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Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) Country Economist in Jamaica, Silvano Tjong Ahin, is warning of the serious challenges which the country could face, due to the global spike in food and fuel prices. He said that at the global level, there was clear consensus among developing countries like Jamaica that high prices was a major threat to ongoing efforts at reducing...

Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings has called on Caribbean electric utility companies to collaborate, in order to combat the challenges posed by the escalating price of fuel and the energy crisis on the global market. "If we are to move ahead in the Caribbean towards achieving developed status, we must collaborate and continue to search for solutions to the present...

Minister of Energy, Clive Mullings has emphasised that the Ministry is committed to reducing the volume of imported crude oil. "We are committed to implementing energy efficiency and indigenous energy projects from renewable sources to break our [Jamaica's] dependency on imported crude," the Minister assured. Mr. Mullings was speaking at the launch of the Petcoke Cogeneration Power Project, at the...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is to play an integral role in Emancipation/ Independence celebrations in Spanish Town. Commanding Officer for the St. Catherine North Police Division, Superintendent Terrence Bent told JIS News that members of the JCF have been attending all planning meetings and would be making arrangements to ensure a smooth flow of the events. One critical role...

The Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann's Bay will come alive with the sounds and sights of traditional folk forms as the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) stages the annual Emancipation Jubilee on July 31. The event is slated to begin at 4:00 p.m., and patrons will be treated to the pulsating sounds of traditional African drumming and other musical...

The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, which will allow for the provision of improved service to the Jamaican Diaspora. Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Arthur Williams, made this announcement during his presentation in the State of the...

The Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports has extended congratulations to the new President of the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ), Byron Buckley. Minister Grange said that she expects that Mr. Buckley and his team will advance the programmes conducted by the PAJ on behalf of its members. She said also that, "Now more than...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding, has called on Jamaicans to take charge of the parishes in which they were born and help to shape the character of the communities. Speaking at the St. Elizabeth Home-coming Foundation Pioneers recognition ceremony on July 26 in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, Mr. Golding argued that with improvement in technologies, persons are losing community life that...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Arthur Williams, has said that an electronic monitoring pilot project for the observation of offenders would be launched on October 8. Making his contribution to the 2008/09 State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on July 25, Senator Williams noted that the Department of Correctional Services would be undertaking...

Assistant Director of Elections, Earl Simpson, has said that public financing of political parties and putting a limit on how much a candidate can spend on campaigning, can reduce or eliminate undue influence by private persons who fund political parties. Addressing a public forum on July 24 at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU), to discuss campaign financing, he noted that...

Tenders are being evaluated for the construction of a new 5,000-person capacity prison in St. Catherine. Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Arthur Williams, speaking in the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on Friday (July 25), said that following on a prequalification exercise, tenders were invited for the design and construction of the...

National President of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica, Calvin Lyn, has called on Justices of the Peace (JPs) to respect the office and protect the office. "As Justices of the Peace, we must consider that many persons around us saw it fit to recommend us for this position; therefore we should not only honour it, but we should also...