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The House of Representatives yesterday (December 13), approved a Government Guarantee for a US$44 million loan from the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) Jamaica Limited to the Port Authority of Jamaica, to finance the expansion of the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT IV). Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies who moved the Resolution, said the loan was to assist with...

The 2003/04 fiscal year was a successful one for the Administrator-General's Department, which saw the agency exceeding its key performance targets, closing 703 estates, which was 153 more than the 550 estates targeted. As stated in the agency's annual report, which was tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday (Dec.13), the Department maintained its focus on improving customer satisfaction through...

An Order to give the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) legal authority to continue its work in the use of renewable technology to produce energy, was endorsed by the House, yesterday (December 13). Commerce, Science and Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell noted that the PCJ has been involved in the use of renewable technology to produce energy for some time, with...

Several persons in St. James, including housewives, professionals and small business operators, came out recently in full support of the 'Eat Jamaican' campaign, by collecting seeds and seedlings from the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), St. James branch, in Montego Bay. The planting materials, which included tomato, cabbage, calalloo, corn, and a variety of exotic vegetables, were distributed to the "new...

Some 16,000 residents from 16 communities in Clarendon and Manchester are to benefit from the construction of two water supply schemes at a cost of more than $240 million. M&M Jamaica Limited has been awarded the contracts for the Milk River and Christiana/Spalding water supply systems, which are being funded by the European Union under the Rural Water Supply Project....

A total of $156.5 million is to be spent to effect crucial construction work on the Gordon Town All Age School in St Andrew, and Bromley All Age in St. Mary, under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture's Primary Education Support Project (PESP). Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson signed the official contract documents with the project...

Chairman of the Government's Audit Commission, Leighton McKnight has urged auditors working on public sector audit committees to be "problem solvers", and not merely "problem identifiers". "There is no point getting up everyday and complaining about what is not being done. Some of us have to roll up our sleeves and try and get it done. this is our country,...

A motion, calling on the Government to amend the Weights and Measures Act to address matters related to calibration and measurement for all equipment used in the sale of petroleum to the public, is now before the House of Representatives. The motion, laid by Opposition Member of Parliament for West Central St. James Clive Mullings, calls for the inclusion of...

A recent client satisfaction survey carried out by the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) revealed that 87 per cent of the institution's clients are satisfied that their staff's performance improved as a result of their training at the Institute. More clients are likely to corroborate this finding, as close to 200 participants graduated from the Institute's specialized training programmes...

The Police is reporting a new thrust to crack down on bicycle thieves during the festive season. The operation began two weeks ago, and according to Deputy Superintendent, Clement Logan, the effort is expected to reap some measure of success. Speaking with JIS News, the Deputy Superintendent said that although no one has yet been arrested and no bicycle seized,...

Cabinet has approved contracts totalling $74.6 million to carry out modification and extension works on the Spanish Town Hospital as well as installation works on the Frome Sugar Housing project in Westmoreland. Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman told a post-Cabinet press briefing yesterday (December 12), that a $58 million contract has been awarded for the modification and extension of...

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) will be staging a regional conference on investment and capitals markets in January, aimed at encouraging exploitation of capital markets and investment opportunities in Jamaica, the wider Caribbean and across the globe. The conference, which will be held under the theme: 'Creating investment opportunities for the growth and development of the region's capital markets in...