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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,...

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...