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Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding today chaired the Caricom Prime Ministerial sub-committee on external negotiations which received recommendations on a number of trade issues affecting the region. The meeting, which was held a day ahead of the official opening of the 30th Caricom summit in Georgetown Guyana, allowed heads to discuss preparations for the commencement of Caricom-Canada negotiations for...

The benefits of the Young Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP) were explained to young people in St. Mary at an orientation seminar, held at the HEART/NTA Vocational Training Institute, Port Maria, on Friday June 26. The function was attended by a number of young people representing various organisations in the parish. Entrepreneurial Trainer for the YEP programme, Kaymian Weekley, asserted that it...

Disaster Preparedness Co-ordinator with the Clarendon Parish Council, Charmaine Williams, has urged residents of Milk River, a low lying community close to the south coast, to ensure that all possible measures are taken to protect life and property during this hurricane season. Addressing the residents on June 29, Mrs. Williams informed that paramount to mitigating against the losses inherent in...

Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P. J. Patterson, has commended Attorney-at-law, Delano Franklyn, for successfully completing a book entitled, 'Michael Manley - The Politics of Equality', comprising an assortment of speeches by the late former Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon. Michael Manley. Speaking at the official launch of the book, at the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce...

Custos of Manchester, Dr. the Hon. Gilbert Allen, has called on Jamaicans to follow the examples of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Norman Manley, in building their communities and the country. Dr. Allen made the call at a church service commemorating the 116th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Manley on Sunday (June 28), at the Wesley Methodist Church, Porus,...

The Young Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP) made its entry into Montego Bay, St. James on Saturday June 27, 2009, with an orientation session at the HEART Trust/NTA Cornwall Automotive Training Institute in Flanker. The YEP programme has been established by the Government to encourage high school and tertiary level graduates, with a passion to operate their own business, to access training...

Residents of the St. Ann Infirmary benefitted from a day of special treatment and care, courtesy of staff of the Ocho Rios Branch of the FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB). The bank employees washed and combed the hair of the residents, clipped their nails and served them a delicious meal of soup, rice and peas, curried goat, cake and ice cream,...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding leaves the island tomorrow afternoon to attend the 30th regular meeting of the conference of Caricom Heads of Government from July 2-5 in Guyana. He will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh and other representatives of that Ministry and the Office of the Prime Minister. The...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has reiterated the Government's commitment to resume hanging, as soon as possible. Speaking to a large crowd at a Town Hall Meeting in Montego Bay Thursday night (June 25), Mr. Golding said that the Government was prepared to honour the "yes" vote taken by Parliament last year on the capital punishment issue. "Once Parliament...

Manager of the Information Technology Project in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Richard Gordon, is reporting some success with the implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Government agencies, departments and ministries. Mr. Gordon told a retreat of Information and Telecommunications officials from the Ministry, that one of the major achievements of the project was the development...

The Government of Jamaica has condemned the reported forcible removal from office of the democratically elected President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya by sections of the military. In a statement this afternoon, the Government described the actions as a breach of the principles of respect for the rule of law, human rights and constitutional order. The statement said the Government of...

Scores of young people turned out at the Runaway Bay HEART Academy in St. Ann on Thursday (June 25) for the St. Ann leg of the Young Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP) orientation session. The youngsters, who also journeyed from Trelawny, were eager to learn about how they could go about starting their own business and were excited about the YEP initiative...