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Prime Minister Bruce Golding has urged the United Nations to address illegal transnational trade in firearms with urgency as it hampered the efforts of nations like Jamaica to reduce crime and violence. Making his contribution to the United Nations General Assembly this morning (September 27), Mr Golding noted that although Jamaica had adopted a multi-faceted approach to tackle crime and...

An award will be presented to a non-governmental organization (NGO) that has made sterling contributions to youth development, at the annual Prime Minister's Youth Awards 2010, scheduled for Sunday, November 28. The deadline for the submission of applications for the "Organization Service Award," is October 1. Nomination forms can be collected at the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), 16A...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding on (Sept 27) told the United Nations General Assembly that developing countries must help themselves towards sustainable development. "We must recognize that there is a lot that we can and must do for ourselves. Each of us must adopt and pursue with fixity of purpose the appropriate economic and social policies and good governance practices. We...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has expressed his support for a call by the Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches for a national day of repentance, renewal and healing on Sunday, September 26. The Prime Minister, the Hon Bruce Golding In a message to endorse the day, Mr. Golding said much of what is wrong in the society is of our own...

The Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, met with a number of potential investors at the Hilton Hotel in New York on Friday September 24. During the meeting, he outlined the many business opportunities available to them in Jamaica. These include Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and business process outsourcing for which, he said, Jamaica was ideally suited, because of...

Persons submitting applications for the Prime Minister's Youth Awards 2010 must do so by October 1. The gala event, being organised by the National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), youth arm of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, will be held on Sunday, November 28. Youth Information Specialist at the NCYD, Rochelle Brooks, told JIS News that nomination forms...

The National Land Agency (NLA), in collaboration with Globe Insurance Company Ltd., on Wednesday (September 22), launched its groundbreaking interactive map of the island, called 'iMap Jamaica'. Persons will be able to access the programme via the web base application, eLandJamaica, which allows persons to obtain copies of land related documents, such as certificates of title, valuation roll reports and...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has called for more detailed attention to be given to the adverse impact of the global crisis on developing countries, as they struggle to meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). "Most of us are among the least resilient with no surpluses to mount counter-cyclical stimulus initiatives. Many of the gains we made through...

Approximately 140 plantlets were today (September 21), handed over to the Child Development Agency (CDA), by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), in order to increase tree-planting activities across the island. The handing over exercise formed part of activities for the observance of National Tree Planting Day and National Wood and Water Day, on October 1 and October 2,...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding left the island on September 21 for New York to attend the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly and other high level meetings. He will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr Kenneth Baugh, senior officials of the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Office of the...

Senior Director in the Environmental Management Division of the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Leonie Barnaby, is urging greater private sector participation in environmental matters of national importance, through collaborations with public sector stakeholders. This, she contends, is necessary in order to ensure the continued improvement of Jamaica's environment, and by extension, the quality of life experienced by the...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh departed the island yesterday (Wednesday) for Havana, Cuba to participate in the Third CARICOM Cuba Meeting of Foreign Ministers scheduled for Friday, September 17. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh The Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister...