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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has called on Jamaicans to devote their skills and talents to creating a nation of which everyone could be proud. The Governor-General was addressing a meeting of civic and community leaders in St. Mary at the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria on Tuesday (May 9). Professor Hall said that his...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has put forward his vision for a prosperous Jamaica, where law and order prevailed and nationals strove for excellence at all times. "It is a vision of a country, where people will renew their appreciation of good governance and the rule of law.use their skills to promote development, denounce crime and...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell has said that the government's e-service programme has been a success. Speaking at the opening of the Central Information Technology Office's (CITO) 3rd regional summit yesterday (May 9) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Minister Paulwell said that Jamaica was increasingly becoming technologically advanced, and the use of information and communications technology...

The government will be spending more than $3 billion on road development projects this fiscal year.Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, who made the announcement in her contribution to the 2006/07 Budget Debate in Gordon House yesterday (May 9), said that the projects would improve the country's road infrastructure, while creating jobs. The allocation includes $1.6 billion for road rehabilitation, $600...

Some 97 basic schools are to be repaired and upgraded at a cost of $1.2 billion, during the 2006/07 fiscal year. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller made the announcement yesterday (May 9), when she made her contribution to the 2006/07 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives. Repairs at 57 of the basic schools are to be done under the...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller emphasized today (May 9), that there was no major obstacle to arriving at an agreement for constitutional reform. "For my part, there is now no major obstacle standing in the way of the agreement necessary to change the Constitution to a republican form of Parliamentary government," Mrs. Simpson Miller told the House, while making her...

Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has said that some $115 million in assistance would be provided to the micro and small business sectors this fiscal year, to boost entrepreneurial efforts and create jobs. The Prime Minister, who was making her maiden presentation in the 2006/2007 Budget Debate in Gordon House today (May 9), said that the money would be disbursed...

The Bank of Nova Scotia will be offering a $600 million special loan programme in support of the Government's thrust to further job and wealth creation, to be disbursed through the Development Bank of Jamaica. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller made the disclosure today (May 9), during her first contribution, as Prime Minister, to the 2006/07 Budget Debate in the...

Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has assured that collections held in trust by the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) "are in good hands". Minister Simpson Miller, who was making her first contribution as Prime Minister to the 2006/07 Budget Debate in Gordon House today (May 9), was responding to statements made last week by Opposition Leader, Bruce Golding, who said that...

Cabinet yesterday (May 8) gave its approval for two delegations to attend separate overseas arrangements this week in Spain and Austria, to further the island's diplomatic and economic relations. Providing details to journalists at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House yesterday, Information and Development Minister, Senator Colin Campbell, said that Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Development, Dennis Morrison, will lead a four-member delegation to Cuba on Thursday (May 11), to finalise arrangements for the shipment of 64,000 tonnes of cement into the island from the Spanish-speaking country. Minister of Information and Development, Senator Colin Campbell, who made the disclosure at yesterday's (May 8) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica...

It is dinnertime and a family gathers around the table to eat together as they usually do. But, midway through the evening meal, the father suddenly clutches his chest. His panicked voice strains to utter his alarm while his suddenly weak legs collapse beneath him as he tries to stand. As his teenaged children and wife rush to his side,...