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Residents of St. Thomas will be restoring the Easington Memorial Park in Yallahs, for Labour Day. The St. Thomas Labour Day Planning Committee has chosen this activity as the parish project from the over 170 projects that were submitted. Sixty-nine of these were from Western St Thomas, while 51 were from the Eastern side of the parish. His Worship the...

Approximately 128 derelict vehicles were removed from the streets of Hanover in April, by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). According to NSWMA's Public Cleansing Officer for the Western Region, Oraldo Anderson, Hanover leads the way within the region, in terms of the amount of derelict vehicles removed from the streets. The NSWMA Western Region is made up of...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has given instructions to hastily relocate the inmates of the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in Alexandra, St Ann, following last night's (May 20) fire in which five girls were killed and thirteen others injured. The girls will be removed to the Stony Hill HEART Academy and buses are now being sent to Armadale to...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has requested a report on viable options that will ensure the longevity of the National Insurance Fund. The call was made today, May 22 during a meeting at Jamaica House with Opposition Leader, Portia Simpson Miller; senior member of the House of Representatives, Robert Pickersgill; technical staff from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has congratulated the leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) McKeeva Bush, on his party's victory in Wednesday's national elections in the Cayman Islands. Four years after losing to the People's Progressive Movement (PPM), the UDP was returned to office, capturing 9 of the 15 seats in the Legislative Assembly. In his message to Mr. Bush,...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding says democracy does not apply to the rearing of children. He said, "As committed as I am to democracy, there is no democracy in bringing up children. There are rules that have to be laid down; there is a certain standard of behaviour that must be demanded and when it is not forthcoming, it...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding will be attending a special caucus of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad on Sunday, May 24. The meeting's agenda is expected to include: the status of preparations for the negotiations of a CARICOM-Canada trade and development agreement; issues relating to the CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA); update on...

The National Land Agency (NLA) has won the Prime Minister's Trophy for the 'Best Customer Service' for 2008-2009. This was announced yesterday (May 20) at the biennial Public Sector Customer Service Awards Ceremony in Kingston. The agency also received the Manpower and Maintenance Services Award for Best Executive Agency. The public found that of all state entities, the NLA consistently...

Prime Minster the Hon. Bruce Golding has urged heads of civil service entities that they need to institutionalise best practices in their organisations as the public is not accepting lack of resources as an acceptable excuse for bad service. He was speaking on May 20 at the 2008-2009 Public Sector Customer Service Awards Ceremony in Kingston. Accepting that in most...

A sum of $3 million has been donated to the Mustard Seed Communities, by mobile operators, Digicel, to assist with the purchase of furniture and equipment for children at Martha's House of Safety, which was destroyed by fire recently. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Digicel Jamaica, Mark Linehan handed over the cheque to Executive Director and Founder of the Mustard...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has said that the Government will have to reposition ownership of the country's bauxite/alumina operations, in addition to addressing problems such as energy and technology, before any revival in the industry. "We are going to have to reposition our bauxite/alumina operations, not only in terms of the technology and investments that have to be...

Government has extended to the end of this month the test transmission permit for Nationwide News Network (NNN) to operate under its public broadcasting arrangement for professional services to deliver News, Current Affairs and presentation services. This 30-day extension from May 1, 2009, will allow for completion of installations which are to be assessed by the Spectrum Management Authority. (SMA)...