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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...

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...