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The Westmoreland Labour Day Committee is expected to mobilize thousands of citizens and children from across the parish to participate in this year's Labour Day activities, which are geared towards making all roads within Westmoreland safer for the general public. Activities in the parish will be carried out under the national theme 'Road safety first - Avoid the worst' and...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has said that while a fixed exchange rate system, provided a greater level of certainty and stability, and would temper inflation, there were critical factors as it related to the removal of flexibility to respond to domestic and external shocks. Dr. Davies' remarks came as he closed the 2004/05 Budget Debate in...

Inspiration stayed with him for some 30 years and last year it became reality when the Historic Foundations of Jamaican Law was published. The book, which has been described as a unique and fascinating study of the evolution of legal statutes in Jamaica, was written by Attorney Raphael Codlin, and had its United Kingdom launch at the Jamaican High Commission...

Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman has said that the multi-billion dollar investment projects announced recently in the mining and tourism sectors were proof that the country was on the road to economic sustainability. He said the projects, which included a US$790 million expansion of the JAMALCO plant in Clarendon, three new hotels by the RIO Spanish Hotel Group and...

The Jamaica Cluster Competitiveness Project (JCCP) will expend approximately $36 million to drive cost-effective and innovative marketing efforts over the next three years in the United States and United Kingdom for the 'My Jamaica' consortium. This comes in the wake of a grant from the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) through its Business Linkages Challenge Fund. The tourism cluster...

Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of the Access to Information Act, noting that state agencies were meeting the public's requests for information contained in official documents. Seven ministries and government departments are now under the Act, which was implemented in January this year, after passage in Parliament 19 months earlier. The seven are the...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has reiterated that there was an agreed phasing of discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to which both parties were committed, and that there was no back-pedalling on a monitoring arrangement with the IMF. "We have nothing to hide. I have announced that the Fund and the Government of Jamaica have...

Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of the Access to Information Act, noting that state agencies were meeting the public's requests for information contained in official documents. Seven ministries and government departments are now under the Act, which was implemented in January this year, after passage in Parliament 19 months earlier. The seven are the...

Instead of looking at global figures and lamenting the country's ability to compete, each factory, plant, and sector as a whole, must examine its current status and realistically plan ways to increase output and productivity, and to lower unit cost. This challenge was given by Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, when he closed the 2004/05 Budget Debate...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies has cautioned against extending the process of establishing specially dedicated funds, as the country ran the risk of segmenting the Consolidated Fund into specific areas, thus reducing the flexibility to address new problems. Dr. Davies made the statement on Thursday (April 28) while closing the 2004/05 Budget Debate in Gordon House. He was...

Effective Monday, May 3, new parking rates will be implemented at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA). The new rates follow the recent implementation of an automated car park collection system at the airport. "We have made some improvements to the physical infrastructure of the car park areas, Public Car Park #1 and #2, to make them more in line...

Situated in Morgan's Pass at the foot of the Bull Head Mountains in Clarendon is an idea conceived in 1966, which has mushroomed into a thriving enterprise. At the North Clarendon Processing Company factory plant, Jamaican fruits and vegetables are processed into some of the most delicious canned produce that can be found this side of the West Indies. This...