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The wife of the Prime Minister, Mrs. Lorna Golding, will join three other wives of world leaders as the Guests of Honour at Friday's "First Ladies Speak" event, being staged by the United Nation's Women's International Forum in New York. Mrs. Golding will be one of three eminent speakers at the forum being held under the theme, "The First Ladies...

Cabinet has approved talks between Jamaica and the Peoples Republic of China on cooperation on the transmission of Chinese radio and television programmes in Jamaica. However, Minister with Responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says that the discussions are in the preliminary stage, and that China is only interested in the rebroadcast of Chinese radio and...

Alpart bauxite company recently honoured its former communications manager, Mr. Lance Neita, for his role in helping to build harmonious relations between the company and communities in Manchester and St. Elizabeth. At a function held at the company's sports club in Nain, St. Elizabeth, Mr. Neita was lauded by community leaders, civic and political representatives, for his role in the...

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, is optimistic that the Government will be able to iron out the transition between Air Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines, as it relates to the Open Skies agreement with the United States. Speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House Wednesday (April 7), Mr. Vaz noted that a...

Newly installed President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Keith Smith, has called on business colleagues to look globally in the marketing of resources in the parish. Making his inaugural address after he was installed as head of the Chamber, at the Golf View Hotel, in Mandeville, recently, Mr. Smith noted that a vast amount of skills and resources...

Cabinet has approved a proposal to amend the Travel Agencies Regulation Act to increase several penalties, which will allow for tighter monitoring of the industry. These include penalties for operating an unregistered Travel Agency; offences set out in Section 22 of the Act, including obstructing the Registrar or Inspectors in carrying out their duties under the Act; and for breaching...

Cabinet has given instructions to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel for the drafting of legislation to establish a national building control framework for the country. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, speaking at a recent post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, explained that the framework includes a new building code and a National Building Act....

Members of the Swaby's Hope community in Manchester have come together to assist one of their own who is ailing with cancer. At a fundraising event hosted by the Citizen's Association and Community Sport Club on Sunday (March 28) at the Swaby's New Testament Church of God, more than $100,000 was raised for Denise Salmon, who is also visually impaired....

Over the next year, a disaster emergency plan is to be developed for each of the 41 child care institutions that have been selected under a project being implemented by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM). As contained in the 2010/2011 Estimates of Expenditure, $7.2 million has been set aside to carry out the activities of this...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has instructed Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Hon. Dorothy Lightbourne, to seek a declaration from the courts on her obligations before signing extradition orders. He was speaking on his call-in radio programme, Jamaica House Live, on Wednesday night, March 31. "I have instructed the Minister of Justice to seek a declaration from the courts of Jamaica,...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) has achieved a high success rate in its key performance indicators (KPI) for 2009/2010, according to Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Patricia Holness, speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Wednesday (March 31). "The RGD has achieved 90 per cent success on all its key performance indicators," Dr. Holness told the Think Tank. She explained that...

St. Mary's 4-H Clubs participated in the annual Achievement Day activities at the Oracabessa High School, Tuesday (March 30). The event, held under the theme "Youth involvement in local food production for sustainability," featured displays by a number of government and non-government agencies, a lunch hour concert and a prizegiving ceremony. Among the competitive events during the day's activities were...