My fellow Jamaicans, I’m extremely happy to address you today September 27, which is being celebrated as World Tourism Day all across the globe. This internationally recognized day is organized annually by the United Nations World Tourism Organization to promote the benefits of tourism globally. This year’s theme is Tourism – Linking Cultures and as Jamaicans, we understand very well...

Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the celebration of the International Day of Peace. The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly to coincide with its opening session, which was held annually on the third Tuesday of September. The first Peace Day was observed in September 1982.  In 2001, the...

Statement by Minister of Health Hon. Rudyard Spencer This unprecedented Summit obliges us all to focus on a grave and increasing challenge to Jamaica, the Caribbean region and the entire global community. It is clear that the global burden and the attendant threat of NCDs constitute one of the major challenges for development in the 21st century. As reported by...

Minister with responsibility for Information Daryl Vaz said the figures allocated to the constituencies for road rehabilitation through the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) cannot be looked at in isolation as some of these constituencies have been neglected for decades. The Information Minister, who was speaking at the September 14 Post Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica House was responding to...

The Acting Prime Minister, Dr. Kenneth Baugh has expressed the condolences of the Cabinet and the Government to Prime Minister Bruce Golding and the members of the Golding family on the passing of his mother, Mrs Enid Golding, who died this morning (September 14) at the St Joseph’s Hospital in Kingston. Mrs Golding who was born in Southfield, St Elizabeth was in...

PRESENTATION TO PARLIAMENT ON THE 1ST SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET - FY 2011/12 By THE HON. AUDLEY SHAW, M.P. Minister of Finance September 7, 2011 Introduction Mr. Speaker, in March 2010 Parliament approved a most profound amendment to both the Financial Administration and Audit (FAA) and the Public Bodies Management and Accountability (PBMA) Acts - the Fiscal Responsibility Framework (FRF) for Jamaica....

Once again, we pause to pay homage to our mother of Jamaican culture, the late Honourable Louise Bennett-Coverly O.M., cultural icon par excellence. Miss Lou, as we fondly call her, is one of those Jamaicans whose life’s work and worth have caused us to understand who and what we are and led us to ultimately believe in ourselves.  Her long...

Government is to  give due recognition to  Mrs Christine Allison Lindo, formerly Mrs Eugene Mapletoft Poulle, as  one of the persons who had a direct hand in the creation of the Jamaica National Anthem Prime Minister Bruce Golding in a release from Jamaica House on September 3 said documentation deposited in the National Archives in 1963 confirms the integral role played by...

Good evening, parents, teachers, learners, administrators, Jamaicans, all. It is that time of year again, when, tomorrow the metaphorical school bell will ring… and Jamaica goes back to school. Pencils are well pointed, bags are packed heavy with books , and uniforms sharply pleated  for the first day. Curious minds, will be met by steady and safe hands  in the...

Members of this Honourable House would be aware that telecommunications providers, Digicel and Claro, have entered into an agreement under which Digicel would acquire 100% of Claro's shares and, hence, assignment of Claro's licences. This agreement, as required by section 17(3) of the Telecommunications Act, is subject to ministerial approval and a joint application to this end dated March 17th...

KINGSTON — Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding is expected to make a statement on the pending  merger  between telecommunications companies Digicel, and Claro, by next week. Making the disclosure at yesterday's post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz said Mr. Golding would speak to the deal in a...