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A former distinguished an internationally acclaimed Jamaican Diplomat Ambassador Lucille Mathurin Mair,C.D. O.J., died this morning in Kingston. She was in her 85th year and had been ailing for some time. Paying tribute to Ambassador Mair, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and ForeignTrade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh praised Ambassador Mair for her distinguished career to the field...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has underscored the importance of the Customs Department in the development of the country. Addressing a special consultation organised by the Customs Department today (Jan. 27) at the Mona Visitors' Lodge in Kingston, as part of activities marking Customs Week from January 25-31, the Prime Minister said that Customs was more than a revenue collection agency....

Jamaica is in full compliance with the international standards set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Anti-Doping Code, says Executive Director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), Dr. Patrece Charles-Freeman. "In order for us to be compliant with the WADA, we have to meet their international standards. They have already come here and they have given us...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has reiterated Government's commitment to ensuring that the best care is taken of the children of the persons, who died in the December 19 road accident in the Rio Grande Valley in Portland. Addressing the funeral service held at the Mill Bank Community Centre on Sunday (Jan. 25), for the remaining seven victims of the crash,...

Approximately 700 mangrove seedlings were planted along the Palisadoes Strip by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) in collaboration with the Port Royal Marine Laboratory of the University of the West Indies. The activity was the second such event done as a part of the activities for International Year of the Reef (IYOR) 2008 in which a total of...

The remaining seven persons, who died in the December 19 road accident in the Rio Grande Valley in Portland, will be buried on Sunday (Jan. 25). The funeral service will be held at the Mill Bank Community Centre in the parish, and among those expected to attend are Prime Minister, Bruce Golding and several ministers of government. Those to be...

The World Bank is to provide grant funding to facilitate updating of the series on poverty estimation as part of the 20-year review of the Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC). The revision, which is projected to be completed by June of this year, is to be undertaken by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). Minister of Information, Culture, Youth,...

Government has denied reports that a new official car costing J$13-Million is being purchased for the Prime Minister. A contract in the amount of US$64,400 or J$5.4Million (based on the current exchange rate ) was approved by the National Contracts Commission on December 10, 2008, for the purchase of a new official vehicle for the Prime Minister . However, Prime...

Renowned playwright, Trevor Rhone has donated his family home in Bellas Gate, St. Catherine for the construction of a basic school, community/skills training centre and visitor's lodge. Several residents of the community, which served as the inspiration for Rhone's very popular play, 'Bellas Gate Boy', came out on Monday (Jan.19), to participate in the clearing of the one hectare (three-acre)...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding yesterday (Jan. 20) expressed the hope that the interest of developing countries like Jamaica, which is often left on the periphery of the global agenda, will form part of the United States' foreign policy framework under the new Barack Obama presidency. While offering his congratulations to 44th President of the United States of America, Mr Golding...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), yesterday (Jan. 19) presented some of its sanitation team members with gift baskets, movie tickets and certificates, as part of its ongoing 'Get the Cash Competition'. The competition rewards sanitation workers for exemplary work and helps to boost morale and raise the quality of service delivery among the crews who keep the nation's...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications, Laurence Broderick, is projecting that the bauxite sector should return to profitability within three years. He noted that with the current downturn in demand on the world market for metals and in particular aluminium, Jamaica's bauxite sector was now in a "survival mode." He noted however that the decline should...