF. Coming out of that...

It is a well defined and accepted fact that any true measurement of growth in a country goes beyond the narrow parameters of financial and infrastructure development, and Vision 2030 Jamaica is aiming to do exactly that. Like many other developing countries around the world, Jamaica, and it could be said some developed countries too, has not lived up to...

KINGSTON — Prime Minister Bruce Golding says Government has no designs or intention to take over the Nuttall lands in Cross Roads which are owned by the Anglican Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. In response to the recent statements made by the General Manager of the Urban Development Corporation, Mr Golding said that the UDC has made proposals...

KINGSTON — The Government has strengthened its commitment to improving the social conditions of inner-city communities in Kingston on August 18 signing a financing agreement for Phase II of the PetroCaribe Sanitation project. To be undertaken at a cost of just over $109 million, the project will involve the installation of bathroom and laundry facilities in five communities downtown. The...

MONTEGO BAY — Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has called on the Christian church to continue to share the gospel of Christ and to let His word permeate all corners of the society to bring about total healing and restoration. The Prime Minister's appeal came at the official opening of the 11th International Convention of Adventist Laypersons Services and...

KINGSTON — The Registrar General's Department (RGD) has unveiled the latest in a series of services offered to the public, the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) utility. The IVR, an automated technology feature which facilitates interaction between the RGD and its clients via landline and cellular telephones, was launched on Tuesday August 16 by RGD’s Director General, Dr. Patricia Holness, at...

KINGSTON — State Minister with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Shahine Robinson, has announced plans for the promulgation of a new building code next year, and the associated planning and legislation for its enforcement. Speaking at the official opening of the Church Pen community centre and computer facility in St. Catherine, on August 17, Mrs. Robinson said the Department of...

MONTEGO BAY — State Minister with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Shahine Robinson, is urging Jamaicans to take advantage of facilities created by the Government to own land, so as to contribute to their personal advancement and the development of their community and parish. She was addressing a civic ceremony to celebrate the 124th anniversary of the birth of National...

KINGSTON — Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Registrar General's Department (RGD), Dr. Patricia Holness, said the agency has yielded significant savings from its bedside registration programme. Under the initiative, implemented in January 2007, the agency conducts registration of births at the bedside of the mother, and the initial copy of the birth certificate is issued free of cost. Dr....

KINGSTON — Public sector workers from various departments are benefitting from a workshop aimed at enhancing their knowledge about state protocol and social etiquette. Director for Human Resource Development, at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Gail Williams, speaking at the opening of the two-day session on August 15 at the OPM, said that at the end of the...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) — Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis on Monday said that the assumption of office by the new Secretary-General of CARICOM, His Excellency Irwin LaRocque, marks a turning point in the history of the Community. Ambassador LaRocque assumed the position of CARICOM...