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Government and the Private Sector are taking a "fresh new" approach to driving the implementation of the National Planning Summit (NPS) initiatives in an effort to spur economic growth and development. Building on the partnership and work already being carried out as a result of the National Planning Summit in November 2007, the Government has moved to establish Expert Teams...

The Natural History Division (NHD) of the Institute of Jamaica, as part of its continued drive to raise public awareness of the value of wetlands, will commemorate World Wetlands Day (February 2), with a week of activities during the period, February 2 to 6, under the theme, 'Upstream - Downstream: Wetlands connect us all'. These activities will include an exhibition...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has called on past students to continuously contribute to the schools that helped to groom them into successful adults. "No successful school is able to do well relying only on the students currently enrolled. Even after we graduate, we should never leave school," the Prime Minister said on Wednesday (January 28) to members of the wider...

The Government has announced that an official funeral will be accorded the late Senator and former Member of Parliament, Ryan Peralto, who died on Friday, January 23. The funeral service will be held on Monday, February 9, at the Stella Maris Roman Catholic Church, 62 Shortwood Road, beginning at 2:00 p.m. The body of Mr. Peralto will be at the...

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...