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The former Metcalfe Street Adult Remand Centre is to be converted into a Remand Facility for Boys and a contractual agreement entered into with the Jamaica Defence Force to renovate the facility. Cabinet has approved the recruitment of Correctional Officers for the Facility. Minister with responsibility for Information, Daryl Vaz said a Submission to this effect was made by the...

KINGSTON – Cabinet has approved a contract to carry out works under the Boscobel Greenfield Project in St. Mary. The project will be constructed by NF Barnes Construction and Equipment Company Limited, at a cost of just over $800 million, and includes the construction of 99 two-bedroom units and associated infrastructure for 258 lots. It adjoins the Boscobel Brownfield Project...

KINGSTON – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GraceKennedy Limited, Hon. Douglas Orane, said that the recent murders of his executive assistant, Arlene Lym and her 73-year old mother, Dorothy Lym has strengthened his determination to make Jamaica a better country. Arlene Lym, who had been working with Mr. Orane since 1987, and her mother were the victims of...

KINGSTON – Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding says that preparation of the 2011/12 budget has been delayed, due to his participation in the Commission of Enquiry into the extradition of Christopher Coke. He told the Commission that the presentation of the budget has been put back for a week, because Cabinet has not yet been able to convene its...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding told Parliament on March 29 that Jamaica is far ahead of other countries in accommodating and facilitating CARICOM nationals when they arrive in this country. He was commenting on the incident of the alleged abusive treatment of Jamaican national, Shanique Myrie by Barbadian immigration officials recently. "It is not so much the incident itself, it is the...

Minister of Agriculture, Christopher Tufton and Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett will be co-hosting Jamaica House Live tomorrow, March 30 at 8:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. The Ministers will provide a first hand report of the performances of their respective ministries and deal with questions and concerns from callers. ‘Jamaica House Live’ is carried on several radio stations and also...

KINGSTON – Prime Minister, Hon Bruce Golding, has said that the circumstances surrounding the request from the U.S. for the extradition of Christopher “Dudus” Coke, would not have allowed him to distance himself from the matter. Mr. Golding was testifying before the Commission of Enquiry into the handling of the extradition, on Friday March 25, at the Jamaica Conference Centre,...

Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, has testified that within 10 days of receipt of the extradition request for Christopher Coke, he was informed by Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, that there were difficulties with the request. Cross examined by People’s National Party (PNP) lead counsel, K.D. Knight, the Prime Minister said that, based on information he received from the Justice...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding told the House of Representatives yesterday that the issue of the final appellate court for Jamaica, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has to be addressed as part of the constitutional reform. He was making a contribution to the Charter of Rights Bill which was read for a third time and passed. “I have said so...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has hailed the support from Jamaica's bilateral partners in fighting narco trafficking, but underscored a need to return to the rebuilding of values and standards as an essential move in fighting corruption. “Fighting corruption requires much more. It requires a coalition of forces and a coalition of efforts. It involves the government, it involves the media, it involves civil...

Approximately 180 public sector employees, representing 42 Government departments and agencies, are to participate in the inaugural staging of the Customer Service Monitoring and Evaluation System (CSMES) training programme. The course, which is being undertaken by the Cabinet Office and the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), is designed to provide training to Government employees in implementing the CSMES within...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says that the Government has an obligation to ensure and safeguard the constitutional rights of all Jamaicans. Mr. Golding was referring to the issues which were at stake in the United States’ Government’s request for the extradition of Christopher Coke in 2009, as he opened his submission at the Commission of Enquiry into the...