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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...

The sixty schools remaining to be equipped with Information and Communications Technology (ICT) facilities will be online by August. Prime Minister Bruce Golding, made this report during the meeting of the Standing Finance Committee in Parliament yesterday (April 14). The schools will join 120 other institutions that were outfitted with support from the Universal Access Fund, which has collected more...

The 60 schools remaining to be equipped with Information and Communications Technology (ICT) facilities will be online by August. Prime Minister Bruce Golding, made the commitment during Tuesday(April 14) meeting of the House of Representatives' Standing Finance Committee at Gordon House. The schools will join 120 other educational institutions which were outfitted, with support from the Universal Access Fund which...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has disclosed that a one stop centre to clear food and chemicals entering and leaving Jamaica, will be opened in June. Mr. Golding was responding to questions at the meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives at Gordon House today (April 14), which is reviewing the 2009/2010 Budget. Noting that the details...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, will head Jamaica's delegation to the Fifth Summit of the Americas from April 17-19 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The delegation leaves the island on Thursday, April 16. The Summit is being arranged by the Organisation of American States (OAS), under the theme "Securing Our Citizens' Future by Promoting Human Prosperity, Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability"....

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...