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Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding says the lack of shelter cannot be tackled without looking at the relationship between poverty and the lack of housing. "If you cannot lift people out of poverty and you are providing them with housing they will never be able to honour their obligations in terms of meeting the costs of that housing. The...

Ministers of Housing and Urbanisation and other Government representatives from the region are participating in the 18th General Assembly of Ministers and High Level Authorities on Housing and Urbanisation (MINURVI) in Latin America and the Caribbean which began yesterday (July 16) at the Rose Hall Resort and Country Club, Montego Bay, St. James. Activities are being carried out under the...

Assistant Representative at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Melissa McNeil-Barrett, has said that the media have a role to play in simplifying important issues so that ordinary citizens can understand them. "So often, we talk about the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the man in the street doesn't understand what...

Phase one of the Young Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP), has ended, following five weeks of Orientation Sessions island wide, with approximately 1000 school leavers exhibiting interest to participate in the programme YEP, a social safety initiative announced by Prime Minister the Hon Bruce Golding in his 2009/10 Budget Presentation, is aimed at ensuring that 2009 school leavers of high schools and...

The Mona School of Business (MSB) will be hosting the Caribbean Business Renewal Conference on Friday (July 17), at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston. Director, Professional Services Unit at MSB, Dr. William Lawrence, made the disclosure during an interview with JIS News on Monday (July 13). The conference will be held under the theme 'Providing Strategic and Sustainable Solutions...

Mr. Joseph Hibbert has tendered his resignation as Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and Works. Mr. Hibbert's resignation follows a meeting with Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding yesterday. In his letter of resignation, Mr. Hibbert said, "in view of the allegations of bribery of Jamaican Government officials made in the UK courts by the British firm...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, will address a meeting of the tripartite Labour Advisory Committee (LAC) on a number of issues at his Ministry on Wednesday (July 15). Mr. Charles will address issues such as strengthening the industrial relations process and recent legislative reforms. He will also report on his recent visit to the 98th session...

The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was established to provide Members of Parliament with financial resources to execute approved sustainable social and economic programs within their constituencies. . Members of Parliament must have regular consultations with their constituents to identify and prioritise development issues. . A broad based Constituency Projects Oversight Committee (CPOC) chaired by the Member of Parliament must be...

The Government is expecting inflows totalling approximately US$400 million from the various multilateral organisations this year. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, made the announcement as he addressed a function marking the merger of Barita Investments Limited and Barita Unit Trusts, yesterday (July 9) at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St Andrew. He noted that...

On Wednesday, July 15, residents of Ocho Rios St. Ann and surrounding areas will get from Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, a first-hand report on issues affecting their country and communities. The occasion will be a Town Hall meeting at the Ocho Rios High School and the public is invited to ask questions and contribute ideas for development. Mr....

"Not my Armadale," were the first thoughts of Cassandra, a former ward of the facility, when she heard the news of the protests and subsequent fiery deaths of seven teenagers at the centre in May. For her, the Armadale Juvenile Centre, located in St Ann, is not just the place she spent two years of her life, Armadale is hers....

State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Local Government Reform, Hon. Robert Montague, has approved funding for several infrastructural improvement projects in a number of divisions in St. Thomas. A sum of $3 million is to be spent on drain cleaning across the parish, inclusive of drain construction, while another $3 million is to go...