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Cabinet has approved the purchase of two properties in May Pen, Clarendon, for the National Insurance Fund (NIF), at a cost of $76 million, to house the parish offices of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said the need to acquire the properties, situated on Manchester Avenue and Church...

A contract valued at US$1.14 million has been awarded to Oshkosh Corporation in the United States (US), for the supply of one aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle for the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA). This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunication and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing, held at Jamaica House...

Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, on Wednesday (July 28) announced that the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) has finalised its recommendations for regulations governing political party financing. Mr. Golding, who was speaking during a recent sitting of the House of Representatives, stated that the recommendations have been accepted by both political parties. "I had hoped that the report could have...

A photographic exhibition depicting the significant role women have continued to play in the development of society was officially opened today (July 29), at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) offices, in Kingston. Dubbed 'She is Royal', the exhibition features an eclectic collection of the achievements of women throughout the years, and is in recognition of the Organization of American...

The Public Sector Transformation Unit (PSTU) hopes to have a clearer picture of the extent to which the public sector will be transformed, and the resulting savings that will accrue to the Government by October. Head of the Public Sector Transformation Unit, Patricia Sinclair-McCalla (left), speaking at Wednesday's (July 28) post Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House. Looking on is...

Head of the Public Sector Transformation Unit (PSTU), Mrs. Patricia Sinclair McCalla, noted that the details of the recommendations that were made in The Public Sector Master Rationalisation Plan would be available in October but in the interim, the focus must be on improving public sector services and efficiencies. Mrs. Sinclair McCalla was giving members of the media an update...

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...