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Prime Minister Bruce Golding will be joining a list of international dignitaries attending the swearing in of Brazil's first woman President, Dilma Rousseff scheduled for Saturday (January 1). He will be accompanied by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Evadne Coye. Mr. Golding will leave the island on Thursday (Dec 30) for Brazil,...

A beautifully lit Christmas tree and glowing lights installed around the Claude Stuart Park in Port Maria have made that location an area of special attraction in St. Mary for the Christmas season. The lights were turned on by Mrs. Colleen Pottinger, wife of the Custos of St. Mary, Hon. A.A. 'Bobby' Pottinger, during the annual St. Mary Christmas Tree...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding and his wife, Lorna Golding were enchanted by children who participated in his live radio call-in programme on December 22 at Jamaica House. The programme 'Jamaica house live' was dedicated exclusively to children between the ages of 10-16 years. On the wish list of the children were that Jamaicans smoked less cigarettes, used the roads so...

The Public Sector Modernisation Division (PSMD) of the Cabinet Office is reporting that members of the public are responding positively to the Public Sector Customer Service Competition. In an interview with JIS News, Acting Chief Standards and Monitoring Officer of the Division, Michele Gordon-Somers, stated that "things are going extremely well. members of the public have really shown that they...

The long awaited Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms took a step closer to passage through Parliament, when the House of Representatives completed the Second Reading of the Bill. Completion of the debate in the House will have to wait another three months, however, as constitutional changes require that such Bills remain on the table for three months between the...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has eulogised former Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Colonel Leslie Lloyd, as fearless and outspoken and always prepared to stand up for the things in which he believed. "He was someone, who had very strong views on matters, and those were views he was prepared to hold so strongly and he was never...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding paid tribute to former parliamentarians Ambassador Ben Clare who died on December 17 and Colonel Leslie Lloyd who died yesterday (December 21). Speaking in Parliament, Prime Minister Bruce Golding recalled that Ambassador Ben Clare served the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade with distinction. "Mr. Ben Clare entered Parliament in 1989 and served until 2002...

Cabinet has instructed the Chief Parliamentary Counsel to draft legislation to facilitate the allocation of units at the Twickenham Park Housing Development, Union Estates, St. Catherine, for distribution to public sector employees. Employees eligible under this order are those who were once members of the Jamaica Civil Service Association and the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), Minister with responsibility...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding has suggested the possibility of Jamaica establishing its own final Court of Appeal as an option to the United Kingdom based Privy Council or the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). "We have to dispense with the Privy Council. We are not yet satisfied that in doing so, we must take out a final court...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has congratulated three high school students who copped the Rising Stars award in the International Junior Achievement competition for young entrepreneurs. Speaking at the weekly Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday (December 15), Mr. Vaz said the girls were positive examples for Jamaican youth, and...

New Year 2011 will herald the first of many cruise ships to arrive at the 32-acre, two-berth Historic Falmouth Cruise Port, when the Navigator of the Seas comes calling at the port on January 7. The port is a US$220 million project under development by Royal Caribbean Limited (RCCL) in partnership with the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) for the...

Supplies, valued at approximately $1.2 million, were presented to the Portland Infirmary by CARI-MED Limited, as part of a continuous programme of assistance to the facility. The supplies, which included wheel chairs, commodes, walkers, bed pans, a microwave, antibiotic ointments and pharmaceuticals, were handed over by CARI-MED's Manager for Business Development, Geta-Mae O'Sullivan, at a ceremony at the infirmary on...