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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...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has said that the Government was working on a new deal for the people of Jamaica that would bring communities out of poverty. He was speaking at the opening of the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) Third Forum on Violence Prevention and Citizen Security, at the Jamaica Conference Centre on January 19. The Prime Minister noted,...

RBTT Bank donated $100,000 towards the fund established to help the children left behind from the Portland motor vehicle tragedy of December 19. This brings the amount of money donated by individuals, companies and the Government of Jamaica to $2.6M. Assistant General Manager, Marketing and Customer Care at RBTT, Judith Forth Blake said that "As a socially responsible corporate entity,...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, says yesterday's signing of a US$329Million loan with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), marks the start of many great developments to come as both the Government and the bank are in discussions on a number of major projects. He said the bank is talking to Government about several measures they will support, one of which includes...

Officer in Charge of Fire Prevention and Safety for Clarendon, District Officer Ronald Walker, is urging Jamaicans to remember that earthquakes are generally followed, or accompanied by fires, and that precautions must be taken to prevent the occurrence, or spread of these. In a recent interview with JIS News, Mr. Walker informed that the environmental instability created when an earthquake...

The St. Ann Parish Disaster Committee of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) have collaborated to stage a series of public meetings throughout the parish, aimed at heightening citizens' awareness of the importance of disaster preparedness. The first meeting, which also formed part of activities to mark Earthquake Awareness Week, from...

Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission, Cordell Green, is commending electronic media houses that are taking disciplinary action against employees who breach broadcast regulations, but insists that much more needs to be done. "We have seen in some instances, more positive developments on the part of [broadcast] management indicating that these matters are being taken more seriously, resulting in the...