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Prime Minister Bruce Golding this afternoon launched the Tax Incentive Programme (TIP) through which private, public sector agencies and individuals will be offered incentives to participate in the restoration and revitalization of the old capital, Spanish Town. The programme will be managed by the Urban Development Corporation which will act as agents on behalf of the Ministry of Finance and...

The new deadline for the submission of nominations for the Prime Minister's Youth Award is Sunday, October 31. This is the third time that the deadline has been extended by the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD). Speaking with JIS News, Youth Information Specialist, NCYD, Rochelle Brooks said there is need for more applications in the categories of agriculture, sports...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that farmers must be on the cutting edge to remain viable in a market driven largely by quality and competition from others players. Delivering the main address at the official opening of the Hounslow Research Centre and Demonstration Plot, St. Elizabeth on Saturday, October 24, Mr. Golding stressed that all aspects of...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding has commended the country's athletes for continuing to keep Jamaica on the map, even during times when the country faces major challenges in various areas. "We owe them a great deal... we owe them far more than we are able to deliver. We have to recognise the work that is done by the athletes...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says a new approach has been embarked on to ensure that potable water reaches as many communities as possible. Speaking at the commissioning of a permanent electricity supply to the Parottee Replacement Well, in St. Elizabeth, Saturday (October 23), Mr. Golding said, once a need exists for piped water which can be responded to,...

As we celebrate the 65th Anniversary of the United Nations, we acknowledge the profound foresight of the founding members in establishing an organization that was mandated to secure a more just and peaceful world. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. the Hon Kenneth Baugh Today, the UN must respond to a new global dynamic...

Jamaica's Prime Minister and current Chairman of CARICOM, the Hon Bruce Golding, has expressed deep sadness at the passing of Prime Minister David Thompson of Barbados early Saturday morning. Prime Minister Thompson passed away at 2.10 a.m. (October 23) at his home in St Philip, Barbados, after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 48 years old. the late Prime Minister of...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said that the annual Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence recognizes the outstanding achievements of the renowned Cricketer in whose honour it was named and who he described as one of the most outstanding sportsmen that Jamaica has ever produced. He said it was important that Courtney Walsh's achievements be held out as a template of...

In its continued effort to promote the observance of October as National Heritage Month, the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), through its Montego Bay Regional Office staged the third of five heritage exhibition and book sales, at the Mount Salem Primary and Junior High School, St. James, Wednesday (October 13). Special packages containing posters of the national heroes and the national...

A Commission of Enquiry into the handling of the extradition of Christopher Coke, as well as the engagement of the US law firm, Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, should be completed early next year. Prime Minister Bruce Golding informed the House of Representatives Tuesday (October19) of the membership of the Commission, its Terms of Reference and that a full report is...

Preliminary estimates from the City Engineer's Department of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) show that infrastructural damage occurring within the Corporate Area, resulting from tropical storm Nicole, amounts to some $1.7 billion. Addressing the KSAC's monthly meeting in downtown Kingston, today (October 12), Mayor of Kingston and KSAC Chairman, Senator Desmond McKenzie, pointed out that Kingston and St....

Founder and President of the Institute of Caribbean Studies, Washington D.C., Jamaican Dr. Claire Nelson, was Tuesday (October 12) awarded the prestigious Antonio Ortiz Mena Award by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The award was presented by the President of the Bank, Luis Alberto Moreno, at a brief ceremony at its Washington D.C. head office. It is named after the...