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Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Development, Dennis Morrison, has said that Jamaica would only be able to increase and maintain global competitive advantage, if investment was encouraged and sustained. Mr. Morrison, who spoke on 'The Link between Infrastructural Development and Investment' at the final in a series of five Government Communications Group-organised panel discussions held on March 9...

Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill, on Saturday (March 11) signed a contract valued at approximately US$50 million, for the dualisation of the roadway from the Sangster International Airport to the Wyndham Rose Hall Hotel in St. James. Immediately following the contract signing, he broke ground to mark the official start of the work, which will be carried out...

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) and the Negril Chamber of Commerce are carrying out extensive beautification and clean-up works in the resort town of Negril, at a cost of more than $600,000. Approximately 40 persons have been employed to cut and clean verges, plant trees and erect welcome signs. The project should be completed in time for the town's...

The College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland, has been providing valuable support to the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, as that organization continues to mould the lives of young Jamaicans to make them into responsible and independent citizens. Over the years, CASE has functioned as a training facility for the Portland 4-H Club, providing two acres of land on...

Motorists travelling through the Bog Walk Gorge in St. Catherine should have a smoother, safer road on which to drive before month end, said Stephen Shaw, Communications and Customer Service Manager at the National Works Agency (NWA). In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Shaw informed that over the past two months, the NWA has been implementing rehabilitative work on...

Within the next two weeks, persons conducting business with the Registrar General's Department (RGD) via the Internet, will be able to make payments online. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Registrar General, Dr. Patricia Holness, made this disclosure at the agency's 10th annual prayer breakfast held yesterday (March 10) at its head office in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine. The CEO pointed...

The Jamalco bauxite company has collaborated with the HEART Trust/NTA to provide skills training for 1,700 young people, who, on graduation, will be eligible for employment under the company's plant expansion programme. Jamalco's Managing Director, Alberto Fabrini, in his address at a stakeholders' breakfast forum held on Friday (March 10) at the company's Halse Hall location in Clarendon, informed that...

Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General, Jose Miguel Insulza, has lauded Prime Minister P. J. Patterson for his work over the years, to promote the cause of marginalized and economically challenged countries within the hemisphere. Secretary General Insulza, who was speaking at a special protocolary session of the Permanent Council of the OAS in Washington, DC on Thursday (March...

Prime Minister, P.J. Patterson, has called on governments throughout the Americas to deepen the economic integration process and forge hemispheric, regional and sub-regional linkages that would enable small states, in particular, to withstand challenges in an increasingly globalized international economic environment. The Prime Minister's statement came as he addressed a special protocolary session of the Permanent Council of the Organization...

The Houses of Parliament will observe Commonwealth Day on Monday, March 13, with an exhibition and a mock youth ceremonial opening of Parliament. The exhibition, which will be mounted in the Chamber Lobby at Gordon House, will depict the Commonwealth of Nations and activities of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, of which Jamaica is a member. According to the Acting Clerk...

Transport and Works Minister, Robert Pickersgill has said work on Phase 1A of the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston would be substantially completed, in time to accommodate the passenger flow that is expected when the island hosts the ICC Cricket World Cup in March 2007. Mr. Pickersgill made the disclosure during his address at the contract signing and groundbreaking...

Physically challenged persons attending the ICC World Cup Cricket games at Sabina Park and Greenfield next year, should have no problem accessing the venues, as the stadiums will be equipped with facilities for the disabled. State Minister for Labour and Social Security, Senator Floyd Morris, said that the move was in keeping with government's thrust to make public areas more...