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The National Development Plan for Jamaica (Vision 2030) and the Medium Term Socio-Economic Policy Framework, were tabled by Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding today (May 5) in the House of Representatives. The development plan and framework set out a range of policy actions, which are designed to transform Jamaica into a developed state by the year 2030. Prime Minister...

Since taking the Oath of Office on September 11, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has led the charge to create a framework for good governance, through improved accountability and the elimination of undue bureaucracy as the government seeks to advance economic and social development. The launch of Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan, a strategy, which will help to chart the...

Greetings No one can be more excited than I at the opening of this Model Community Policing and Services Facility and New Edna Manley Health Centre. It heralds the opening of a new and exciting chapter in the history of Grants Pen. Further, it represents a prime example of what is possible when there is a pooling of efforts on...

New Year messages from the Governor-General, His Excellency Sir Howard Cooke, Prime Minister P. J. Patterson and Leader of the Opposition, Bruce Golding will be available in print and audio format on the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) website on Sunday, January 1, 2006. The messages can be accessed at the website, www.jis.gov.jm. On Christmas Day, messages from the Governor-General, the...

Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia Simpson Miller has said that the Government's expenditure on national security could be drastically decreased if communities across Jamaica were better organized and mobilized. Expanding on her point, Minister Simpson Miller said that if people in the communities developed an appreciation of the importance of "community spirit" and learned to understand...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson said it was fitting that the recently concluded Summit of the G of 15 developing countries in Caracas, Venezuela focussed on the importance of energy to a country's development as there was no doubt that energy is the engine of economic growth, given its cost and availability to developing countries and the impact it has had...