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The National Council for Senior Citizens will focus on sensitising stakeholders and the public to its work, during this year's observance of Senior Citizens Week, September 27 to October 3. The Council will be hosting an Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service on Sunday (September 27) at the Kingston Parish Church to launch the week-long celebrations, and observe National Grandparents' Day. All seniors...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says productivity in the manufacturing sector has taken a positive turn and is rising for the first time in many years. He made the observation following discussions with the President of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association, Mr. Omar Azan, this week. At that meeting Mr. Golding pledged government's support for the sector. "I have always...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that, despite the challenges it faces with the 2009/10 budget, the Government has fulfilled its commitment to protect the critical sectors of education, health, the social safety net services and national security from cuts. He said that this year the Government has to find $127 billion to pay public sector salaries, as...

Government has secured US$700 Million of low interest funding for budgetary support over the past two years. This was revealed today (Sept. 23) by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, during the Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. The Minister said, "We are exceedingly pleased and proud of the relationship we have re-established with the...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has launched a poster competition, aimed at promoting safe building practices to reduce the impact of hazards and natural disasters. In collaboration with the United Kingdom-based Department for International Development (DFID), the competition, titled 'Safer Building', is open to any individual or group within Jamaica. Project Co-ordinator for the Tropical Storm...

Residents of Trinityville in rural St. Thomas are now better equipped to prepare for, and manage all types of disasters. A community disaster mitigation plan, prepared under the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)-funded Building Disaster Resilient Communities (BDRC) project, was launched in the area last week. The plan was the culmination of five months of community training and planning, facilitated...

Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Jeremy Collymore, says he welcomes the new name, as well as the focus of the agency on disaster management in the region. "We are a new organisation reflecting a commitment and recognition, by the Governments of the Caribbean, that we can no longer sit idly by while our economies suffer...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding will be hosting his seventh Town Hall Meeting at the St. Gabriel's Church, in May Pen, Clarendon, this Wednesday, September 23, at 7:00 p.m. The Prime Minister will be supported by Minister of Transport & Works, Hon. Michael Henry; Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles; Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon....

In Parliament on Tuesday, September 15, Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding led tributes and condolences made, on the passing of playwright, Mr. Trevor Rhone, C.D., who died that afternoon. "He was one of the most accomplished, most outstanding of our playwrights and writers. Even in recent times he did a one-man show in which he spoke about Bellas Gate....

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding has expressed condolences on behalf of the Government and people of Jamaica on the passing of Deputy President of the Council of the State of Cuba and Member of the National Assembly of the People's Power (Parliament), Juan Almeida Bosque. "We salute the life and worth of a great patriot whose dedication to the...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) has launched its Citizen's Charter, outlining the level of service Jamaicans can expect from its members, as well as its expectations of the public. At the launch of the Charter, Thursday (September 17), at the Department of Local Government, Kingston, Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Local Government,...

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, the Hon Karl Samuda, says there is need for an infusion of technology into agriculture, as well as improved packaging and marketing of its products, internationally, if it is to contribute, significantly, to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into Jamaica. Mr. Samuda was addressing the launch of the 2009 United Nations Conference on Trade and...