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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...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding will be discussing a number of critical national issues in a one-hour interview titled 'A conversation with the Prime Minister' to be carried on mainstream radio and television stations, this Sunday, September 12. The interview will be conducted by veteran journalist, Ian Boyne. The programme will hear frank and detailed comments from the Prime Minister on...

New Scheme football team emerged winners of the Daryl Vaz West Portland Football Corner League competition, at the finals at Lynch Park, Buff Bay, Portland, Wednesday (September 8). The competition, which is in its third year, aims to foster community development and social interaction among residents, as well as showcasing the talents of the youths. Speaking at the presentation ceremony,...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said that the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) will have a positive spin-off by stimulating the economy. Mr. Golding was speaking at the Manchester launch of the JDIP in Christiana on September 9. The JDIP is a five-year public works programme, funded by a loan of $36 billion secured by the Road Maintenance Fund from...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, is scheduled to meet with heads of private sector organisations at Jamaica House on Thursday morning (September 2), to discuss a number of national issues of concern. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on September 1....

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, launched the St. Elizabeth leg of the Government's massive Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), estimated to cost some $36 billion, at the Lewisville High School, in St. Elizabeth on Tuesday (August 31). The full programme includes significant upgrading and repairs to roads and bridges across the island over the next five years. The St....

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding said that Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has assured him that the inflation rate for this fiscal year would finish lower than what was projected. He was speaking at the launch of the Jamaica Infrastructure Development Programme (JIDP) in Lewisville, St. Elizabeth on August 31. Mr. Golding, who repeated...

The St. Elizabeth Parish Council Monday (August 30) held a workshop for members of its disaster management operation, representing some 30 persons drawn from various agencies, at the Port of Call Hotel. Mayor of Black River, Councillor Jeremy Palmer, told JIS News that the training was an opportunity to refresh members of the Parish's Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC) of their...

Programme Manager of the Planning Institute of Jamaica's (PIOJ) Plan Development Unit, Richard Lumsden, is reporting significant improvements in the four key focus areas pivotal to advancing the country's National Development Plan - Vision 2030. He cited the areas as: empowering persons to achieve their full potential; making the society secure, cohesive and just; making the Jamaican economy prosperous; and...

Come September 1, 2010, the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) will be implementing Section 121 of the Companies Act, which will provide for a penalty of $100 per day up to a maximum of $10,000, to be paid on all Annual Returns that are filed late. Addressing a JIS 'Think Tank' on August 26, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding says despite the reported reduction in all major crimes committed between June and mid-August, there is still much more work to be done by the security forces, to further reduce these. Speaking at the handing over of funds by three corporate entities for the restoration of the Darling Street police station, at the facility,...

Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon. Bruce Golding, joined representatives of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) in welcoming Miss Universe 2010 first runner-up, Yendi Phillips, at the Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, as she returned home on Friday (August 27). Miss Phillips placed second at the 2010 Miss Universe contest at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on...