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A provision of $150 million has been made in the 2009/2010 budget, for flood damage, under the Local Government Disaster Management Programme. Of the amount, $100 million will go toward drain cleaning, while the remainder is for emergency repairs to roads damaged by floods. Meanwhile, $51.3 million has been allocated for planning and development under the Local Government Reform Programme....

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Olivia Grange, on Wednesday(April 8) thanked members of the press who have covered Cabinet issues over the past 18 months. "I ask you to continue to keep the interest going, and to keep reporting as you have done, in most instances, in a professional and accurate way," Miss Grange said at the Post Cabinet...

In its quest to rid the streets of Trelawny of derelict vehicles, the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has already removed 50 such vehicles. Public Relations Officer of the NSWMA's western region, Garth Holloway, in a report tabled at the monthly meeting of the Parish Council Thursday( April 9) stated that the drive, which started in December, 2008, is...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is rolling out a number of initiatives, as part of the restructuring of the agency aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and increasing its earning capacity. This includes the innovative utilisation of the Riverton landfill in Kingston, which has been described as a source of 'big business' by Executive Director of the NSWMA, Joan...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has declared that the Government will not be going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial assistance as the country does not have a balance of payment problem. "You seek IMF intervention when you have a balance of payment problem. We have not had a balance of payment problem for a long time," the Prime...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says that the Government does not have the funds to increase the public sector wage bill beyond the current level. "This is simple arithmetic we are talking about. The Government does not have any money to increase the public sector wage bill beyond where it is now. We have strained, we have squeezed, we have stretched...

A sum of $100 million has been provided for the Port Antonio Water Sewerage and Draining Project, in Portland in the 2009/10 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to rehabilitate and expand the water supply and distribution systems in Port Antonio; improve the existing drainage system; and introduce a new central waste water collection...

Work will continue this fiscal year to rehabilitate and restore major roadways, which have been extensively damaged by hurricanes and flood rains. This will be done under the Emergency Assistance for Hurricanes Project, for which a provision of $85 million has been made in the 2009/10 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which got underway...

The Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has announced the following changes to the Cabinet: Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson Minister of National Security Hon. James Robertson, M.P. Minister of Energy and Mining Hon. Olivia Grange, M.P. Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Hon. Daryl Vaz M.P.Minister without Portfolio (Office of the Prime Minister) The subjects of Information and Telecommunications...

High-level representatives of governments, employers' and workers' organizations of the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean have come up with an action plan to address the social and labour consequences of the global financial crisis in the region. The action plan, presented under nine guiding principles, was put forward at the conclusion of the two-day International Labour Organization (ILO) Tripartite Caribbean Conference...

The weather was uncharacteristically sunny for early spring in Brussels, but it was the perfect backdrop for an amazing triumph by Jamaica especially, and fashion from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, in general, as the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Fashion Show rocked the Palais de Beaux Arts, on April 2. Before a large audience of diplomats, Government Ministers...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has said that the financial recession that has been affecting the country, could be over soon. "There are signs that the recession may be coming to an end sooner than most analysts had expected, even up to a month ago," Mr. Golding said, as he responded to questions posed by Member of Parliament, Dr. Peter Phillips,...