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A: INTRODUCTION All budget presentations important. This is my eleventh and has special significance for a host of reasons. Was a very difficult calendar and fiscal year. Gratitude to Family/FriendsMinisters of StateConstituents/Region III Place on record gratitude to Financial Secretary, all the Deputy Financial Secretaries and Technical Staff at the Ministry, Governor, Deputy Governors and staff of the BOJ, Director...

A: INTRODUCTION All budget presentations important. This is my eleventh and has special significance for a host of reasons. Was a very difficult calendar and fiscal year. Gratitude to Family/FriendsMinisters of StateConstituents/Region III Place on record gratitude to Financial Secretary, all the Deputy Financial Secretaries and Technical Staff at the Ministry, Governor, Deputy Governors and staff of the BOJ, Director...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. The Hon. Omar Davies, today presented a no tax budget, and stressed that the government intended to exercise fiscal restraints while implementing stringent revenue collection measures to raise the funds needed to finance the $328 billion budget. Opening the 2004/05 Budget Debate in Gordon House, the Minister said that government intended to borrow $153 billion,...

June is Road Safety Month and in the period leading up to this observance, much attention will be focused on the many pedestrian crossings across Jamaica. Within the next few months, the National Works Agency (NWA), the organization with responsibility for planning, building and maintaining a reliable, safe and efficient main road network, will commence upgrading work on the nation's...

The Professional Engineers Registration Board (PERB) is taking steps to address the increasing number of non-engineers who are performing work, which should be carried out by qualified and experienced engineers. As such persons or organizations found to be in breach of the Professional Engineers Registration Act are liable to be prosecuted. To date there are over 400 individuals and 80...

The Portmore Probation Office has embarked on a community outreach programme called "Clients Day" to highlight the wide range of probation after-care services offered to clients. The office is a unit of the Community arm of the Department of Correctional Services and deals with persons who have been given community-based sentences. A "Client's Day" was held on Wednesday (April 14)...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke, will travel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the United States from April 16 to 20. Sir Howard has been invited to be the keynote speaker at the annual banquet of the Mico Alumni Association of South Florida, to be held on Saturday, April 17 at the Inverrary Country Club in Lauderhill,...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. The Hon. Omar Davies, today presented a no tax budget, and stressed that the government intended to exercise fiscal restraints while implementing stringent revenue collection measures to raise the funds needed to finance the $328 billion budget. Opening the 2004/05 Budget Debate in Gordon House, the Minister said that government intended to borrow $153 billion,...

June is Road Safety Month and in the period leading up to this observance, much attention will be focused on the many pedestrian crossings across Jamaica. Within the next few months, the National Works Agency (NWA), the organization with responsibility for planning, building and maintaining a reliable, safe and efficient main road network, will commence upgrading work on the nation's...

The Professional Engineers Registration Board (PERB) is taking steps to address the increasing number of non-engineers who are performing work, which should be carried out by qualified and experienced engineers. As such persons or organizations found to be in breach of the Professional Engineers Registration Act are liable to be prosecuted. To date there are over 400 individuals and 80...

The Portmore Probation Office has embarked on a community outreach programme called "Clients Day" to highlight the wide range of probation after-care services offered to clients. The office is a unit of the Community arm of the Department of Correctional Services and deals with persons who have been given community-based sentences. A "Client's Day" was held on Wednesday (April 14)...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke, will travel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the United States from April 16 to 20. Sir Howard has been invited to be the keynote speaker at the annual banquet of the Mico Alumni Association of South Florida, to be held on Saturday, April 17 at the Inverrary Country Club in Lauderhill,...