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Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has hailed the Golden Eye Expansion Project in St. Mary as an initiative that will enhance Jamaica's economic development and assist in maintaining the country's attractiveness as a tourist destination, despite the current global economic crisis. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony for the project at Golden Eye in Oracabessa on Friday (Aug. 14), during a...

Volunteerism and community service have long been regarded as integral to national development, and for persons like Gregory King, are focal and pivotal points in life. Over the past several years, Mr. King has been actively involved in a number of activities which have fostered community and personal development, and engendered sound leadership qualities and camaraderie, among other notable traits....

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding expects some recovery in the bauxite and alumina sectors, which he says will add to the growth of the economy. He named a number of projects coming on stream, including a change in the ownership of St. Ann Bauxite. What is involved in that change is a commitment to major projects. Mr. Golding explained...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding says he wants to raise the level of confidence that the public has in the police, and names a number of steps the Government intends to take toward this end. Speaking in an interview on CVM television's programme, 'Direct', earlier this week, he said: "We are going to enact into law some of the...

Amidst fears of possible unemployment as a consequence of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement, Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding has given the assurance that Government is determined to avoid job cuts in the public sector. "There are going to be some serious expenditure cuts this year...We do not propose in those cuts to make any worker redundant," he...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson, has underscored the importance of establishing partnerships and building synergies among stakeholders, in the effort to strengthen Jamaica's disaster management programme. Speaking at a workshop on 'Strengthening Partnerships for Disaster Risk Reduction' at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in Kingston on Wednesday (Aug. 12), Mr....

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding says the bauxite company, Alpart, in Nain, St. Elizabeth will continue its water supply programme to sections of St. Elizabeth despite its closure. Following discussions with the Government, the company has also agreed to extend the supply of water from five days to seven. This will come with conditions as the company has complained...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has commended the work being done by the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, which he says, is going to be one of the leading sectors that the country will rely on to lead it through the economic crisis. However, he noted that agriculture is faced with a lot of problems, especially in St. Elizabeth, the...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has vowed to come clean with the people, to be honest and tell them what is going on in relation to the plans that the Government has for combating the economic crisis. Speaking last night (August 12) to thousands of people who came out to hear him at the St. Elizabeth Town Hall meeting...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding says every effort will be made to cut out waste, corruption and stealing, as too much of that is happening. He said because of these abuses, the country is not getting full dollar value for every tax dollar spent. The Prime Minister expressed his concerns at the Town Hall meeting in Junction, St. Elizabeth,...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is strengthening its capacity to contribute more significantly to the country's disaster risk reduction efforts. Director of Sustainable Development and Regional Planning at the PIOJ, Claire Bernard, said that the agency has introduced a sustainable development planning model known as Threshold 21(T21), and is pursuing the creation of a national spatial plan, which will...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, said last night (Aug.12) that the 2009/2010 Supplementary Estimates, which will be tabled in Parliament early in September, will be about "doing plenty with little." "When we present the Supplementary Estimates early in September, we are going to outline where we have to cut," Mr. Golding told a huge crowd at his Town Hall...