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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...

The Broadcasting Commission's Regional Forum on Policy and Regulation in the Electronic Media Sector came to a close on July 6, with Chairman, Dr. Hopeton Dunn, describing the event as a success. He said that regional broadcasters and regulators now have a stronger foundation on which to harmonise policy responses and activities. "We had a very successful forum. It gave...

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has given the commitment of her Government to assist in the continued success of the University of the West Indies (UWI). "In my capacity as Prime Minister for Trinidad and Tobago, in whatever way that we can help to sustain this institution, we will continue to contribute and to help to...

The Lions Club of Mandeville, in Manchester, presented $1 million to the Renal Unit of the Mandeville Regional Hospital, on July 7. Addressing the handing-over ceremony at the Hospital, President of the Club, Jacqueline Foster said the money was collected at their main fund-raising event in April, 'Men who Cook'. "We want to join with others to build, equip and...