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WASHINGTON D.C — Prime Minister, the Hon Bruce Golding, says there is an urgent need for the United States and the Caribbean to re-engage in discussions relating to trade and development within the region. “When I speak about the Caribbean, I speak especially about the CARICOM Caribbean, as we are a peculiar group of countries and people that have particular...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved the introduction of the Custos Rotulorum Bill in the Houses of Parliament, which will establish a legal framework for the operation of the island’s custodies. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, on Wednesday June 8 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Mr. Vaz said this...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved the extension of the advertising and public relations contracts of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), until January 31, 2012. They have been extended to Ruder Finn Inc; McCluskey International Limited; and DraftFCB. Speaking at yesterday’s (June 8) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz...

June 7: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Executive Director, Richard Bernal (2nd left) welcomes Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, as he arrives at the IDB art gallery in Washington DC, to officially open an art exhibition featuring the works of nine Jamaican artists.  Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (right); Permanent Secretary in the Office of the...

WASHINGTON DC — Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says the Jamaican Diaspora has a critical role to play in moving Jamaica forward.   Addressing a reception hosted in his honour by Ambassador to the United States (US), Her Excellency Audrey Marks, at her Maryland residence on Wednesday evening (June 8), the Prime Minister stated that the contribution of overseas nationals...

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says Jamaica’s cultural industries represent a tremendous reservoir of potential that can help to move the country forward. In declaring open the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Caribbean American Art Exhibition at the IDB art gallery in Washington, DC on June 7, the Prime Minister said, “if you look at how world trade...

KINGSTON — The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) bedside registration initiative increased birth registrations with fathers’ particulars being captured, from 52 per cent to 70 per cent in 2010. The initiative, which aims to not only increase the number of birth registrations, but address the issue of fathers’ information being recorded on their children’s birth certificates, was implemented in 2007. Minister...

KINGSTON — The House of Representatives has adopted a proposal to amend existing legislation to empower the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) to prescribe electoral division boundaries, and prohibit the publication of a new list of electors between nomination day and Election Day. Piloting the proposals, which are contained in an ECJ report to Parliament, Leader of Government Business in...

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, is again raising concern about the effects of globalisation in widening the gap between rich and poor countries. He said that if left unchecked, the phenomenon could result in a “revised delineation of the world” where some countries will be developed, while the majority remains confined to struggle with poverty and underdevelopment....

Speaking at the prestigious Brookings Institute in Washington DC on Tuesday June 7, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the current global crisis provides an opportunity to address this issue. The Prime Minister is in Washington for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) International Forum on Caribbean Investment & Development (IFCID). [Read more...]      

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding (at podium), delivers a lecture at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C., on  June 7.  At right (back to camera) is Brookings Institute Director of Latin American Initiative, Mauricio Cardenas.   Director of Latin American Initiative at the Brookings Institute , Mauricio Cardenas introduces Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding (left), prior his lecture...

WASHINGTON, DC — Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding says the economic measures that the Government has put in place are now bearing fruit, and are set to put the country on a sound economic path.  Delivering a lecture at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C., yesterday, the Prime Minister pointed out that while the country is experiencing economic growth...