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Jamaican planning and engineering professionals have offered the use of national codes and processes to the government of Haiti as part of institutional strengthening in that country's rebuilding efforts. The Jamaican Institution of Engineers has made the Jamaican Building Code available and the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) has also offered their development application and approval procedures. The Minister...

Jamaicans are being urged to come together at the community level to chart a course for the development of their parish. Making the call at the Hanover Parish Development Symposium in Lucea yesterday (February 25), Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, said that the task of planning for development cannot be the job of the...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government Reform, Hon. Robert Montague, has said that the series of Parish Development Symposia being held across the island have been very successful so far. "A number of the representatives of agencies travelling with us as we circle the island are quite surprised at the level...

More than 300 persons from the Jamaican community in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as members of the academic community, turned out to pay tribute to the late Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor the Hon. Ralston 'Rex' Nettleford, OM, at a Thanksgiving Service, held on February 21, at the Hillside Presbyterian Church in Decatur,...

Jamaicans residing in New York as well as former residents of Falmouth, will be updated on the progress of two major developments now underway in Falmouth, Trelawny, at a symposium to be held on February 25, in the Citigroup Building at 390 Greenwich Avenue, New York, beginning at 5:00 p.m. The symposium will focus on the construction of the multi-million...

When the Logos Hope book ship docked at the Montego Bay pier on January 20 to begin its two-month stay in the island, among the 350 crew members on board was Jamaican Tamara Francis. The young woman, who was born in Salt Marsh, Trelawny and grew up in Montego Bay and Kingston, gave up a career in radio broadcasting two...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, says that community response to the series of Parish Development Symposia has been overwhelming, so far. Speaking with JIS News after the Trelawny Parish Symposium, on the grounds of the Jamaica Baptist Union's Conference Centre, Duncans, Trelawny, on Tuesday (February 23), Mr....

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said that a single regulator for prescribed services, of which telecommunications and utilities are a part, is being considered by the Public Sector Transformation Unit and also the reviewers of the Telecommunications Act. Mr. Golding was speaking at the official opening of the downtown offices of the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) recently. The SMA moved downtown...

The telephone lines to 'Jamaica House Live' will re-open on Wednesday, February 24 at 8:30 pm with the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Christopher Tufton sitting in as the host for Prime Minister Bruce Golding. The Prime Minister is away in Cancun, Mexico attending two regional meetings that will run from Feb 21 to 23. The Agriculture Minister will...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has congratulated the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) for their bold move to relocate their offices from New Kingston to Harbour Street, Downtown Kingston. The move relieves the organization of $2 million in rent monthly and supports the Prime Minister's mandate that government offices relocate to downtown. "You are blazing the trail of bringing the government back...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding told residents of Hannah Town community that the re-established community development centre could be an instrument of transformation if they utilize it to its highest potential. The Prime Minister who gave the keynote address at the opening ceremony of the development centre on Thursday (February 18) said the centre represents a transition from a bitter past...

The Government has taken steps to improve the living conditions of residents in two informal settlements. In Portmore, twenty one families are to gain security of tenure on lands which they now occupy under the Local Improvements (Community Amenities) Act. Cabinet has approved the purchase of 1.3 hectares of land at Wallens Pathway for the sum of $7.5 million by...