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The Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has announced that a strategic plan will be implemented Friday (July 23), to enable the security forces' anti-crime efforts to continue beyond the current State of Emergency, which ends midnight Thursday. "We must continue the battle. We cannot allow the gains that have been made over the past two months to be lost....

Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, says that God is moving Jamaica in a positive direction and has called on the church community to continue to pray for the country. "I believe that we are at a turning point and at a tipping point, and I believe that the direction in which God is directing this country is a direction for...

The Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, toured the Flankers and Lilliput communities in Montego Bay Friday (July 16), to view upgrading projects the Ministry of Water and Housing, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and other agencies are spearheading. Speaking with Journalists at the end of the tour, the Prime Minister pointed out that it was part of his...

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has informed that the Government is focusing on the rollout of a broadband backbone in the short-term, which will ensure adequate connectivity throughout the island. The move, he said, is in keeping with the Vision 2030 National Development Plan, which designates information and communications technology (ICT) as a...

Approximately 100 young persons from the parishes of St. Mary and St. Ann have completed a six-day course in disaster management, under the Government's Emergency Response Initiative. Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague (right), presents a certificate to Antoinette Naultie, participant in a disaster management course. The ceremony...

The Ministry of Water and Housing is making significant progress in its programme of assistance for householders whose homes were totally destroyed by Tropical Storm Gustav. In Portland, the Ministry has so far, rebuilt 58 of the 117 houses that were demolished by the tropical storm, and relocated nine households to the Darlingford site in the parish. Of the 37...

Two days of touring infrastructure projects in the city of Montego Bay by Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, culminated with a visit to the new police station being built in Montego Hills; the proposed site for a Centre of Excellence Training Centre at the old Glendevon Market; and the recently opened sports facility in Catherine Hall. Mr. Golding also...

The Government will be strengthening economic diplomacy, in order to help steer the country out of the grip of the global financial crisis and lay a solid foundation for future progress, says Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh. "Recent events compel us to redouble our efforts to find that path to sustainable development that can...

Cabinet has given approval for the introduction of a Bill to indemnify the Negril/Green Island Area Local Planning Authority for approvals granted and other acts done in good faith, between March 24, 1984 and the date of the commencement of the Act. Entitled the Town and Country Planning (Negril Green Island Area Local Planning Authority) (Validating and Indemnity) Act, the...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has expressed his Government's appreciation to the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), an outreach division of the USA military, for outfitting the warehouse training facility at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM). This facility, known as the Renewed Disaster Relief Warehouse is located on Haining Road in New Kingston. The warehouse facility gives...

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has called on the Jamaican business community to intensify its partnerships with businesses in other CARICOM states. Speaking at a Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) luncheon in her honour, at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston Friday July 9, Mrs. Persad-Bissessar said this was needed to ensure that CARICOM member states...

Approximately $4 million worth of emergency shelter supplies were donated Wednesday (July 7) to the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). Speaking at the handing over ceremony at ODPEM office, Haining Road, in Kingston, the agency's Director General, Ronald Jackson, noted that the supplies will go a far way in meeting...