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A full implementation schedule is being developed for recommendations contained in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Strategic Plan, which is being targeted for roll-out over a three year period. Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of National Security, Dr. Ann Marie Barnes, said that over the next few weeks, a cost attached to the plan would also be submitted to...

Funds are now available at a subsidized interest rate of three per cent, through the European Investment Bank (EIB), for investments in renewable energy. Speaking at the opening of First Caribbean International Bank's 13th branch in Liguanea on June 22, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw informed that there are funds available through several channels, including the...

Government Senator Hyacinth Bennett has called for a moral rearmament campaign to be put in place, so as to address the decline in morals and fundamental values in the society. Senator Bennett, who opened the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on Friday (June 21), said that too many of the country's disruptive citizens suffer from the "hole...

Five classrooms are being constructed at the St. Thomas Technical High School in Golden Grove in an effort to ease the shortage of space at the institution. Work on three of the classrooms is being undertaken by the Ministry of Education, while the others are being built through the school's Parent Teachers Association and funds garnered from fundraising activities put...

Energy Minister, Clive Mullings, has stressed the need for innovative ideas and action in addressing the country's energy challenge. Speaking at the national finals of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) schools science and technology expo at the Hilton Kingston Hotel on Friday (June 20), Mr. Mullings said that too much time was being spent talking about problems and plans to...

Jamaica is vulnerable to natural and human related disasters, such as earthquakes, fires and hurricanes, and their impact on the social and economic fabric of the society can be devastating. As a result of this, the hazard management programme in the country had been response-driven. Today, however, the programme has evolved to ensure that measures are put in place to...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, is looking to revitalize Irish potato production, as rising food prices world-wide increases concerns about food security. Speaking at the opening of First Caribbean International Bank's 13th branch in Liguanea yesterday (June 22), Minister Shaw said the suitability of Manchester and about five other parishes in central Jamaica for growing potatoes...

The May Day High School in Manchester on Saturday (June 21) honoured several of its teachers, ancillary staff and key stakeholders for up to 33 years of service to the institution. The function, dubbed 'Celebrating Excellence and Expressing Gratitude,' was held at the Mandeville Hotel. Several persons from the business community, the education sector and political representatives, commended the honorees...

The European Union and CARIFORUM states, under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), have agreed to continue to consider steps towards deeper integration in the field of intellectual property rights in their respective regions. This process is expected to cover further harmonization of intellectual property laws and regulations, progress towards regional management and enforcement of national intellectual property rights, as well...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, has called on commercial banks to revisit their role in the development of the country by providing more loans for the productive sector. "I think we have reached the point where our commercial banking sector needs to aggressively reassess its own role in the economic development or prospects for our country,"...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has rejected the suggestion made by an officer of the Ministry of Health that the Government should tax prostitutes as a legitimate source of revenue, describing the proposal as ludicrous, ill-informed and unauthorized. Such a proposal, he said, has never been considered by the Government and will not be entertained. The Prime Minister said that the...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Friday (June 20) presented ten new computers to the Mt. Industry Primary School in St. Catherine, to help boost the school's education programme and enhance the learning experience for the children. Mr. Golding told the students that computers could now bring all the libraries of the world to them at the click of a button...