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Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that Jamaica and the wider region will continue to lobby against the Airport Passenger Duty (APD) imposed by the United Kingdom government, which he said, was unfair. “One particular issue that we (Caribbean governments) have been struggling with has to do with the decision of the United Kingdom to impose this Airport...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said the merger of Jamaica’s lovebird, Air Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines is a practical demonstration that the two airlines mean business. Speaking at the launch of the rebirth of Air Jamaica on January 14, Prime Minister Golding expressed appreciation to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago noting that there is a genuine spirit of collaboration...

“Downtown Kingston is going to get nice again. We are determined that where we have got to go,” Prime Minister Bruce Golding said on Saturday (January 15), at the opening of the Downtown Municipal Transport Centre. The ceremony also launched the new Downtown Kingston Transportation System. “What I can assure you is that the redevelopment of downtown is being pursued in a planned, purposeful,...

The Office of the Prime Minister has taken a further step to involve a wider base of public participation in the 2011 National Civil Honours and Awards programme by placing the nomination forms on its website at www.opm.gov.jm. This is the first time that the form is available via the Internet. The printed forms will still be available at the...

The Police have been requested to conduct further investigations into media reports that 16-year old Dale Anthony Davis went missing during the operations by the security forces in May 2010 in the Tivoli Gardens area. The request comes in the wake of a meeting on Thursday January 13 between Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for West Kingston, Bruce Golding, with Davis’ mother,...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is assuring Jamaicans that the information they will be required to provide for the 2011 Population and Housing Census will be kept in the strictest confidence. “We are bound by the Statistics Act to keep the information confidential and in the final analysis, no information is divulged on any individual. That is not the...

The parish of St. Mary has joined the elite capital cities of Kingston and the tourist Mecca, Montego Bay, St. James of having an international airport. The Boscobel Aerodrome, which now goes by the name, Ian Fleming International Airport (IFIA), was officially opened by Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding on January 12. “This is a significant investment, not just in...

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...