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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, has cited dispute settlement, investment in human resource development and overseas employment, as some of the areas that will be given focus this year. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Charles stated that disputes and strikes do not have to occur, because there are special tribunals to handle some of the...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that the $35 million balance on the $70 million fertiliser subsidy provided by the Government, will be sufficient to keep prices at the prevailing levels up to the end of March. This, he said, is specifically for those blends of fertilisers used for domestic food crop farmers, which constitute the most vulnerable...

The tourism sector has recorded an 11 per cent increase in visitor arrivals since the start of the year, with a significant 14 per cent growth in February. Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, who spoke to JIS News in London while en route to Germany for the ITB Berlin travel trade show, attributed the growth to the implementation of new advertising...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the purpose for reviewing the libel and slander laws of Jamaica was to ensure that people's rights and reputation are protected from unjustified abuse. He was speaking this morning (Mar. 5) at Jamaica House, at the handing over of the final report of the Libel Law Review Committee chaired by Mr. Justice Hugh Small. Mr....

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange has said Jamaica will have to determine its own timetable for the shift from analogue to modern digital systems. The process, referred to as the digital switchover, is already taking place across the world and has been completed in Scandinavian countries such as Finland and Sweden. The Netherlands completed the process...

Come Saturday, March 8 (International Women's Day), the country will be privileged to celebrate with Lady Bustamante, her 96th birthday. This is quite fitting for this stately and humble being, who is a defender of women's rights, as exemplified in her steadfast stance for port workers in 1938, alongside Alexander Bustamante. Affectionately called 'Lady B', she is the widow of...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, has said that there has been an increase in property tax compliance of the last three years. "The taxes collected from April 2005 to March 2006 was $1.47 billion. The amount collected from April 2006 to March 2007 was $1.8 billion and the property tax collected from April 2007 to January...

Custos of St. Mary, Bobby Pottinger, has said that a number of development projects are being undertaken, which will enhance the experience of locals and visitors to the parish. Among the projects, he cited, is the development of the Port Maria Civic Centre to set up an amphitheatre and facilities for parish council meetings. The project, which is expected to...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, has said that there has been an increase in property tax compliance of the last three years. "The taxes collected from April 2005 to March 2006 was $1.47 billion. The amount collected from April 2006 to March 2007 was $1.8 billion and the property tax collected from April 2007 to January...

Custos of St. Mary, Bobby Pottinger, has said that a number of development projects are being undertaken, which will enhance the experience of locals and visitors to the parish. Among the projects, he cited, is the development of the Port Maria Civic Centre to set up an amphitheatre and facilities for parish council meetings. The project, which is expected to...

Commissioner of Police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, has said that a number of divisions will be dismantled or merged as the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) seeks to restructure its operations. The new arrangements will see the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) and Operation Kingfish merged to form NIB Kingfish, and will be strengthened from appropriate elements of the Special Branch, which...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding will lead a team of government officials to the 19th Inter-sessional meeting of The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) scheduled for 7-8 March 2008, in Nassau, Bahamas. The team will comprise Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Kenneth Baugh, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, Minister...