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The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), on Tuesday (Oct. 28), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Jamaica Red Cross Society, to undertake the management of priority emergency shelters islandwide. Director General of ODPEM, Ronald Jackson, said the signing, which took place at the agency's headquarters in Kingston, represents the culmination of year-long consultations with the...

National Security Minister, Senator Colonel Trevor MacMillan, is defending the Government's decision to build a new 5,000-bed, state of the art, correctional facility at Amity Hall in St. Catherine. Describing the country's correctional facilities as "woefully inadequate", Col. MacMillan says the facility will be the first major investment undertaken in the island's prison system in over 200 years. Addressing the...

Across the world, leaders of nations are continually engaged in pursuits, aimed at positioning their countries to maintain relevance within a globalised dispensation. Increasingly, there is recognition of the need for focus in this regard, as the global platform continues to broaden to accommodate those capable of participating and surviving in a highly competitive environment. The same is true of...

Minister of Health and Environment, Rudyard Spencer, advised the House of Representatives yesterday (Oct. 28), that there was nothing "malicious or vindictive" in the termination of the services of Rae Barrett, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Fund (NHF). "It is very important that the country understand that the CEO was appointed by the former administration. When...

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, has called on stakeholders participating in this year's Productivity Conference, to take total factor productivity into consideration. He cautioned against mistaking efficiency for productivity, while speaking at the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Productivity Centre's (JPC), Productivity Conference, at the Knutsford Court Hotel yesterday (October...

The Animal Breeding and Husbandry Division, established in 1973 in the Ministry of Agriculture, has taken a multi-disciplinary approach to conservation, development and utilisation of farm animal genetic resources, for the attainment of food security in animal protein. The Division seeks to facilitate research and development, while applying new technologies to animal production in an effort to contribute to the...

President of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA), Trevor Barnes, is urging petrol stations to put in place the necessary facilities and systems to transition to the E10 (ethanol blended fuel). This he says in the long run, will be to their advantage. "The service stations that will not be ready for November 1, they should encourage their marketing companies...

President of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA),Trevor Barnes, has said the Petcom Portmore petrol station is ready to introduce E10 (ethanol blended fuel), on November 1. "In order to be ready, we had to ensure that the tanks were cleaned and free of all debris and water. We also ensured that the seals were in working order and that...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, will be back live on radio tonight to answer your calls and to address your concerns, when his popular radio talk show 'Jamaica House Live', returns to the airwaves. The programme did not air last month as Prime Minister Golding was away attending a number of high-level meetings in New York and Washington in the United...

Three Jamaican-owned companies were recognised by the United States (US) Department of Commerce's Minority Business Enterprise Centre, at the closing of the annual MEDWeek Business Matchmaker Conference, on October 24, at the Signature Grand in Davie, Florida. The companies were among Florida's top eight performing minority businesses and innovators, and included Zap Courier Services, FA & M West Indian and...

Jamaicans were treated to a day of fun and seafood, at the fourth staging of the Old Harbour Bay 'Fish and Bammy Festival', held at the Jamaica Public Service Sports Club, on October 26. The event, which saw over 3,000 patrons in attendance, was organised by a committee, comprising residents of Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine. Chief Organiser of the...

Scores of children across Jamaica will benefit this Christmas from a toy drive being spearheaded by Chairman of the Jamaica Early Childhood Development Foundation (JECDF), Lorna Golding, wife of Prime Minister, Bruce Golding. This effort is seen as one facet of a broad plan of social transformation, which will pay close attention to early childhood education. Mrs. Golding outlined a...