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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has congratulated the Organisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR) on their achievement. Dr. Baugh, who was speaking at the official opening of OOCUR's 8th Annual Conference currently underway at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, noted that the organization has the...

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte, says that the government remains committed to ensuring that the voices of Jamaicans living outside of the country are heard. She was addressing a welcome reception for participants in the first annual Jamaica Diaspora Northeast United States Conference held on Friday (Oct. 29) at the West Indies...

Speaking to construction professionals earlier this year, Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, reiterated that the construction sector will play a key role in the implementation of the Housing Policy. "We are finally on the verge of putting in place a National Housing Policy, to bring order and cohesiveness to the sector. The Ministry is in possession of...

Prime Minister, Hon Bruce Golding, has said that if "Vision 2030 Jamaica" is to be effective, as many Jamaicans as possible need to "take ownership of the plan". The Prime Minister singled out students, suggesting that Minister of Education, Hon Andrew Holness, ensure that students from high school level up get a copy of the newly published popular version of...

The National Housing Policy produced for the Ministry of Water and Housing by a consortium from the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the University of Technology (UTech), recommends a national emergency housing programme as one aspect of creating and maintaining shelter for all Jamaicans. This policy supports the need for precautionary and mitigation measures to help persons to...

The House of Representatives has begun debating Jamaica's first National Energy Policy (NEP), which promotes creation of a modern, efficient energy infrastructure expected to boost economic development. Opening the debate at Gordon House Tuesday (October 5), Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson, said the policy "examines the energy situation we face and proposes a range of options and...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, says the economy must be transformed into a private sector-led one, if Vision 2030 or Jamaica's Fiscal Consolidation Programme is to be achieved. He challenged local business owners attending the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Chairman's Club Breakfast, on (September 28), at the Pegasus Hotel, saying the...

The National Land Agency (NLA), in collaboration with Globe Insurance Company Ltd., on Wednesday (September 22), launched its groundbreaking interactive map of the island, called 'iMap Jamaica'. Persons will be able to access the programme via the web base application, eLandJamaica, which allows persons to obtain copies of land related documents, such as certificates of title, valuation roll reports and...

Jamaica's Consul General in Miami, Sandra Grant Griffiths, has commended the newly formed Coalition of Jamaican Alumni Associations in South Florida, as signal of acceptance of the need to become more engaged in a collective process for educational development at home and in the Diaspora. The Consul General was speaking to members of several alumni groups, representing nearly 50 Jamaican...

Senior Director in the Environmental Management Division of the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Leonie Barnaby, is urging greater private sector participation in environmental matters of national importance, through collaborations with public sector stakeholders. This, she contends, is necessary in order to ensure the continued improvement of Jamaica's environment, and by extension, the quality of life experienced by the...

The programme of assistance to Persons with Disabilities (PWD), administered through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), has been boosted by a US$572,000 ($49 million) grant from the Japanese government through the Japan Special Fund (JSF). The funds, secured by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will finance the administration's "Support to Improving the Lives of Persons" initiative, with...

Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew, Senator Desmond McKenzie, on Tuesday (September 15) unveiled Government's plan for the redevelopment of downtown Kingston to an international audience, as he addressed the 41st conference in the Lecture Series of the Americas at the Organization of American States' (OAS) headquarters in Washington, D.C. He informed that the city council has taken the lead...