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Minister of Information and Development, Senator Colin Campbell, has disclosed that the Government has acquired 17 houses in Caribbean Terrace, St. Andrew, that were severely damaged during the passage of Hurricane Ivan in September 2004. The Minister, who was speaking to journalists at yesterday's (September 4), weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, said that, "based on evaluation of the...

The Forensic audit report into the Sandals Whitehouse construction project in Westmoreland has concluded that, "the hotel constructed is of the highest quality and substantially there is value for money, as indeed everyone who examined the property has recognised". It has also noted that the US$41 million cost overrun was in keeping with the size and specification of the hotel....

Yet another measure has been implemented by the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works to expedite the process of easing traffic congestion along major roads in the Corporate Area. Speaking to JIS News yesterday (September 4), at the National Works Agency (NWA) Command Centre at the Ministry's head office on Maxfield Avenue, Minister of Housing, Transport, Water and Works,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has urged retirees and seniors with specialist skills to become more involved in voluntary projects, community initiatives or development programmes, where their expertise and experience can be utilized. "I do not think that anyone with specialist skills, who can still make a contribution, if we (the government) can use the expertise, that...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has said that the government was committed to protecting the interest of pensioners and would continue to periodically review the benefits and programmes for seniors. She noted that it was as part of this commitment that some $300 million had been earmarked in the 2006/07 budget to provide for the increase in...

Executive Director of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC), Barbara Lee has said there was need to examine the relationship between competition and regulation in order to balance the benefits of special interest groups with that of the consumers. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Mrs. Lee pointed out that while special interest groups such as lawyers, doctors and engineers...

Some 42,000 tonnes of bagged cement are expected from Mainland International between September 8 and 12. In addition, Buying House is to provide an additional 30,000 tonnes of cement by September 24. This is the word from the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce (MITEC), in conjunction with the Incorporated Master Builders Association, the Hardware Merchants Association, and the...

Improvement work is being carried out by the National Water Commission (NWC) on water supply systems in eastern Portland. These projects were inspected by Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Dr. Fenton Ferguson during a tour on Friday, September 1. The tour followed a similar visit to western Portland by Dr. Ferguson on Friday,...

Minister of Housing, Transport, Water & Works, Robert Pickersgill said today (Sept. 4), that he was pleased with the rate of traffic flow in the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA), at the start of the new school year. Speaking to JIS News at the Command Centre of the National Works Agency (NWA) on Maxfield Avenue, the Minister said that from all...

A record 11,000 motorists used the Portmore toll road this morning (Sept. 4), the first day of the new school year. Minister of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Robert Pickersgill, told JIS News, that the figure was 1,000 more motorists than its usual morning average. He noted further, that traffic through the toll plaza was incident and delay-free. "We did...

Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke is urging parents who migrate to maintain contact with their children back home. "Research at the University of the West Indies has found a range of emotional and behavioural problems in children left behind, especially by their mothers," she pointed out. Mrs. Clarke was delivering the keynote address at the Rotary Club of Kingston's weekly luncheon...

Director of Strategic Workforce Development at HEART Trust/NTA, Robert Green, has proposed that the Education and Youth Ministry establish an institution that will primarily assist students who have behavioural problems. He said that while the Ministry is currently making strides with programmes that are put in place to deal with students who have behavioural problems, the institution would better serve...