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Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that the Caribbean region is nowhere near where it should be in terms of environmental protection, although the level of awareness is much higher than it was 20 to 30 years ago. Mr. Golding bemoaned the fact that the greatest threat to the environment in the region, comes from the creeping degradation...

International Telecommunications Industry Consultant and Columbia University Professor, Dr. Raul Katz, has been confirmed for the Broadcasting Commission's Regional Regulators' Forum on Policy and Regulation in the Electronic Media to be held next month. The forum, which was originally scheduled for June, was postponed following the declaration of a state of emergency for the parishes of Kingston and St. Andrew....

A team of technicians from Brazil's Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) were today (June 21), briefed by representatives from the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), on Jamaica's national development plan - Vision 2030. Lead Consultant in the Planning and Development Unit at the PIOJ, Richard Lumsden, explained to the Brazilian team that the overall aim for the Vision 2030...

Acting Senior Director in the Standards, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit of the Public Sector Modernisation Division, Cabinet Office, Michele Gordon-Somers is calling on Jamaicans to hold the public sector accountable for quality customer service. In an interview with JIS News on the upcoming launch of the Fifth staging of the Public Sector Customer Service Competition on Wednesday, June 23, at...

The National Land Agency (NLA), which brings together the Government's core land information functions, will during this financial year, undertake a raft of initiatives aimed at improving its services. Speaking with the JIS, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of the NLA, Mrs. Elizabeth Stair, notes that chief among the initiatives is the implementation of new security features for its Certificate of...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is once again appealing to fathers to add their particulars to their children's birth certificates at the time of birth, as the Department seeks to achieve 100 per cent compliance in this area. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the RGD, Dr. Patricia Holness, has disclosed that, since the start of the Department's bedside registration drive...

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP), in partnership with "Real Man Things", a radio programme aired on Power 106, will host a special Father's Day outside broadcast from Trench Town in South St. Andrew, on Sunday, June 20. The announcement was made by Communications and Social Marketing Coordinator at the CSJP, Gillian Scott, during an interview with JIS News...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, will chair a Cabinet sub-committee, which has been appointed to make recommendations in respect of persons to be conferred with national honours and awards, this year. Speaking at Wednesday's (June 16) post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said that the Treasury bill interest rates are now at a 28-year low, a positive effect of the Jamaica Debt Exchange Programme on the economy. Mr. Golding highlighted this during his address at the opening ceremony of Expo Jamaica at the National Arena yesterday (June 17). "Treasury bill rates are now under 10%....The last time we...

Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, has applauded teachers of schools in West Kingston for their continued commitment and service to the nation's children, particularly during "this critical game-changing period of the country's history". The Prime Minister, who visited schools in the area yesterday (June 17), said he recognized that the events of the last couple of weeks had impacted the...

Restoration work on Coronation Market in downtown Kingston is scheduled to commence on Monday, June 21, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications, and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has disclosed. A portion of the market, situated in the heart of the commercial downtown Kingston district, was torched during the violent upsurge in sections of West Kingston in May. Speaking at...

A team of technicians from Brazil's Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) will be in Jamaica, June 21 to 22, to discuss Vision 2030, Jamaica's National Development Plan, with representatives of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). Lead Consultant and Economic Specialist in the Plan Development Unit at the PIOJ, Richard Lumsden, said that the visit will enable the IPEA...