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KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says he is pleased with Jamaica's high press freedom ranking of 23 out of the 191 countries surveyed in the 2011 Freedom of the Press report. “At a time when Freedom House reports that the proportion of the world's population that has access to a free Press...

PORT ANTONIO — Member of Parliament for Western Portland, Hon Daryl Vaz, toured infrastructural work being undertaken in the constituency under the Jamaica Development Infrastructural Programme (JDIP), on Thursday July 15, 2011. The works include the construction and rehabilitation of roadways, walls and drains by sub-contractors engaged by China Harbour Engineering Company Limited, which has the contract to implement the...

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, said that as Jamaica approaches its 49th anniversary of Independence, the country can be proud of the strides made over the last few years, citing achievements in combating crime and achieving economic stability. In his message at the 34th annual convention of the National Association of Jamaica and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO) held...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said that some 14,000 jobs were created during the last quarter, as a result of prudent management of the country by the Government. Mr. Vaz was responding to questions posed during a recent post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. “The figure that I have is that...

MONTEGO BAY — The Westmoreland Parish Council is giving due recognition to its former mayors, custodes, councillors and justices of the peace, who served the parish with distinction for many years. Chairman of the Westmoreland Parish Council and Mayor of Savanna-La-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, said the Council has benefitted from the dedicated service and leadership from these men and women,...

MONTEGO BAY — There has been a drastic reduction in the number of emergency fire calls made to the Trelawny division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, over the last month. In a report tabled at the monthly meeting of the Trelawny Parish Council on Thursday July 14, 2011, Deputy Superintendent of the division, Kevin Haughton, credited the reduction to a...

MONTEGO BAY — Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Collin Gager, is concerned that Trelawny is not capitalizing on opportunities opening up with the introduction of cruise ship tourism. He appealed to the private sector and investors from the area to become creative, and develop attractions to keep the visitors in the parish. Addressing the monthly meeting of the Trelawny Parish Council...

KINGSTON — Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson has said that the agency is leading the charge in formulating policy on social issues for the 60 years and older population, and ensuring that structural changes are integrated in all national policies, plans, and programmes. This is critical, as statistics indicate that there is an increasing...

MIAMI — Entries are now being accepted for the 11th staging of the Independence essay competition organised by the Jamaica Information Service's (JIS) Miami office.  The annual competition forms part of activities to mark Emancipation and Independence celebrations in Jamaican communities in Florida. It is open to all first and second generation Jamaican children, five to 18 years old, who...

KINGSTON — Prime Minister Bruce Golding has challenged public sector workers to help to accelerate the projections of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and to assist in improving the labour productivity of the country. Speaking at the Signing of the public sector wage agreement between the Government and public sector groups at Jamaica House on July 7, the Prime Minister said, “the...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has named Attorney-at-Law Ransford Braham as the new Attorney General who will serve in the position with that office separated from the Ministerial portfolio of Justice. Explaining the decision to separate the responsibilities, Prime Minister Golding said he had done so based on the very strong recommendations of the recently concluded Manatt Commission of Enquiry. He pointed out that the Attorney General does not...

KINGSTON — Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz says he is pleased that the Government and Trade Unions representing public sector workers have finalised an agreement on the long-standing wage issue. “This has been a long protracted negotiation and now that it is completed, it will give a level of stability in terms of...