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Parliament accepted Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s recommendation that debate on the Electoral Commission of Jamaica’s Continuing Legal Reform report be suspended until the Government and Opposition had a consultation about its contents. “The implications for something that has been important to the country over three decades is so huge that I think that this is a matter that requires consultation...

The Honourable Arnold Foote, OJ, has been re-elected the Dean of the Consular Corps for the year 2011 -2012 at their recently held Annual General Meeting. Honourable Mr Foote is also the President of the World Federation of Consuls and Honorary Consul General to Turkey; he is currently in his seventh term as Dean of the Consular Corps and has...

Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, has reiterated calls for serious debate and possible amendment to Section 39 of the Constitution, which bars Jamaicans who are citizens of countries outside the Commonwealth to sit in Parliament.  Labeling the practice as an "absurdity", Mr. Golding said it was high time that the matter be brought up for discussion, as there was a...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding in speaking at the Swearing-in Ceremony of Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Shahine Robinson said the absurdity concerning dual citizenship needs to be corrected as a part of the way forward. Mrs. Robinson who is also the Member of Parliament for the North East St. Ann constituency was sworn in by...

The Office of the Contractor General has launched an investigation into the proposed sale of the government’s interest in the hotel property at Whitehouse in Westmoreland currently under lease to Gorstew Ltd., assigned to and operated by Sandals Whitehouse Ltd. I am, by this statement today, directing all relevant government agencies to co-operate fully with the OCG in the conduct...

Owners of the 521 unregistered strata properties in Jamaica, 300 of which are located in Westport, Portmore, St. Catherine, have been notified that they are liable for prosecution, effective the end of January 2011, by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Commission of Strata Corporations (CSC), Mrs. Sandra Watson. "If they do not register, we will be forced to use...

KINGSTON — Prime Minister Bruce Golding has described the late Donald Buchanan, PNP Member of Parliament as a lifelong public servant, devoted to the people of St Elizabeth. Mr. Buchanan died   last night after a battle with colon cancer. "Mr. Buchanan was a stalwart of that brotherhood of legislators who caught the fire of public service from a very early...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says it is in the interest of the region for Haiti to be stable. Mr Golding, the outgoing Chairman of CARICOM, made the comment in a meeting

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says the  new Convention Centre in the island’s tourism capital,  will not only  enable Jamaica to claim a piece of the estimated US$280 billion worldwide conventions and exhibitions market, but will provide an opportunity for hotels in and around  the area to become partners with the government. Officially declaring the new Montego Bay convention centre open...

The country made progress in a number of key areas in 2010, as the Government remained focused on meeting the targets of Vision 2030 Jamaica, the national development plan. Vision 2030 Jamaica, including the Medium Term Socio-Economic Policy Framework (MTF) 2009-2012, which were tabled by Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding in the House of Representatives in May 2009, provides...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding reaffirmed his intention to aggressively pursue the redevelopment of the downtown Kingston commercial area in 2010. The initiative, which is being spearheaded by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), is geared towards the refurbishing and upgrading of buildings and facilities in the commercial district. This plan has already seen the restoration of the St. William...

In his first public assignment for 2011, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said that the National Housing Trust (NHT) must continue to find ways to make housing more available to contributors. Mr. Golding was delivering the keynote address at the Trust's 35th anniversary re-dedication and flag raising ceremony at Emancipation Park on January 3. Speaking to long-serving staff and senior officials...