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Lady Bustamante, widow of National Hero, The Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, who died yesterday (July 25), at age 97, was a defender of women's and workers' rights, as exemplified in her steadfast stance for port workers in 1938, alongside Sir Alexander Bustamante. Affectionately called 'Lady B', she was committed to the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU), and was its...

Some 78 fire hydrants will be fixed this year as the Jamaica Fire Department embarks on a programme to rehabilitate hydrants across the island. Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, made the announcement at a meeting of the St. Ann Parish Council and heads of agencies held on...

Government is opening up new business opportunities by providing licenses to allow service providers to roll out wireless-based services to Jamaicans. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects in the Office of the Prime Minister, Daryl Vaz in his contribution to the Sectoral debate in Parliament on Wednesday (July 22), announced that a wireless broadband licence has been...

Jamaica House Live, the monthly interactive radio talk show programme hosted by Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, will be aired again on Wednesday, July 29 from 8:30-10:00 p.m. The programme which is aired every last Wednesday in each month, allows Jamaicans at home and abroad, to call and speak with the Prime Minister on issues or concerns that they...

A national spatial unit will be established within the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) by December, Minister without portfolio with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, told Parliament on Wednesday (July 22). Mr. Vaz said that the new unit will work with all relevant Government agencies to develop various aspects of a National Spatial (land...

The Universal Access Fund (UAF) has collected $5.5 billion to date and of this amount, approximately $2.8 billion has been committed to the e-Learning project. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), with responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Hon. Daryl Vaz on Wednesday (July 22), during his contribution to the 2009/10 Sectoral...

The Government is offering two wireless cable licences to service providers to afford consumers wider choices. This was announced by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during his presentation in the 2009/10 Sectoral Debate, at Gordon House, yesterday (July 22). "As the communication and information technologies evolve...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Kingston, Ronald Thwaites, has called for the Government and Opposition to form a "Government of national unity." He made the call during his contribution to the 2009/2010 Sectoral Debate in the House, on July 22. Mr. Thwaites said it required a sustained and institutional partnership to meet today's challenges, rather than collaboration only when...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has set up a team to make recommendations to help the government improve the administration of children's homes throughout Jamaica. The team is to report its findings to him by the end of August. At a meeting with heads of both private and state run agencies, earlier this week at Jamaica House, the Prime Minister said,...

The Manchester leg of the Young Entrepreneurs Programme's (YEP) orientation sessions have been rescheduled for Friday (July 24). They will be held at the HEART Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI) campus, Grove Road, Mandeville and Holmwood Technical High School, Christiana. Both sessions will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The sessions were originally slated for July 8, but had...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has placed on record the position that the Government does not intend to cut public sector jobs, despite its decision to return to a borrowing relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Mr. Golding's comments were made in an exclusive interview on All Angles, a current affairs programme, which will be aired tonight (Wednesday,...

Ambassador to the United States, Anthony Johnson, is urging Jamaicans to "rise up and build," noting that the global recession is ripe with opportunities for investment. "Now is the time for people with ideas to get up and do something with those ideas. It is the time for us to see what we can buy as groups, as organisations, as...