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Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has announced the appointment of Mr. Zia Mian as Director-General of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR). Mr. Mian's appointment takes effect from February 9, 2009. He succeeds Mr. J. Paul Morgan who resigned last year. Mr. Mian is an economist and financial analyst, with extensive experience in energy economics having worked with private, public, international...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, is of the view that cricket is the only part of our colonial heritage that has never been questioned or challenged even in the most vigorous period of anti-colonial fervour and even by the most anti-colonialists. "It is more than just a game. It is something that first brought us international recognition long before reggae, Garvey,...

The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) has presented Government with the results of its research on a new social partnership for Jamaica. The report was presented yesterday to Prime Minister Bruce Golding, by the President of CAPRI, John Rapley, when he met with Mr. Golding at Jamaica House. Explaining the background to the research, Mr. Rapley said that Social Partnership...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has instructed the Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, to set up a meeting this week to discuss the concerns and impact of the negative lyrics and images being portrayed through Jamaica's music, in particular, dance hall music. Mr. Golding was responding to an impassioned plea from dub poet, Mutabaruka, who in...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports Olivia Grange has said that unity among stakeholders has been one of the keys to the success and viability of the Jamaica's music industry. Minister Grange was speaking at the Reggae Month reception (Sunday February 8) hosted at Jamaica House for members of the music industry and related stakeholders. "I must tell you...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has underscored the leadership role that Ryan Peralto (Snr) played in modernizing the country's electoral system so that fraud would become more difficult and the promise of a fair result ensured. The Prime Minister was delivering a tribute to his friend and colleague at the official funeral for Ryan Peralto (Snr) this afternoon, (Monday, February 9)...

The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) is in the final stages of drafting a report on the issue of campaign funding for political parties, Chairman, Professor Errol Miller, has disclosed. Speaking at a briefing at the ECJ's New Kingston offices on Wednesday (Feb. 4), Professor Miller said work on a draft report had been undertaken, following a series of town...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has established a task force to monitor developments in the bauxite industry. He has also given his complete assurance that the Government would exert all efforts to protect the bauxite industry and the jobs of the workers. Mr. Golding gave the assurance when he met with union heads and delegates of the bauxite industry at Jamaica...

About 60 senior citizens, 65 years and over, will be recognised for outstanding contributions to the development of their communities, at a Valentine's Dinner on February 15 at the Bluefields People's Community Association (BPCA) complex, Westmoreland. The event is being staged by the BPCA in collaboration with the Bluefields Bay Fishermen Friendly Society (BBFF) and Sandals Whitehouse European Village and...

Several new initiatives are to be put in place to improve the delivery of education. Details of these initiatives were outlined recently by the National Planning Summit Expert Team headed by Minister of Education, Andrew Holness. The areas include the establishment of a National Education Inspectorate (NEI); National Education Trust and a National Parenting Support Commission. The recent National Planning...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, gave his recommendations to the procedures of Parliament to the Standing Orders Committee today; (Feb 4) noting that the committee was important as there is an increasing demand for a Parliament that is more representative and responsive. The Prime Minister noted that the lapsing of committees caused by the ceremonial proroguing of Parliament was a hindrance...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has defended the Government's decision to cut expenditure in a number of areas, noting that the Government had to contain spending in light of serious economic challenges. "We are not making any apologies about it," the Prime Minister said in his contribution to the debate on the first Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure in the House of...