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Cabinet has approved a $36.7 million contract awarded to Contraxx Enterprises Limited for the Moore Town Road Rehabilitation Project in Portland. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during the weekly Post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (August 11) at Jamaica House. The project is being facilitated under the European Union (EU)...

Cabinet has approved $148.9 million for the retrofitting and rehabilitation of the Metcalf Street Remand Centre. This announcement was made by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunication and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during Wednesday's (August 11) Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Mr. Vaz said that the facility is being established in keeping with the recommendations of the...

A fundraising event in support of paralyzed youngster Rodgeiph Haughton will be held on Sunday, August 15 at the Mandeville Hotel in Manchester. The 12-year old lost the ability to walk some four years ago, when he was struck in the back by a stray bullet, as he played in his yard in Greenwich Town, St. Andrew. His mother, who...

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, has appealed to media practitioners and reporters to always seek to highlight the facts, without being sensational. Miss Llewellyn, who was addressing the recent installation ceremony of the Rotary Club of Christiana, in Manchester, noted that elements of transparency and integrity must not only be exhibited by public servants, but also by media...

Former Prime Minister, Hon. Edward Seaga, has said that as Jamaica celebrated its 48th anniversary of Independence, Jamaicans should be proud of the nation's achievements, thus far. Mr. Seaga was guest speaker at the Independence Dinner and Dance of the Jamaica United Relief Association (JURA) last Friday (Aug. 6) at the Sheraton Airport Hotel in Davie. Speaking to some 500...

The Newport Seventh-day Adventist Church in Manchester, on Saturday August 7 handed over $35,000 to six-year-old Natalee Reid, who is challenged by a heart condition. The child was first diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease a year ago and, since then, has been admitted to the Mandeville Regional Hospital, the Bustamante Hospital for Children and is now a patient at the...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, currently on an official visit to Colombia, met with outgoing President Alvaro Uribe, and a group of Jamaicans residing there, on Saturday August 7, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has reported. Mr. Golding discussed relations between the two countries and progress on bilateral agreements between Jamaica and Colombia, with President Uribe. He also thanked...

All children on remand are to be housed in a specially created Juvenile Remand Centre on Metcalfe Street, Denham Town, Kingston, by Christmas. The Prime Minister, the Hon Bruce Golding, was given this assurance by officials of the Ministry of National Security during his tour of the location Wednesday afternoon (August 4). The facility, which is a former adult remand...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding will pay an official visit to Bogota, Colombia, from August 6-9, to participate in a number of activities including the official swearing-in of the newly elected Colombian President Dr Juan Manuel Santos. PM Golding will have a busy first day, starting with a meeting with Jamaicans living in Colombia after which he will hold bilateral talks...

Jamaica will host the Commonwealth Regional 'Conflict of Interest' Workshop from September 27 to 28. The two-day workshop, which will be held in Montego Bay, St. James, will provide public officials with tools to address potential conflicts of interest. They will also be invited to adopt a Code of Conduct. The need for this workshop was identified by Law Ministers...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has commended farmers for showing "tremendous resilience" in helping to increase agricultural production, despite the recent drought and other challenges. "Last year, agriculture grew by 12.1 per cent, a miraculous achievement and I want to pay tribute to all the farm leaders, the Minister and his team, but most importantly the farmers, for their tremendous performance,"...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is urging Jamaicans to lodge all complaints of shoddy goods and services with the agency. CAC Regional Officer, Timothy Watson, said that aggrieved customers often try to seek redress on their own, which may lead to violent incidents. "We want the consumers to know that the Consumer Affairs Commission can provide them with adequate help,...