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Construction work on the dualisation of the Bogue main road in Montego Bay should begin early in the next financial year, Manager of Communications and Customer Service at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw has reported. Mr. Shaw told JIS News that concerns about gas and water pipelines and utility poles hindering the progress of the work along that...

Energy, Mining and Telecommunications Minister, Clive Mullings, has said that Jamaica is capable of attaining first world status and generating significant global impact through information and communications technology (ICT). He has, however, lamented the "lack of technical capacity" in this regard, which he said, could limit the country's ability to take advantage of opportunities which could accrue, particularly within the...

To ensure the smooth implementation of the elimination of user health fees at public health facilities on April 1, the Health Ministry has established implementation teams, has put in place a command centre, and has been training front line members of staff. This was stated by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Grace Allen-Young, at a workshop to sensitize regional representatives...

To ensure the smooth implementation of the elimination of user health fees at public health facilities on April 1, the Health Ministry has established implementation teams, has put in place a command centre, and has been training front line members of staff. This was stated by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Grace Allen-Young, at a workshop to sensitize regional representatives...

Beneficiaries of Government housing schemes in St. Mary who are without certificates of title, are being assisted to procure these documents. A team from the Legal Department of the Water and Housing Ministry visited Annotto Bay on Friday, March 7 to facilitate the process. The schemes involved are Dover, Cape Clear, Gibraltar, Fort George and Fort Stewart. Many residents of...

State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Andrew Gallimore has revealed that a sum of $15 million has been committed to the disabled community. "This administration takes the issue of persons with disabilities very seriously. A commitment of $15 million was made by the Prime Minister to assist persons with disabilities in various ways, to deal with...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government Reform, Robert Montague, has been given two years within which to complete the reform of local authorities. "I have been given a mandate to complete this in 24 months,"Mr. Montague said at a media roundtable held at the offices of the Department of Local Government...

Minister of Energy, Mining, and Telecommunications, Clive Mullings, has said that the country is at a pivotal point in its development, largely defined by an enhanced capacity to access and disseminate information. Mr. Mullings, who was addressing yesterday's (March 12) opening session of the Jamaica Community Access Point (CAP) Network Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, attributed this development to...

The Ministry of Agriculture is reporting that some 6,996 boxes of callaloo have been exported, since the reinstatement of the vegetable on the ministry's pre-clearance list in August 2007. In 1995 the Ministry, in order to protect the integrity of the export programme, voluntarily removed the item from a list of Jamaican vegetables that could be shipped to the United...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has announced the establishment of a centre of excellence for agriculture at the Ministry's Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine. The centre, which is expected to be developed through a US$3 million provision from the Spanish Agency for International Development (SAID), is expected to underpin a number of initiatives, which the Ministry will seek...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Registrar General's Department (RGD), Dr. Patricia Holness has said that the department's outreach initiative in the United Kingdom (UK) later this month is part of its objective to assist Jamaicans everywhere. "This is part of our continued thrust to fulfill our mandate to assist Jamaicans to access their important documents, wherever they may reside....

Beneficiaries of Government housing schemes in St. Mary who are without certificates of title, are being assisted to procure these documents. A team from the Legal Department of the Water and Housing Ministry visited Annotto Bay on Friday, March 7 to facilitate the process. The schemes involved are Dover, Cape Clear, Gibraltar, Fort George and Fort Stewart. Many residents of...