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Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, says the vital importance of exports to the Jamaican economy has never really been fully appreciated. He said several campaigns such as 'Export or Die' have been mounted from time to time but Jamaica has never followed through in terms of the policy measures and action required. Mr. Golding was speaking yesterday (Oct.14) at the Jamaica...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, says that the Government will be putting more resources into community level sports in next year's budget. He was speaking at the 5th Annual Courtney Walsh Awards for Excellence at the Pegasus hotel in Kingston on October 14. The award was conferred on 2009 World Champion 100 metre Hurdler, Bridgette Foster- Hylton. "I have said to...

More than 150 staff members of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) will receive training in Customer Service over a five-week period, from September 30 to November 4. Staff members, drawn from a wide cross section of the Agency including drivers, accountants, photographers, reporters and production managers, have welcomed the exercise. Giving his impression of the training session, Radio Producer for...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding is scheduled to meet with members of a bipartisan parliamentary committee which is to re-examine the country's position on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as a final appellate court, on Thursday (October 15). "We are doing so with no pre-conditions, and I am going to meet with the committee myself on Thursday," Mr....

Three decades is a long time to stick with something that started out as a compromise, but veteran journalist, Ian Boyne, is quite happy he found a way to bridge his first love, clinical psychology, with his need to reach as many people as possible. This year, he has been conferred with the Order of Distinction (Commander Class), for his...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) teamed with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and its partners, to host a 'Strengthening Partnerships for Disaster Risk Reduction' workshop, at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, New Kingston, on Friday (October 9). The workshop, conducted under the ODPEM/CIDA Building Disaster Resilient Communities Project, engaged the Department of Local Government, which included...

The Department of Local Government and the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) have extended the search for a suitable location to accommodate the JFB's central operations. The move has become necessary as office space previously identified in an unoccupied section of the Central Sorting Office complex on South Camp Road, downtown Kingston, has been deemed inadequate to accommodate the JFB's central...

In an effort to underscore the value of statistics as an important resource in planning and decision-making, the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) will, this Thursday (October 15), celebrate the first Caribbean Statistics Day. "Jamaica is a member of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians and one of the things that we have been promoting is to develop an awareness...

Residents of Clarendon, Manchester, St. Elizabeth and St. Thomas are being urged to participate in a series of community meetings being undertaken by the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP), to highlight the importance of acquiring land titles. The meetings, which are conducted by field officers, are already underway in various communities in the targeted parishes and will be ongoing....

Member of the Manchester Parish Development Committee (PDC), Clarence Miller, has urged residents of Maidstone to put measures in place to market their community as a historical attraction. "Why can't we put a positive spin on what slavery used to represent and ask people to come into the community? I would love to see us have visitors coming through here...

Local Government officials are being urged to assert themselves more in disaster mitigation and management. At a workshop hosted by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Department of Local Government, at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, Friday (October 9), Mayors, Secretary Managers and Parish Disaster Co-ordinators were engaged in discussion on their roles and responsibilities in...

Presentation by the Hon. Bruce Golding Parliamentary DebateSupplementary Budget