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The first phase of critical repairs to the Coronation Market, in downtown Kingston, is to begin next week, under a $30 million rehabilitation programme to be carried out by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), and the Urban Development Corporation (UDC). Making the announcement at a joint KSAC/Inland Revenue Department press briefing, at the Corporation's Church Street offices on...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has underscored Jamaica's capacity for greatness and creativity despite its size. "It has been 46 years since we gained Independence, forty-six years since we proudly took our place among the nations of the world. We are a small nation when compared to the rest of the world, but in so many ways, in so many areas...

Mayor of Portmore, Keith Hinds, has said that his administration would be working to ensure that the Portmore Municipal Council, develops into "an income earning Municipality." "I want to make sure that this municipality moves from a municipality where we are dependent on Central Government for everything that it wants. I want us to become an income earning municipality," he...

Work has commenced on a number of projects submitted by Members of Parliament (MPs), across the island for funding, under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), announced by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, earlier this year. The CDF, which is funded from the national budget, provides a dedicated allocation for community development activities, in each of the island's 60 political constituencies, with...

Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, has called on Jamaicans to recognize the seriousness of the challenges faced by the country, and the need to devise new ways of dealing with these issues. He said that while "we are proud of our political independence," and have made significant progress over the past 46 years in...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton has informed that the first order of eight thousand tonnes of fertilizer would be made this week, at a cost of $300 million. "Arrival of this shipment is expected within six weeks. The Government has already commenced discussions with the distributive trade, regarding the management of the logistics of the product reaching the farmers,"...

Revenue from trade licenses has increased by $22 million for May to July, under a joint compliance drive of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) and the Inland Revenue Department (IRD). Making the disclosure at a joint press briefing with the KSAC, held at the Corporation's Church Street offices on Monday (Aug. 4), Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Viralee Lattibeaudiere...

Congratulatory messages have been coming in on the occasion of Jamaica's celebration of its 46th Independence anniversary. Cuba's President, Raul Castro Ruz, has sent a message to Prime Minister Golding and the people of Jamaica, extending his warmest congratulations to Jamaica on the occasion of the 46th Independence anniversary. President Castro said he is renewing his country's resolve, to continue...

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister, Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka, has sent a congratulatory message to Jamaica, on the occasion of the island's 46th Independence anniversary. The message was sent to Prime Minister Bruce Golding, through the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the United Nations and the Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations. In his message,...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says that effective September, Government will be making it mandatory for motor vehicle fuel to include ten-percent ethanol. Mr. Golding said the decision comes against the background of the new trading arrangements that will govern the export of sugar to Europe which will come into effect next year. Addressing the third and final day of the...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, officially launched the National Agricultural Disaster Risk Management Programme, at the opening ceremony of the Annual Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show in Clarendon, on August 1. The programme was initiated in May 2008, against the background of some $3.7 billion in losses, following the passage of Hurricane Dean in 2007. It will be managed...

The Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Hyacinth Chen School of Nursing, will open its doors to students on August 10. This new facility has been made possible by a $142 million donation in September 2007, by Chairman of the National Commercial Bank (NCB), Michael Lee Chin, and a further $105 million in February 2008. The school is named in honour of...