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The Government is putting the final arrangements in place for the construction of a new police station in Falmouth, Trelawny, which will also serve the parishes of St. Ann and St. James. Making the announcement at yesterday's (April 13) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman said that the facility, to be built at a cost...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) yesterday (April 13) moved a resolution to revisit the parking regulations in sections of downtown Kingston to allow for permits to be granted to businesses within the business district to load and unload merchandise during the work week. Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie made the announcement at the monthly press briefing at...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, K.D. Knight has said that the Government of Jamaica will play an active role in the global campaign against terrorism as the country is not immune to the possibility of terrorist attacks. Speaking against the background of the drafting of Anti-Terrorism Legislation, Minister Knight noted: "All the world may love Jamaica but all the...

Some 10 Judges were sworn in to higher offices today by Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke, at King's House. They are: Howard Cooke as Judge of the Court of Appeal, effective April 14; Karl S. Harrison as Acting Judge of the Court of Appeal as of April 19; Courtney Daye as permanent Puisne Judge of...

Thanks to their local cable provider, St. Catherine residents can now stay at home and watch discussions between their Councillors and Mayor at the monthly held meetings of the St. Catherine Parish Council. A meeting at the Council's Chamber in Spanish Town was video taped for the first time on Thursday, April 8, by the Jamaica Amalgamated Cable Systems. It...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, K.D. Knight has said that the Government of Jamaica will play an active role in the global campaign against terrorism as the country is not immune to the possibility of terrorist attacks. Speaking against the background of the drafting of Anti-Terrorism Legislation, Minister Knight noted: "All the world may love Jamaica but all the...

Some 10 Judges were sworn in to higher offices today by Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Howard Cooke, at King's House. They are: Howard Cooke as Judge of the Court of Appeal, effective April 14; Karl S. Harrison as Acting Judge of the Court of Appeal as of April 19; Courtney Daye as permanent Puisne Judge of...

Thanks to their local cable provider, St. Catherine residents can now stay at home and watch discussions between their Councillors and Mayor at the monthly held meetings of the St. Catherine Parish Council. A meeting at the Council's Chamber in Spanish Town was video taped for the first time on Thursday, April 8, by the Jamaica Amalgamated Cable Systems. It...

Jamaica will be hosting on Friday (April 16), at the Jamaica Conference Centre, the launch of negotiations between the Caribbean and the European Community (EC) for an Economic Partnership Agreement. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and other leading personalities from the Caribbean and Europe, will address the launch. Others scheduled to speak are: Mr. Jean-Robert Goulongana, Secretary-General of the African Caribbean...

Jamaica will be hosting on Friday (April 16), at the Jamaica Conference Centre, the launch of negotiations between the Caribbean and the European Community (EC) for an Economic Partnership Agreement. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and other leading personalities from the Caribbean and Europe, will address the launch. Others scheduled to speak are: Mr. Jean-Robert Goulongana, Secretary-General of the African Caribbean...

Region Three of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, will launch its Schools Agriculture Science and Environmental Competition and Fair, at the Almond Tree Restaurant in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on April 20 beginning at 9:00 a.m. The event, designed to inform the public about agriculture in schools in the parishes of St. Ann, St. Mary and Trelawny, as...

Region Three of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, will launch its Schools Agriculture Science and Environmental Competition and Fair, at the Almond Tree Restaurant in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on April 20 beginning at 9:00 a.m. The event, designed to inform the public about agriculture in schools in the parishes of St. Ann, St. Mary and Trelawny, as...