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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...

For small business owners, who access Government loans through the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), the money they receive is only a small part of the benefits of the scheme. Managing Director of Irie Fi Real, Josette Richardson, can attest to getting more than just funding from the Corporation. She tells JIS News that the process of accessing her $100,000...

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has now joined the Government's growing communications links with the public through the launch of its website at www.opm.gov.jm Coming one year after the launching of the Prime Minister's radio programme, "Jamaica House Live", the new website delivers frequent updates on the activities and statements of the PM, as well as State projects...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has expressed Jamaica's concern with reports presented at this morning's session of the 30th regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of Caricom in Georgetown, Guyana, on the negative impact of the global crisis on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Trust Fund. Jamaica contributes up to 23 percent of the cost...

Project Manager of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), Cavell Francis-Rhiney, has urged South West Clarendon residents to form community groups to develop project documents to benefit from the Fund. Mrs. Francis-Rhiney was addressing a community consultation meeting, convened to identify some of the developmental issues facing the constituency, and to determine how best they can be addressed through the CDF....

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has declared it improper for any Caricom member state to take a unilateral position in relation to the free movement of Caricom nationals within the region. He says member states should not talk about their sovereignty and their right to do what they consider to be in their national interest, as they are all...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding told journalists today (July 3) that "interesting ideas have been discussed" at an informal caucus of Caribbean heads about the role of Caricom in governance; and he hoped that a way forward would emerge. "I am hoping a platform would be built, upon which we would finally address this enormous difficulty of governance. I...