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Mr. President, I am pleased to make my contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate in my capacity as Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Mr. President, the Honourable Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, in his Sectoral Presentation to the House...

Thousands of locals as well as foreigners are expected to flock the grounds of the St. Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners in Discovery Bay, for the staging of the Jamaica Push Cart Derby, on Sunday, August 17. The event has been endorsed by Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, the Ministry of Tourism and its agencies, the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and...

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Charles Sinclair has commended the National Land Agency (NLA) for embarking on a project, which has resulted in 37 certificates of title being issued to persons occupying land settlement schemes in Hanover, Westmoreland, and St. James. Speaking at a recent handing over ceremony, at the St. John's Methodist Church Hall in Montego Bay, Mayor Sinclair...

The over 700 court staff island-wide who interact with the public daily have begun to benefit from a series of customer service training workshops being undertaken by the Justice Training Institute (JTI). The announcement was made by Director of the JTI, Audrey Sewell, during an interview with JIS News. According to Mrs. Sewell, the series of training workshops will focus...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator, Dr. Ronald Robinson has said that a bilateral agreement to expand the exploration of hydrocarbon resources in the Joint Regime Area (JRA) shared by Jamaica and Columbia will soon be a reality. Making his contribution to the 2008/09 State of the Nation Debate in the Upper House...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Senator Warren Newby, has informed that the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has committed $15 million to develop Youth Information Centres (YIC) in St. Thomas, St. Elizabeth, and St. Ann. "The centre in St. Ann should be opened during the course of this financial year, and work will begin...

Officials of the St. Thomas Parish Council are to meet this week with residents of Trinityville in the parish to tour that district and assess various local concerns, and to effect solutions as swiftly as possible. This comes as a result of a Parish Council meeting held in the district, which facilitated broad-based public interaction. This was one of four...

The message of disaster preparedness and more specifically hurricane preparedness, was underscored in Montego Bay on the weekend when the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and corporate sponsor Digicel Jamaica, held a hurricane expo on the grounds of the old hospital site in that city. The expo was geared at reaching residents in the western parishes with...

The St. Thomas Parish Council is enjoying renewed success in its effort at good local governance through its 'Taking the Council to the People' initiative. Secretary Manager, Clinton Gordon told JIS News that three years ago the Council decided to take its monthly meetings to various communities thrice per year, adding that it has been yielding significant benefits thus far....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Ronald Robinson has said that while it is recognized that the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and CARIFORUM countries may not be perfect, a realistic and pragmatic approach to its implementation is being taken. He explained that the debate surrounding the EPA has...

Jamaica firmly believes that the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries should seek to build on its core strengths and refocus its effort at promoting intra-ACP political dialogue and cultural co-operation; and strengthening ACP-European Union (EU) development finance co-operation. This was emphasized by Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Ronald...

Opposition Senator, Sandrea Falconer is calling for a moral revolution among citizens at all levels of the society, that will enable the country to effectively deal with challenges. Making her presentation in the 2008/09 State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on July 18, she said that, as a country, Jamaica had "lost its moral bearings," with traditional norms...