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The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has retrofitted 1,103 houses in five parishes and trained 235 persons in safer building techniques, following the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav, which ravaged sections of the island in 2008. Programme Coordinator of the Tropical Gustav Recovery Project, Kirk Frankson, made the revelation at a Think Tank held on March 2...

Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding says the Wigton windfarm in Manchester will be providing hard currency savings for the country, while earning from the sale  of carbon credits overseas. “It will save us almost 60,000 barrels of oil imports per year, at a value of over US$5 million,” the Prime Minister  pointed out, adding that together,  Phases One and Two...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) has been mandated by regional leaders to review the elements and timetable of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), with a view to advising on the feasibility timelines for completion of the framework. This directive was issued during the recently concluded 22nd Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), on February 28 received a cheque valued at $680,000.00 from Jamalco, to assist with the reconstruction and restoration efforts in Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake last year. Deputy Director of the ODPEM, Richard Thompson, who accepted the cheque on Haiti’s behalf, thanked Jamalco and its members for the contribution...

Over 30 representatives from North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, including Jamaica, are in the island for a three-day meeting to discuss and explore solutions for the drug phenomenon in the region. The high level meeting, which opened on Wednesday (March 2) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, and lasts until Friday (March 4), has been convened...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, today (March 2), gave his testimony at the Commission of Enquiry into the extradition of Christopher Coke. Under cross examination from attorney-at-law, K.D. Knight, Q.C., Mr. Samuda said that the investigations he conducted were really to investigate the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) relationship with the United States (US) law firm, Manatt,...

Due to pressing engagements locally and overseas, Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding will only be available up to March 12, to testify at the Commission of Enquiry into the extradition of Christopher Coke, his attorney Queen’s Counsel Hugh Small, has said. Reading from a prepared statement during Tuesday’s (March 1) sitting of the Commission, Mr. Small said while the...

Scores of Portlanders are receiving treatment for eye illnesses at a special clinic, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Port Antonio, in association with the Rotary Club of Detroit Lakes in Minnesota, United States of America. Held under the theme: ‘Sharing the gift of vision with the world’, the clinic began on February 28 and will end on March 2....

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are supporting the establishment of a CARICOM Special Fund for private sector investment in Haiti. The initiative is intended to strengthen the country’s ability to effectively participate in all aspects of the Caribbean Community, including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), as the nation recovers from the series of catastrophes and crises it suffered during...

Regional Heads of Government have been invited by the President of the Republic of Guyana, His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, to attend a two-day retreat in that country to discuss the future of the Caribbean. While a date has not been finalised for the retreat, the intent is for the region’s leaders to deliberate ahead of the July regular meeting of...

The Twenty-Second Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Grand Anse, Grenada , on 25-26 February 2011.  The Honourable Tillman Thomas, Prime Minister of Grenada, presided. Other Members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Honourable Winston B Spencer; the Prime Minister of Barbados,...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, says Jamaica is not expected to be negatively impacted by the reported stockpiling of bauxite, alumina and other raw materials by China. Speaking at the PIOJ’s quarterly review briefing at the agency’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday (February 23), Dr. Hutchinson said China’s actions are not a “point...