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An independent Committee is to be established to address concerns brought forward by parents regarding the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), Minister of Education, Andrew Holness has announced. Speaking in the House of Representatives, yesterday (June 26), he emphasized that the committee would not review the marking of papers, but would focus solely on ranking, placement and awards of scholarships....

The old Goodyear tyre factory in Eastern St. Thomas could be occupied by year end by e-Services Group International (e-SGI), which has expressed interest in the facility with a view to occupying it. This could see a significant creation of jobs in the parish as well as improvements in infrastructure, and additional career opportunity for young persons. This was disclosed...

Residents of St. Ann now have easier access to the National Health Fund's (NHF) customer care services with the recent establishment of a help desk at the St. Ann's Bay Hospital. The help desk will seek to bring service to persons in the North East and North central sections of the island. The unit, which has increased the number of...

The CARICOM Single Market can only work effectively, if there is effective coordination of the region's macro-economic policies to create a single economy. In making this statement during the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (June 25), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh said the Single Economy process, which...

Against the background of ongoing global food shortages, plans are being made to increase yam production in South Trelawny, Member of Parliament for South Trelawny, Marissa Dalrymple-Phillibert has announced. Making her contribution to the 2008/09 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (June 25), Mrs. Dalrymple-Phillibert said that in addition to significantly addressing the food crisis, increased yam...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Local Government Reform, Robert Montague, has proposed the setting up of a $50 million Indigent Housing Fund. Making his contribution in the 2008/09 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 24, Mr. Montague said that indigent housing was a vexed issue, not social housing, which...

State Minister with responsibility for Local Government Reform in the Office of the Prime Minister, Robert Montague, has said that work is slated to begin in the next two weeks to have piped water in some areas of Western St. Mary that are now without the resource. Making his contribution to the 2008/09 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Local Government Reform, Robert Montague, has said that there are plans in place to improve the educational capacity, as well as the literacy rate in Western St. Mary. Making his presentation in the 2008/09 Sectoral Debate at Gordon House on June 24, Mr. Montague pointed to literacy...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding this afternoon (June 27), signed a Heads of Agreement with the Brazilian firm, Infinity Bio-Energy (IBE), for the divestment of the Government's assets in the sugar industry, paving the way for full divestment on September 30. Under the agreement, the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) will still be managing the Government's assets at the six sugar...

The Osmond Watson painting, "De Lawd is My Shepherd", considered to be a Jamaican masterpiece, has been restored in Spain and was today handed back to the Honourable Olivia "Babsy' Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS) to resume its place in the National Gallery of Jamaica. Making the presentation to Minister Grange at ceremony at the National...

Minister of Energy with oversight for Mining and Telecommunications Clive Mullings has informed that the Government is in the process of revising legislations governing safety and health at the workplace. As such an Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) will establish new standards to which all economic sectors must adhere. Speaking at the National Minerals Industry Safety Awards, on Wednesday...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding last night (June 25) endorsed a massive downtown Kingston redevelopment project which will be undertaken by the Urban Development Corporation in collaboration with the Kingston Restoration Company and the Kingston City Centre Improvement Company. The Prime Minister in his address at the presentation of the redevelopment and urban renewal project at the Jamaica Conference Centre described...