September 2010
Heavy Rains Claim one Life in St. James
Minister and MP discuss Road Works
MONTEGO BAY (JIS)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Courtesy of Jamaica Information Service
The heavy showers that occurred in Western Jamaica yesterday (August 29), has resulted in one death, the injury of three persons, and 17 motor vehicles being damaged in the Long Hill area of St. James.
Heavy Rains Claim one Life in St. James
Wed, 2010-09-01 09:40
Minister and MP discuss Road Works
MONTEGO BAY (JIS)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The heavy showers that occurred in Western Jamaica yesterday (August 29), has resulted in one death, the injury of three persons, and 17 motor vehicles being damaged in the Long Hill area of St. James.
Finance Minister Urges Banks to Drive Entrepreneurship
Continues Call for Lower Interest Rates and Fees
KINGSTON (JIS)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has charged commercial banks to be the driving force behind the growth of the entrepreneurial sector.
Minister Shaw noted during a press conference at the Ministry in Kingston, on August 27, that small businesses want to invest, but the commercial banking sector "has to be the mainframe behind how we can get that investment going."
Inflation is Going Down - PM Golding
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Jamaica Information Service
Prime Minister Bruce Golding said that Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw has assured him that the inflation rate for this fiscal year would finish lower than what was projected.
He was speaking at the launch of the Jamaica Infrastructure Development Programme (JIDP) in Lewisville, St. Elizabeth on August 31.
PM Launches St. Elizabeth Leg of Massive Roads Programme
MANDEVILLE (JIS)
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, launched the St. Elizabeth leg of the Government's massive Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), estimated to cost some $36 billion, at the Lewisville High School, in St. Elizabeth on Tuesday (August 31).
The full programme includes significant upgrading and repairs to roads and bridges across the island over the next five years. The St. Elizabeth leg will be done over six months at a cost of US$60 Million.
Cabinet moves to nullify Pratt and Morgan
Published: Thursday | September 2, 2010
Jamaica Gleaner Arthur Hall, Senior Staff Reporter arthur.hall@gleanerjm.com
The Cabinet has approved amendments to the proposed Charter of Rights to reverse the effects of the Privy Council's ruling in the Pratt and Morgan case.
Details of the changes have not yet been made public but they are designed to nullify the 1993 Privy Council ruling that held that persons could not be executed if they remained on death row for more than five years.
'We are not fighting the media'
Published: Thursday | September 2, 2010
Jamaica Gleaner arthur.hall@gleanerjm.com
The Government has moved to clear the air about its position on the local media in the wake of growing unease following recent comments by Prime Minister Bruce Golding.
On Sunday, Golding used a political platform to suggest that sections of the media, and in particular The Gleaner, were working with other groups in pushing a propaganda line while ignoring the facts about the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips affair.
Golding to meet with private sector today
Published: Thursday | September 2, 2010
Jamaica Gleaner Arthur Hall, Senior Staff Reporter arthur.hall@gleanerjm.com
Prime Minister Bruce Golding is slated to meet with several private-sector leaders this morning to provide answers to their questions on the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips affair.
Private-sector leaders had submitted six questions to Golding in the wake of a Sunday Gleaner exposé on the emails shared by Solicitor General Douglas Leys, local attorney Harold Brady and the American law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.
Charge parents!
Holness wants action against persons who keep kids from school
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, September 02, 2010
EDUCATION Minister Andrew Holness is advocating for parents who refuse to send their children to school to be arrested and charged.
Charge parents!
Thu, 2010-09-02 09:37
Holness wants action against persons who keep kids from school
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, September 02, 2010
EDUCATION Minister Andrew Holness is advocating for parents who refuse to send their children to school to be arrested and charged.
Golding hails China's visionary approach to int'l relations
BY GARFIELD MYERS Editor-at-Large South/Central Bureau
Thursday, September 02, 2010
NEW Market, St Elizabeth — Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Tuesday heaped praise on China for its visionary approach to international relations and for persisting with "collaborative" development projects with countries like Jamaica despite the hostile economic climate globally.
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