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Financial expert and businessman, Roy Collister, was conferred with the Order of Jamaica (O.J.) on Friday (March 19). The stalwart financier expressed his gratitude to the Government of Jamaica for the honour, describing the moment as a "great pleasure." Mr. Collister, an enthusiastic participant in the formulation of national policies which have influenced foreign exchange rates, tax reform and regional...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has said that the Government wants to ensure that all Jamaicans benefit from the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). He said that ICT, an umbrella term for communication devices or applications, including radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software, can be used as...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding assured investors that his government intended to provide policy and administrative support that will allow the private sector to invest where they see viable projects including projects in the public sector. The Prime Minister was addressing clients of Scotia DBG Investments at a Corporate Seminar in Kingston on March 19. Noting that the current multilateral funding...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has been speaking of areas in the financial sector which he said needed to have a culture change. He was addressing the Scotia DBG investment seminar in Kingston on March 19. Citing the former high interest rates on government paper Mr. Golding said, "the financial sector must be prepared to shake from its feet the dust...

Public Sector bodies that are not within central government will be more accountable to Parliament during the fiscal year that starts on April 1. Prime Minister Bruce Golding said this in the House on March 17 during the debate on the report of the Standing Orders Committee. Mr Golding said, "The Public Administrations and Appropriations Committee recommended that it be...

The parish of Trelawny has a new Custos. He is 53-year-old farmer and businessman, Mr. Harold Paul Arnold Muschett, who was sworn in yesterday (March 18), at a civic ceremony, held in Water Square, Falmouth. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, who administered the Oath of Office, also conferred on Mr. Muschett the Order of Distinction, Commander...

Alumina Partners of Jamaica (ALPART) has put measures in place to alleviate the dust nuisance from the mud lake at its residual facility in Nain, St. Elizabeth. These measures include the installation of additional sprinklers, setting up another dust monitoring station and the grassing of areas, said Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) with responsibility...

Cabinet has approved the sale of the property previously owned by the defunct Ariguanabo Company of Jamaica Limited in St. Catherine, to New Era Homes 2000 Limited, by the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) at a gross sale price of $163.8 million. The property, which was divided into two lots - 5A and 5B - comprised 430 acres of land,...

Cabinet has approved the establishment of a legal framework for the Office of Custos Rotulorum, including increasing their annual stipend to $300,000. Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon Daryl Vaz In making the announcement, Minister with responsibility for Information, the Hon Daryl Vaz, pointed out that the nation's 14 Custodes are integral to ceremonial civic activities, and they also serve...

The Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA) is looking to EXPO Jamaica 2010 to help to reinvigorate the manufacturing and export sectors amid a decline in external demand for Jamaican goods. The expo, to be held at the National Arena in Kingston, from June 17 to 20, will bring together Jamaican manufacturers and international buyers. Speaking at the launch on March 16...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) would now focus its efforts on reconstruction in Haiti, as the situation is gradually transitioning from emergency response to long term reconstruction. He further noted that details of this and the functional areas in which CARICOM's efforts will be concentrated are still being worked out with Haiti's...

Outgoing Commissioner of Corrections, Mrs. June Spence Jarrett, is to take up a post within the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). "I can confirm that the Public Services Commission has indicated (her) transfer to the OPM. I have not been informed...yet, whether that has actually reached to us formally and where in the OPM she will be located," Minister...