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Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, is currently at the Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, St. James Jamaica where a hostage incident is unfolding. Speaking with JIS NEWS, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information Hon. Daryl Vaz, said that the Prime Minister was briefed by Assistant Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington who...

As the 5th Summit of the Americas gets into its first full working day, Prime Minister Bruce Golding is among the CARICOM heads attending this morning's Canada/CARICOM session. The Jamaican foreign affairs delegation will then participate in bilateral meetings with their counterparts from several Organisation of the Americas (OAS) member states including Canada , Chile , Colombia , the Dominican...

Wednesday, April 1 may have been All Fool's Day, but 69-year-old Adina Anderson was not pulling a stunt when she told the staff of the Jamaica Information Service's (JIS) Research and Publications Department that she was working on a school project. The idea raised eyebrows, but this grandmother of two was really at the JIS to conduct research for granddaughter...

The Broadcasting Commission, on April 17, issued a circular requiring all Subscriber Television (STV) Licensees, to implement special measures to protect against unauthorised, or unintended access to X-rated and A-rated channels by minors and other persons within households. The Commission has confirmed reports that methods presently being utilised by some STV Operators to encrypt these channels have, sometimes, been inefficient...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says Caricom has reiterated its position in support of the re-entry of Cuba into all hemispheric engagements and the removal of the embargo imposed by the USA. At the same time, Mr. Golding said that arising out of the caucus meeting of the Caricom heads this morning, at the 5th Summit of the Americas in Trinidad,...

The Natural History Museum of Jamaica (NHMJ) formerly the Natural History Division of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) will this year honour the work of several students at the 10th staging of its annual Earth Day Essay, Poster and Photography competition awards ceremony at the IOJ Lecture Hall on April 22, 2009. The competition, which is this year themed Global...

Leaders and delegations from some 34 western hemispheric countries, including Jamaica, are converging on Trinidad and Tobago for the 5th Summit of the Americas, which gets underway Friday (April 17) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of- Spain at 5:00 p.m. The 3-day Summit, which runs through to Sunday, is being held under the theme: 'Securing Our Citizens' Future by...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding left the island Thursday, as head of Jamaica's delegation to the Fifth Summit of the Americas, which opens Friday in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The Summit is being arranged by the Organisation of American States (OAS), and the working sessions start on Saturday (April 18) with bilateral discussions, to be followed by the First Plenary Session...

Scores of New Yorkers on Sunday evening, April 5, joined family and close associates in an emotional home-going service for Hermie G. Tomlinson, at the Emmaus SDA Church in central Brooklyn. The 91 year old matriarch of the Tomlinson family made a quiet transition on March 31, after decades of exemplary service to her adopted Brooklyn community which has been...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, noted on April 14 that Jamaicans need to develop a serious attitude to work if businesses are to overcome the challenges of the workplace. Mr. Golding said that the degree of co-operation offered by the trade unions indicated the urgent need for a transformation in the attitude of employees and other workers. The Prime Minister was...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has disclosed that a one stop centre to clear food and chemicals entering and leaving the island, will be opened in June. The Prime Minister was responding to questions from the Standing Finance Committee in Parliament on April 14. Noting that the details of the facility to be called the Jamaica Import/ Export Centre, will be...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has assured Members of Parliament that provisions are in the budget to buy emergency food supplies in the event of a natural disaster. He was answering questions of the Standing Finance Committee of the House yesterday (April 14). Noting that food could only be ordered just ahead of an impending hurricane, the Prime Minister said that...