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For the 2007/08 fiscal year, at least $250 million will be spent to acquire about 150 vehicles for the security forces, the first 100 of which are to be delivered by August. Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips, who made the announcement during his contribution to the 2007/08 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday (June 13), said...

Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips has emphasised that the Government was committed to building a new public morgue. "I can report that the design and specifications for a new public morgue is now completed and consultations are underway with the KSAC and the National Environment and Planning Agency to expedite the approval process. We expect to be issuing...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has diversified its policing strategies and is using social intervention as a way to tackle anti-social behaviour and discourage crime among young people in vulnerable communities. Speaking in the 2007/08 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday (June 13), Dr. Phillips said the strategy was to help the youth realize that "crime does not...

Twelve persons in Hanover, who successfully completed the inaugural course in gardening techniques conducted by the HEART Trust/NTA and the Hanover Office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), were yesterday (June 13) presented with the National Council on Technical Vocational Education and Training's (NCTVET) level one certification. The presentation of the certificates was made at the graduation ceremony for...

ELECTORAL MATTERSMr. Speaker, let me begin by addressing some important issues before focusing on the main area of security. The implementation of the long-awaited legislation to transform the Electoral Advisory Committee into a permanent Electoral Commission of Jamaica, was one of the major achievements of this year. We all agree that this system has served us well, and we look...

Once again, as a nation, we are preparing for another landmark event in our country's history. Those of us who have been members of this chamber are fully aware that we must give account of the service that we have provided during our tenure as parliamentary representatives and for some of us, as member of the political directorate. We know...

Business operators and self employed persons are being reminded that their second quarter estimated income tax for 2007 is due and payable by Friday, June 15. Speaking with JIS News, Director of Pubic Relations at the Tax Administration Services Department (TASD), Meris Haughton, informed that payments could be made at any collectorate of the Inland Revenue Department and persons should...

The Mayor of the city of Hartford in Connecticut, Eddie Perez, is to lead a 30-man trade delegation to Jamaica in November of 2007. Mayor Perez said the mission would look at investment opportunities, cultural exchange and trade. Addressing the Greater Hartford Cultural and Trade Fair 2007, at the Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford on June 9, he stressed that the...

Chairman of Rose Hall Development Limited, Michele Rollins, has pledged to work through her company to help Jamaica realize its potential as a first class country and resort destination. Mrs. Rollins, who was addressing the monthly meeting of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the second city yesterday (June 12), noted that "with the present infrastructural developments...

The e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited (e-LJam), the portfolio agency of the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, is accelerating efforts to standardize instructional materials and bring teaching technologies to the classrooms, in a bid to upgrade the quality of education in high schools. A Ministry Paper outlining the agency's performance was tabled in the House of Representatives last week...

The Central Information Technology Office (CITO) will be spending $27 million this financial year to develop a number of projects including the National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Strategy and E-government Plan. The information is contained in a Ministry Paper tabled in the House of Representatives recently by Minister of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, Phillip Paulwell. The National ICT...

The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), in association with the University of Technology (UTech), launched the island's first solar-powered golf cart at the university's Old Hope Road campus, today (June 13). A brainchild of six final year mechanical engineering students, supervised by Dr. Noel Brown, a lecturer at the School of Engineering, UTech, the project began in 2005 when the...