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Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has expressed regret at the passing yesterday of retired army officer, Col. Ken Barnes. "Colonel Barnes gave outstanding service and made a significant contribution to Jamaica in several areas, most notably the military and sports", Mr. Golding said. Colonel Barnes, a native of Trinidad came to Jamaica as a member of the West India Regiment but...

The monthly call in radio programme, 'Jamaica House Live', hosted by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, will be aired on Wednesday, March 4, from 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The programme will not be broadcast on Wednesday, February 25, as this is a public holiday (Ash Wednesday). It will return to its usual slot on the last Wednesday in each month,...

The Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, in association with the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) will be staging a reggae symposium and art exhibition on Monday, February 23. Entitled 'Salute to Reggae', the event, which gets underway at 6:30 p.m. at the Embassy's downtown Washington, D.C offices, is in observance of February as Reggae Month. Featured will be exhibits on...

The Broadcasting Commission, in a release yesterday(Friday), prohibited transmission of soca music content on the airwaves displaying, simulating or instructing about sexual activities or positions. The Commission has also put a halt to the transmission of lyrics glorifying the gun and promoting killings and other acts of violence. These were contained in two directives issued on Friday(Feb 20), following an...

Jamaican inmates at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Upstate New York have donated US$1,107 towards the hurricane rehabilitation effort. The money came from the commissary account, through which family and friends can deposit money for the inmates. Consul General to New York, Geneive Brown-Metzger, who was on hand to accept the cheque recently, described as "an incredibly generous gesture," the...

The Cabinet goes into Retreat starting Friday February 20th and continuing Saturday February 28th to Sunday March 1. The first day of the three day retreat will focus on issues related to the economy and the impact of the global environment on Jamaica. Also up for discussion is the 2009-2010 Fiscal Programme. Day two of the retreat (Saturday February 28),...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, says the Sangster International Airport (SIA), is increasingly an important hub linking North America and Europe with the Caribbean and Central America, but it has potential for much more. "Jamaica has an advantage that we have not yet even begun to exploit. We are sitting in the centre of major air and shipping routes that link...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, says Government is now putting in place guidelines, for the privatisation of the Port of Kingston, as it is the Government's view that private sector interests are better able to manage these facilities while still being able to support and conform to the broad national objectives of the country. Mr Golding said privatisation is a philosophy...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Faith Innerarity, has appealed to the United Nations, to re-examine its assistance protocol to member states deemed most vulnerable as a result of the global financial crisis. She said that within the context of the current global crisis, and the challenges to social development, expenditure on essential human capital...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) and the HEART Trust/NTA, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will facilitate the certification of fire fighters and improvement of safety standards throughout HEART institutes. Copies of the reciprocal agreement were signed by JFB Commissioner, Laurie Williams, and Acting Executive Director of HEART, Paulette Dunn-Smith, during a brief ceremony at the training...

On the day when bauxite fell to US$1,300 per ton, Prime Minister Bruce Golding was briefed on the status of all bauxite companies at the first meeting of the Bauxite Industry Monitoring Committee, today, (February 17) at Jamaica House. Speaking of the need for the industry to use this time to improve on energy efficiency, Prime Minister Golding said, "We...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), has achieved International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 14001:2004 Certification, which will strengthen the agency's overall environmental management capacity in carrying out its various development projects. JSIF was recommended for ISO 14001 Registration in December 2008 and received certification in January. JSIF board member, Prudence Kidd-Deans, in making the announcement at the ground breaking ceremony...