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KINGSTON — Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government will seek to raise $43.8 billion externally to finance the 2011/12 budget, which totals some $544.8 (including amortisation payments of $132.3 billion). “The revenue forecast outlined and the expenditure budget, approved by Parliament, leaves a financing gap of $140.8 billion. Of this total, $97 billion is programmed...

OCHO RIOS — Hundreds of Jamaicans turned up at the newly opened Ian Fleming International Airport, Boscobel, St. Mary, on Saturday, April 23, for the exciting inaugural Boscobel Jamaica Air Show. The show signalled the start of a two- day Easter weekend promotion, hosted by the Caribbean Aviation Training Centre (CATC) in collaboration with the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ)....

KINGSTON — Cabinet has given approval for the restructuring of the Debt Management Unit in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. Speaking at April 20 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunication and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz informed that the Unit will be fully operational by the middle of the financial year....

KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved a contract valued at $45.4 million for the upgrading of general facilities and the construction of a boundary wall at the Tivoli Gardens High School in Kingston. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure at April 20 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He said that the...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved the transfer of Lots 66 and 67 at the Baywest Shopping Centre, Montego Bay, St. James to the Strata Corporation, in settlement of outstanding maintenance fees of approximately $7.5 million. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz during a post Cabinet press briefing, held at Jamaica...

KINGSTON — Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ), Cordell Green is encouraging Jamaicans to utilise the opportunities which exist through Public Access Television and the Internet to broadcast their views and creative expressions. “We have required, as a regulator, on cable in particular, that cable stations must reserve a channel that is for a public access channel,”...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has signaled its intention to accept the majority of the recommendations on the restructuring of the public sector contained in the master rationalisation plan. The move follows a detailed review of proposed changes to the respective ministries, departments and agencies under the plan. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Project, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addressing yesterday...

KINGSTON — A six-member sub-committee of the board of the Golden Age Home, Vineyard Town in Kingston, has submitted a number of recommendations to improve the conditions at the institution. The sub-committee was formed on the recommendation of Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government, Hon Robert Montague, after allegations of abuse and neglect were made in an article...

KINGSTON — The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) is proposing new laws to control journalists interviewing children and other persons who are victims of trauma and witnesses to crimes. Executive Director of the Commission, Cordell Green, made the remark while speaking at the St. Catherine Stakeholders’ meeting, recently, at the Social Development Commission (SDC) conference room in Spanish Town. The...

MONTEGO BAY — The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has continued its quest to keep residents of Trelawny abreast of development plans for the town of Falmouth, through meetings and consultations. The latest of these meetings was on Thursday April 14, when UDC representatives, led by General Manager, Joy Douglas, made a presentation at the monthly meeting of the Trelawny Parish...

MANDEVILLE — Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby, has lauded the value-added products developed by the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, noting that they can be part of the economic transformation of the country. He was addressing the Jamaica 4-H Clubs National Achievement Expo 2011 held on Friday April 15 at the Denbigh Showground in...

The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) is looking to acquire a content monitoring system, as it seeks to more closely scrutinise the electronic media and rid the airwaves of inappropriate content. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting  held at the Social Development Commission (SDC) conference room in Spanish Town, St. Catherine  yesterday (April 13), Executive Director of the BCJ, Cordell Green,...