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The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in a release today informed the public that close to 300 tonnes of Sulphuric Acid were released into the sea in the vicinity of Berth One, Port Bustamante, Kingston Harbour, Friday night (September 11). ODPEM said that the source of the spill was a container located at Berth One. A Team...

His Worship the Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, has said that the parish is in urgent need of two ambulances to replace out-of-service vehicles at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital and the Negril Fire Station. The Mayor, who was addressing a meeting of the Westmoreland Parish Council yesterday (Sept. 10) at the Anglican Church Hall in the parish capital, stated that...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has expressed the view that if Jamaica is to have a brighter future in agriculture then it must be linked to manufacturing and driven by technology. Speaking at his sixth Town Hall Meeting, in Annotto Bay, St. Mary on September 09, he said "We have to integrate agriculture with manufacturing; and agro-processing is something...

The Department of Local Government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), today (September 10), signed off on a pilot project intended to make communities safer for women and girls. Dubbed, 'Strengthening Community Safety Through Local Government Capacity Building', the project is to be implemented in two communities over the next 15 months, at a cost of US$240,000 (J$21 million)....

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding is urging all Jamaicans to give support to Caribbean Wellness Day 2009, which was officially launched yesterday (September 9), at Jamaica House. The Day will be observed on Sunday, September 13 with a Health Festival in Half-Way Tree Square. Speaking at the launch, the Prime Minister said: "If you cannot get to the festival,...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding warned last night that his Government wants better results from the $70 billion it is spending on education this financial year. "We spend a lot of money on education, but we do not feel we are getting the value we expect. Everybody is going to have to pull up their socks," the Prime Minister...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding has explained that if the Government is to pay the reclassification monies to some of the public sector groups, the wage bill will become unmanageable. The Prime Minister was speaking at the launch of the 2009 Compensation and Benefits Report of Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), yesterday (September 8), in Kingston. Mr....

Internal auditors employed in the public sector kicked off their three-day conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston Tuesday (September 8). The inaugural Government of Jamaica's Internal Auditors' Conference is being held under the theme, 'Internal Auditing: A Global Perspective'. Director of the Internal Audit Directorate (IAD) in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hope Blake,...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding on Tuesday (September 8) congratulated the researchers of Silverstone & Platt Research Solutions Limited, for publishing the first ever report on wages and benefits in the small business sector. "Silverstone & Platt was created to do this particular kind of work. You ventured into an area where many other people would be frightened away....

A Bill that will allow financial institutions to recognise a person's credit history as collateral is now before a Select Committee of Parliament. Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding says the move will help small businesses, especially those which have demonstrated a history and a culture of meeting their obligations. He was speaking at today's (September 8) launching of the...

Seven strategic areas, aimed at effecting positive change and renewal for the Jamaican people, were yesterday (Sept. 3) discussed at a National Transformation Programme (NTP) stakeholders meeting. The topics looked at were: national parenting training, enforcement of laws, improved access to education and health, accountability and advocacy, increased social interventions, tackling strategic tipping points, and improved public service delivery. About...

Social Sector Development Specialist at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Charles Clayton, has said that a mindset change is essential if Jamaica is to solve its social problems. Mr. Clayton made the statement at a recent JIS Think Tank session, where he highlighted the social aspects of Jamaica's Vision 2030 national development plan. "A mindset change is necessary, if...