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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...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding said Tuesday September 14, that Jamaica would continue to pursue what it considered a breach of its extradition agreement with the United States, despite the extradition of Christopher Coke at the end of June. Mr. Golding said that while his Government had no interest in being uncooperative with the United States in pursuing criminal...

The Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has reassured Jamaicans that his Government had no contract with the American law firm, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (MPP), regarding the request for Christopher Coke's extradition to the United States. Mr. Golding told senior editors attending a briefing co-hosted by the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) at Jamaica House on Tuesday September 14,...

PROFILE OF THE HON. ANDREW MICHAEL HOLNESS, M.P., PRIME MINISTER Andrew Michael Holness, Minister of Education from September 2007 to October 2011, was the Minister with responsibility for Electoral Matters and the Leader of Government Business in the House of Parliament since 2008. Mr. Holness was first elected to represent the constituency of West Central St. Andrew in 1997 at...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, the Hon Pearnel Charles, says that the Jamaica Liaison Service (JLS) in Toronto has been instructed to provide necessary legal support for the investigations into the deaths of two Jamaican farm workers in the Canadian city on Friday. "We are awaiting a report from the Canadian authorities, including the police, as well as the...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has said that the road works being undertaken under the Jamaica Road Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) cannot address all roads at once. He was addressing the St Ann launch of the project in Ocho Rios, St. Ann on September 10. He directly addressed concerns about the selection of road projects and said that all...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding says the people of Treasure Beach, in St. Elizabeth, through their community consciousness, have made the area a major tourist destination. "The growth of this community, the extent to which its name has gone abroad and has become such a unique attraction for visitors to Jamaica, is partly due to ownership that the people...

The 15th Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) ended Friday (September 10) amidst claims of great achievements and concrete plans for the future. Director PANCAP Coordinating Unit, Carl Browne, gave an overview of the main issues discussed and decisions taken during the meeting at a Press Conference at the...