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Residents of Bangor Ridge, Portland, will now have easier access to mail services, with the official opening of a new post office in that community on July 26. Built at a cost of just over $1 million, the post office will serve approximately 600 residents in that community and the adjoining communities of Mahoe and Mount St. Bernard. The project...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson, has called for infrastructural development to be linked to protection of the environment. He was addressing the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Mandeville, on July 27, at the Golf View Hotel, in Mandeville. Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the Government has received a technical assistance grant of US$687,000 from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to assist in the development of a National Spatial Plan. Making the disclosure in the House of Representatives today (July 27) during his contribution to the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate, Mr. Vaz...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has said that the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has discovered some 43 entities identified as potential polluters along the rim of the Kingston Harbour. Mr. Vaz told the House of Representatives during the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate, on July 27, that 13 of those entities have been...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says significant progress has been made in the modernisation of the island's postal services. "Already, we have achieved 100 per cent automation of the tracking and tracing system for parcels; 90 per cent automation of the Registered Mail Unit; and 97 per cent achievement of all the targets...

The Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC) is embarking on a number of new projects and initiatives for this fiscal year, which will be supported by a subvention from Government and revenues earned by the agency. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during...

At the end of the 2009/2010 fiscal year, a total of 8,788 new certificates of title were issued by the National Land Agency (NLA), with a 99 per cent endorsement put on existing titles (mortgages, debt notations or transfers), within seven days. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects in the Office of the...

Convener of Hear the Children Cry, Betty-Ann Blaine, has urged members of the Rotaract Club of Mandeville, in Manchester, to make their voices heard on issues affecting the country. Mrs. Blaine, who was giving the keynote address at the organisation's 2010 installation ceremony in Mandeville, on July 24, implored members of the group to offer themselves for national leadership, and...

Citizens of Falmouth are being urged to get ready to take advantage of the vast economic opportunities that will flow from the development of the cruise ship pier. "The potential of the upcoming development is almost boundless," said Urban Development Corporation (UDC) General Manager, Joy Douglas, while encouraging residents to avail themselves of training through the HEART Trust/NTA, among others....

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Government is continuously working to create a more customer-friendly environment for persons conducting business with the State. "We have come to recognise that our philosophy of governance must review, rethink and refocus our energies on serving our customers by designing...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says that while emergency powers must never become a permanent or even medium-term tool for fighting crime, given the level of crime in Jamaica, it was considered necessary. In a broadcast to the nation on Wednesday, July 21, Mr. Golding said the brazen and organised nature of crime, made an emergency necessary in the...

Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission, Cordell Green, has emphasised the important role traditional media plays in the timely dissemination of accurate and credible information, citing shortcomings in the area of 'new media' outlets. Mr. Green cited traditional media as broadcast media, with the most common being newspapers, radio, and television, while 'new media' or social media include YouTube, Facebook,...