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Mr. President, members of this honorable senate it is with deep gratitude and sense of responsibility that I rise this morning to make my contribution to this state of the nation debate. I do so Mr. President in the context of parliamentary secretary in a Ministry charged with the responsibility of Social Transformation, through its subject areas of Information, Culture...

The Devon community centre in Manchester, which sustained major damage from hurricanes Ivan and Dean, has been refurbished at a cost of $5M under the Lift Up Jamaica Programme. The facility was formally re-opened and handed over to the Devon Community Council on July 17. Speaking at the handing over ceremony, President of the Council - David Hackett said the...

Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ), Professor Errol Miller says the public's input is being sought in drafting the final proposal regarding campaign financing for political parties. He notes that the ECJ's proposals, in this regard, are subject to review, and as such public participation was key in determining the composition of the final document of recommendations. To...

Trainer/Coordinator with the conflict resolution organization - Peace and Love in Society (PALS), Enid Frazer, is urging students to steer clear of situations which could be potentially violent. Addressing the annual Kitson Town All Age school leaving ceremony at the institution in St. Catherine recently, Ms. Frazer told the youngsters that their teachers and parents had facilitated the opportunity for...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has said that the United Kingdom (UK)-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Forum is important for the region, as the UK could be a strong ally for CARICOM. "The main thrust of our relationship is through the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and the UK and some other members in Europe we can regard...

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Karl Samuda, has said that the Ministry is ready to facilitate activities in the local scrap metal industry, based on certain objectives which have been met. Addressing journalists at a media briefing at the Ministry's New Kingston offices on July 17, Mr. Samuda said that 50 of the 63 licensed traders engaged in exports, have...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, has urged persons involved in the theft of sand from a property in Trelawny, or anyone who saw anything, to come forward. Speaking at a press briefing, at the Ministry's New Kingston offices on July 17, Mr. Samuda lamented the defacing of the property which, he said, was to have been "a...

Some 100,000 patrons are expected at the 56th staging of the annual Denbigh agricultural show, which will be held from Emancipation Day, Friday, August 1 to 3, at the Denbigh showground in May Pen, Clarendon. This year's theme will be: 'Grow what You Eat, Eat what You Grow,' in line with the national effort to secure the country's food supply....

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, is calling on witnesses to come forward with their statements, rather than questioning what the authorities are doing to solve a case. "You cannot try a case without witnesses, so if you are going to jump up and down before a television camera and ask what the police is doing and yet you...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Ronald Robinson, has underscored the importance of a foreign policy to national development, noting that engagement of the Jamaican Diaspora was key in formulating such. Making his presentation in the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on Friday (July 18), Senator Robinson noted that...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Ronald Robinson, has said that deeper involvement in environmental issues and the attainment of sustainable development is important in ensuring a healthy balance between ecological systems and economic processes as well as creating greater equity in the society. "This will provide scope for new forms of cooperation...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant has disclosed that tighter security measures and upgraded facilities will be features of this year's 56th staging of the Denbigh Agri-Industrial Show in May Pen, Clarendon from August 1-3. He made this announcement at a JIS Think Tank session at the Agency's headquarters in Kingston on Wednesday (July 17). "We...