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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon Pearnel Charles, has commissioned a study to determine a minimum livable wage for Jamaican workers, to guide future adjustments in the National Minimum Wage (NMW). Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon Pearnel Charles. Mr. Charles has also announced plans to seek to have a Joint Industrial Council (JIC) re-established for private security...

Cabinet has given approval for the proceeds of the lease of the Hounslow packing house in St. Elizabeth to be used to repay a bank loan that had been taken out to improve the facility. This was disclosed at the Post Cabinet Press Briefing on Wednesday (October 6) at Jamaica House, by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special...

Cabinet has approved a Bill entitled the 'National Health Fund Amendment Act' for tabling in Parliament, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has announced. Addressing journalists at Wednesday's (October 6) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Mr. Vaz said enactment of the Bill will empower the National Health Fund (NHF) to produce, warehouse and...

Cabinet has approved a variation of US$270,000 on the contract awarded to PriceWaterHouse Cooper Private Limited, India, for enhancement of the management system for the Programme for Advancement through Health and Education (PATH). The announcement was made by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during Wednesday's (October 6) Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica...

Cabinet has approved the use of the limited tender process to procure 480 megawatts of generating capacity, incorporating liquefied natural gas (LNG), for addition to the national energy grid at a cost of US$632 million, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has said. Speaking at Wednesday's Post Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Mr....

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says that the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP), for which he has portfolio responsibility, continues to make strides, with 2,300 titles issued over the last two years. The figure, he said, is double the number of titles that were issued up to 2008, and comes in spite of the challenges the programme continues...

Preliminary estimates indicate that it will cost the Government just over $11. 7 billion to repair damage across a number of sectors, wreaked by the devastating rains associated with Tropical Storm Nicole. The lion's share of the cost is for the restoration of the road network, including drainage systems, river protection and infrastructure works, which will require $10.6 billion. In...

The House of Representatives has begun debating Jamaica's first National Energy Policy (NEP), which promotes creation of a modern, efficient energy infrastructure expected to boost economic development. Opening the debate at Gordon House Tuesday (October 5), Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson, said the policy "examines the energy situation we face and proposes a range of options and...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby, has informed that a national youth entrepreneurship policy is before Cabinet for consideration. The policy, he said, seeks to establish a framework for young people to get involved in businesses and be chief players in their own development. "We believe that if we are able to engage...

A number of roads in St. Mary will be rehabilitated under Government's largest ever road improvement initiative, the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP). The St. Mary leg of the programme was launched Wednesday (September 22) in Eden Park, Jacks River, St. Mary. The extensive road repair project is being funded by the Governments of Jamaica and China, at a cost...

Cabinet has approved a variation to the contract for the Bogue Road Improvement Project, under the Northern Coastal Highway Improvement Project Segment 1A. The change will see over $697 million more being spent on the project, which was originally budgeted at $1.39 billion. The increased funding will facilitate changes in the scope of work, to allow for the completion of...

The House of Representatives on September 14 approved the regulations governing the Executive Agencies (General) Act, following extensive review since it was first tabled on July 13 this year. The regulations will seek to address a number of areas, such as defining a stronger role for Permanent Secretaries. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, who moved...