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The Jamaica Fire Brigade has been allocated $80 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to effect repairs to vehicles. A sum of $40 million has also been allocated to procure equipment, such as hoses with couplings, helmets, breathing apparatus and protective jackets to be used in fire prevention and fire fighting. The Fire...

Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding has outlined a raft of measures his Government is undertaking to address the social and economic problems facing Jamaica, as highlighted in an Amnesty International report released on Tuesday. Amnesty International accused the Jamaican Government of stigmatizing and willfully neglecting people living in impoverished communities, by failing to tackle corruption and violence affecting their neighbourhoods....

Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding has outlined a raft of measures his Government is undertaking to address the social and economic problems facing Jamaica, as highlighted in an Amnesty International report released on Tuesday. Amnesty International accused the Jamaican Government of stigmatizing and willfully neglecting people living in impoverished communities, by failing to tackle corruption and violence affecting their neighbourhoods....

Labour and Social Security Minister, Pearnel Charles has said that a new and liberalized work permit regime, that would facilitate greater flexibility in the employment of foreign skilled labour, is set to come on stream later this month. Speaking at the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) members forum at the JEF's Ruthven Road offices on April 3, Mr. Charles pointed out...

Director of Industrial Relations and Allied Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security Errol Miller, has noted that training and employment is very important to the Government of Jamaica. Mr. Miller, who represented the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, was speaking at the launch of Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited's Customer Service Charter, yesterday (April...

Many landlords are unaware that they are required to register their premises with the Rent Assessment Board as provided for under the Rent Restriction Act, according to Director of the Rent Board, Cecile Croll. Noting that the cost to register premises is a mere $20, Miss Croll told JIS News that few landlords however, chose to register. The Rent Restriction...

The abolition of user fees at public health facilities has not resulted in the expected rush on hospitals within the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), with the first two days having seen smooth operations. According to Community Relations Officer with the WRHA, Clinton Pickering, the only abnormality occurred at the public pharmacies within the region, where it is believed that...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Pearnel Charles has said that a new and liberalized work permit regime, that would facilitate greater flexibility in the employment of foreign skilled labour, is set to come on stream later this month. Speaking at the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) members forum at the JEF's Ruthven Road offices on April 3, Mr. Charles pointed out...

Director of Industrial Relations and Allied Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security Errol Miller, has noted that training and employment is very important to the Government of Jamaica. Mr. Miller, who represented the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, was speaking at the launch of Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited's Customer Service Charter, yesterday (April...

Many landlords are unaware that they are required to register their premises with the Rent Assessment Board as provided for under the Rent Restriction Act, according to Director of the Rent Board, Cecile Croll. Noting that the cost to register premises is a mere $20, Miss Croll told JIS News that few landlords however, chose to register. The Rent Restriction...

The abolition of user fees at public health facilities has not resulted in the expected rush on hospitals within the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), with the first two days having seen smooth operations. According to Community Relations Officer with the WRHA, Clinton Pickering, the only abnormality occurred at the public pharmacies within the region, where it is believed that...

Jamaica's new Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Anthony Johnson has called on the hemispheric community to take into account the "vulnerabilities and special needs of small island states." He said that the countries should forge a consensus, within the Inter-American system, that would enable states, like Jamaica, to confront the significant trans-national challenges that confront...