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Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding on Tuesday (November 24) named the Consultative Monitoring Group that will work directly with the Public Sector Transformation Unit (PSTU), which has been charged with transforming the machinery of Government to be more efficient and cost-effective. The Committee will be chaired by banking executive, Peter Moses. The other members are Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Douglas...

Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, has said that the Department is contemplating legal action, under the Maintenance Act, against Jamaicans, who abandon their elderly parents in state care. "You have some children out there, lawyers, doctors, teachers, who have abandoned their elderly relatives and leave them to the state and we need to deal...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding says that the Government will outline the terms of its projected US$1.2 billion standby facility with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Parliament shortly. "We will very shortly be outlining in Parliament the terms of the IMF agreement, the details of the economic programme to be pursued and targets to be met, the policy...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has assured Jamaica's creditors that the country will not compromise its record of repaying its debts. "Jamaica has had an unblemished record of repaying its debts. I want to affirm, today, that we have no intention of allowing that valuable reputation to be compromised," Mr. Golding told Sunday's annual conference of his governing Jamaica...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has listed the current gaza/gully conflict among the negative influences destroying Jamaicans' self-confidence. "We as a society must unite around some basic principles, some agreement as to what is right and wrong, good and bad; what will uplift and what will destroy. The gully/gaza conflict is just one example of the negative influences that...

The Norman Manley International Airport reverberated with the sound of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) artillery Monday evening, as it pounded out a symbolic 21- Gun Salute to welcome Their Excellencies, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, and First Lady, Salma Kikwete. The visitors were met at the steps of their aircraft by Ambassador-designate of the...

The Old Harbour Development Area Committee (OHDAC) in St. Catherine, will host its seventh annual Exposition on Wednesday (November 25) on the Old Harbour campus of the Portmore Community College. The Expo, which coincides with the celebration of Community Month in November, will be held under the theme 'Community empowerment for nation building', and will be free of cost to...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has announced that a consultative/monitoring committee is to be appointed to oversee the work of the Public Sector Transformation Union (PSTU). He said that the committee will be made up of representatives of the public and private sectors, trade unions and academia. The Government has also invited the Opposition to name a representative. He...

Discussions on the African slave trade and the issue of reparations have always been interesting topics for Sophia Bryan and her schoolmates during history class, at Meadowbrook High School in Kingston. So when the opportunity came for Sophia, who is Deputy Head Girl at the school, to present her views to the Commission on Reparations, at a recent public meeting,...

Government's commitment to the development of St. Mary was underscored by Minister of State for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, at the Annual St. Mary Anglican Church Fundraising Dinner on Saturday (November 7). The function, held at the St. Mary Parish Church Hall, Port Maria, was highlighted by the honouring of 11 members of the church for outstanding service. Honourees...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) today (Nov. 8) dedicated its Corporate and Operating Plans for 2009 to 2012, during a service at the Bethel United Church of Jesus Christ (Apostolic) in Kingston. In a message read by JIS Advisory Board Chairman, Mr. Neville James, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects in the Office of the Prime Minister,...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that collaboration between Caribbean and Latin American countries, or joint action in strategic areas, is not enough to achieve integration. Mr. Golding said that significant achievements toward integration and collaboration have already been made among various sub-groups of Latin America and the Caribbean. However, there is need for broader, sturdier co-operation to...