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The Government is pursuing private sector partnership to construct a new public morgue in Kingston, Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, disclosed on Friday (January 22). Speaking in the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate, Senator Nelson said that plans for the facility, projected to cost some $426 million, have already been approved by the...

Britain's new High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Howard Drake has praised Jamaica for its quick and positive response to the Haitian earthquake crisis. During his courtesy call on Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding at Jamaica House in Kingston this morning, (Jan 22) Mr. Drake said Britain was also committed to playing its part in providing much needed medical...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD), is slated to roll out its new state of the art Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephone system at its head office, Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, early February, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Patricia Holness, has disclosed. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank session at the Half -Way Tree Road head office of the Jamaica...

President of the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology, Dr. Lascelles G. Newman, says if the country is to experience a turn around it is critical for all Jamaicans to stop playing the blame game, and instead, seek to unite in working to return the nation to its former glory. "Jamaica is no longer at a cross roads but is going...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding says his office had no knowledge that the National Workers Union (NWU) should have been a part of the delegation representing the Jamaica Airline Pilots Association (JALPA) which met with him earlier this week to discuss a proposal on the sale of Air Jamaica. Mr. Golding was responding to accusations from the NWU that...

Chairman of the Consultative Monitoring Group (CMG) at the Public Sector Transformation Unit (PSTU), Peter Moses, has said that Ministers and state agencies must take ownership of the transformation programme if it is to be successful. "This project will not happen, driven by (the PSTU)...the Permanent Secretaries, Ministers and staff have to take ownership of this project. I get a...

Jamaica shares the same fault line (a crack or break in the earth's surface) with Haiti, which suffered a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 11. This was disclosed by the Head of the Earthquake Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Lyndon Brown, at a JIS Think Tank in Kingston on January 20. "The fault that...

As the world witnesses the earthquake horror in Haiti, the problem of informal settlements in Jamaica, has again come to the fore. Addressing a JIS Think Tank this morning (January 20), Executive Director of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson, pointed to the similarities between Jamaica and Haiti where informal settlements are concerned, and how...

Executive Director of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson is appealing to all Jamaicans to seek information on what to do in an earthquake, from legitimate sources such as local agencies, and media houses. "Pay attention to your local media houses and your agencies that are mandated to give this information. Seek out the knowledge,...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force and the Ministry of National Security are currently mapping out an operational plan to deal with a possible influx of Haitians to the island, in the wake of the devastating earthquake of January 12. Addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing held at Jamaica House today (January 20), Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Daryl Vaz, informed that...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is partnering with Well Heeled Jamaicans, a local charitable organisation, to undertake a shoe collection drive this weekend as part of the agency's relief response to Haiti in the aftermath of last week's devastating earthquake. "We have gotten their support to assist us with collecting new and slightly worn shoes that...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson, has said that raising the necessary funds is a crucial aspect in providing support to earthquake-ravaged Haiti. "We would like to play a role where we can, in seeing that Jamaica makes some kind of contribution to the recovery facility ...(and) cash (is) a critical element...