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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh departed the island on the weekend for Copenhagen, Denmark , to participate in the 15th Conference of Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change. Dr. Baugh, who heads Jamaica's delegation, will address the Conference which runs from the 7th to the 18th of December,...

Minister of National Security, Dwight Nelson told dancehall artistes Mavado and Vybz Kartel that competitiveness does not have to lead to violence. "I would love to see you artistes demonstrate to your fans that yes, we are competitors and we compete but our competition does not mean war and violence. This is where I would love to see Kartel and...

On Sunday, December 13, a timely, frank and insightful discussion programme with Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding and veteran journalist, Ian Boyne, will be aired on national radio and television networks. The one-hour programme called, A Conversation with the Prime Minister, will cover a range of issues that are pertinent to moving the country ahead despite global economic concerns....

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has announced the appointment of Miss Kamina Johnson, an Attorney-at-law and business executive, to the Senate to fill the vacancy arising from the resignation in July of Mr. Don Wehby. Miss Johnson, a graduate of the University of the West Indies and the Norman Manley Law School, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in French...

The Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, has announced the appointment of Kamina Johnson, an Attorney-at-Law and business executive, to the Senate to fill the vacancy arising from the resignation in July of Don Wehby. Miss Johnson, a graduate of the University of the West Indies and the Norman Manley Law School, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has given the assurance that Government has no plans to establish any licensing regime for journalists. Minister Vaz was responding to a report which claimed that the Government might be moving to establish a licensing regime for journalists. Both the Press...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has called on the region's disaster management professionals to empower communities to manage their own disaster prevention and risk recovery. He identified this as an area that is seriously lacking in the region's response mechanisms. Speaking at the opening ceremony for the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), in Montego Bay (December 8), Mr....

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has ceased the granting of discretionary waivers on taxes on duties, effective December 1, in light of significant reductions in revenue inflows during the first half of the 2009/10 fiscal year. Speaking at Wednesday's (December 9) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects in...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, says that Jamaica has done "reasonably well" in striking a balance between development and the protection of the environment but admits that much more needs to be done. "We have done considerable work in the policies that we have developed over time and in the regulations that we have presented," the Prime Minister said....

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has said that poverty is a major contributing factor to environmental degradation and that any programme focused on the environment must include measures to address the needs of the poor. The Prime Minister was delivering the keynote address on Tuesday (December 8) at the 4th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management at the Rose...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has expressed regret at the recent passing of Jamaica's first Parliamentary Ombudsman, Errington George Green, who died at the age of 83. Mr. Golding noted that Ombudsman Green, an attorney-at-law, established himself as one who provided exemplary service to his country for over 50 years. Throughout his years in the government service, E.G. Green...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has disbursed $5.7 million of grant money to 57 vendors whose stock was destroyed in the Oxford Mall fire of October 27. The grant came as the result of an intervention of the Prime Minister who saw the plight of the vendors first hand when he visited on the day of the fire....