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A special team, comprising representatives of Jamaica's main monetary and fiscal authorities, has been set up to monitor and analyse daily, developments in the current global financial crisis, and the likely impact on Jamaica, Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has announced. The Prime Minister said the move, which arose out of a meeting which he convened early last week with the...

Plans are in high gear for the staging of the sixth annual Paul Bogle Jamboree, in honour of the National Hero. The event will be held at the Paul Bogle High School in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, on National Heroes Day (Monday, October 20), starting at 11:00 a.m. Custos of St. Thomas, Marcia Bennett, will officially open the function at...

A crowd of over 600 from the community of White Hall in St. Elizabeth, and its environs came out on Sunday (October 12), to give silver and bronze medallist, Shericka Williams a homecoming welcome for her success at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in China. The function, which was organised by Member of Parliament for the area, J.C. Hutchinson, saw...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton, has called for the establishment of a World Trade Organisation (WTO) - compatible agricultural development fund, to facilitate modernisation and re-tooling of the sector. This call follows a meeting last week, which the Minister chaired, with the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), as part of the eighth Caribbean Week of Agriculture, held...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, is soliciting proposals and comments from public and private sector interests, to inform Jamaica's position in preparation for negotiation of a new Free Trade and Development Agreement, between CARICOM and Canada. This was disclosed by Senior Director of the Foreign Trade Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Marcia...

Plans are in high gear to observe World Food Day, on October 16, at the Manchester High School, under the theme 'World Food Security: the challenges of Climate Change and Bio-energy'. A number of activities have been planned, to drive home the need to ensure Jamaica's food security in the context of the impact of climate change and bio-energy, according...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has commended the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), on the launch of the Revised System of National Accounts and the Jamaica Industrial Classification 2005, noting that they provide vital statistical data, necessary to access where the country is going in order to set targets and to measure performance against those targets. Speaking at the launch this...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, this afternoon instructed the Task Force on Child Abuse Prevention, to move immediately to implement the short term initiatives recommended by the group, to address the crisis of abuse and violence against children. The task force met this afternoon (Oct 14) at Jamaica House, with Prime Minister Golding, Information, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister, Olivia 'Babsy'...

The Gustav Relief Fund, got another boost recently with a donation of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), made by the National Council of Indian Culture in Jamaica. The presentation was made by Chairman of the Council, Mr. Vishwanauth Tolan, to Minister of State for Project Implementation and Service Delivery, Daryl Vaz who is co-ordinating the Gustav Relief Fund. Mr. Tolan...

Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, along with Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr Kenneth Baugh, and Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Karl Samuda, this morning (Oct 13) met with a delegation from the United Kingdom's (UK) Department for International Development (DFID) at Jamaica House. The delegation was led by the UK's Minister of State for...

The 17th annual conference of the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA), concluded at the Rose Hall Resort and Country Club in Montego Bay St. James on Friday (October 10), with participants expressing satisfaction that the event achieved its objective. President of the National Water Commission (NWC), E.G. Hunter, told JIS News, that the main focus, that of identifying new...

Upwards of the next 12 months, residents from communities in St. Elizabeth are expected to benefit from a number of water schemes being developed in sections of the parish. Water and Housing Minister, Dr. Horace Chang, advised that several projects are currently at varying stages of completion, while contracts are to be signed for the development and improvement of others....