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Twenty seven nominations have been received for the Prime Minister's Youth Awards for Excellence, to be presented on Sunday, December 6, at Emancipation Park, in Kingston, beginning at 5:00 p.m. They are: Kerri Ann Allen, Zurie Johnson, Olivia Rose, Doneika Simms and Rochelle Whyne in the category of Academics; Danielle Hyde in the field of Entrepreneurship; Siaelda Green and Trudi...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that poverty is an enemy of the environment and funding must continue to be given towards its alleviation. He was addressing Commonwealth Heads of Government in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad on November 27. In his contribution to the special session on climate change, Mr Golding said he was encouraged by statements from United Nations...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has expressed disappointment that there seems to be no clear direction on the restructuring of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs). Further, he is concerned that once the economic crisis recedes, the interests of middle income developing countries, like Jamaica, might be forgotten. Mr. Golding, who is in Trinidad participating in the Commonwealth Heads of...

Jamaica Customs reported Friday (November 27) that effective Tuesday (December 1), persons clearing barrels containing personnel effects will pay Customs $5,000 per barrel. The Department said that this does not apply to commercial shipments. The fixed rate of $5,000 on items usually described as personnel effects does not include shipping, storage, wharfage costs or Queens's Warehouse charges on overtime goods....

Some 192 priority development plans, which set out key areas identified by communities for development, have been submitted to the Social Development Commission (SDC). Director of Community Development Planning at the SDC, Mr. Courtney Brown, addressing a Think Tank at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) head office in Kingston yesterday (November 26), explained that the SDC officers work with the...

Jamaica's Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, was among leaders representing the 53 states who took on climate change as their primary issue, as the 21st Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) opened in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Friday (November 28). Mr. Golding is leading Jamaica's team, which also includes: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and...

Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, has urged members of the International University of the Caribbean (IUC) community to continue to rise above the global challenges and strive for quality education. "You must build upon the foundation of your past victories, rather than being overwhelmed by the monumental scope of the challenges you face, posed...

Sixteen residents from the community of Cauldwell in Hanover have been certified as fire wardens, bringing to 119 the total number of such personnel in the parish. The move is in keeping with a national initiative launched in July 2008 to train and certify community members to be first responders in the event of fires or other disasters in their...

While Jamaica's Commercial banks are stepping up their assistance to small and medium sized enterprises by providing low interest loans, Government is also determined to play its part in strengthening support services to this sector. Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has given instructions to the Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC) to strengthen its support services and to the Scientific...

Residents of Old Harbour and surrounding communities in St. Catherine, came out in their numbers on Wednesday (November 25) for the annual Old Harbour Development Area Committee (OHDAC) community expo. The event was held on the grounds of the Portmore Community College's Old Harbour campus under the theme: 'Community Empowerment For Nation Building'. More than 30 exhibitors from the public...

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...